Christian and Muslim members of the Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, have held different prayer sessions over the continued strike across universities in the country. The ASUU members who held prayers over the strike which has been on since March, over poor remuneration among other issues, prayed for God’s intervention….
An angry mob has lynched the driver and conductor of a water truck after their vehicle crushed five children to death in Ebonyi. The spokesperson of the Ebonyi State Police Command, DSP Loveth Odah, who confirmed the development on Thursday, November 5, said that the incident happened at Onu Nworiegu in Oshiri, Onicha Local Government Area…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has urged state governors to upgrade and expand orientation camp facilities, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim said governors should adequately serve the increasing Corps population. Ibrahim stated this at the 2020 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Orientation Workshop, on Thursday in Abuja. According to the NYSC DG: “There…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with some traditional rulers from different parts of the country. The meeting holding inside the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja has in attendance the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and the Emir of Kano, among others….
The Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar,…
Iran’s supreme leader has mocked the rancorous aftermath of election day in the United States, saying that the vote has exposed the reality of US democracy. Well over 24 hours after the last polling stations closed in the US state of Alaska, the battle for the White House remains undecided. US President Donald Trump has…
A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Grace Ameh, has been kidnapped in Abuja, The Nation reports. The woman was kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday morning after shooting her husband. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told The Nation the gunmen invaded the couple’s residence around Gwagwa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Another source…
As the 2020 US Presidential race gets more intense, the democratic candidate has started preparing for life as a president. Joe Biden has launched a transition website after declaring that he is confident of victory. Biden addressed the nation on Thursday. He noted that it was clear that he had won “enough states to reach…
After using N80 million deposited by a litigant to acquire choice properties, a court has sentenced a former Registrar of the court to jail. It was gathered that Joseph Etefia-Udoh was sentenced by a Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna State to four years imprisonment for laundering the sum of N80 million. Mr. Udoh and…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to reach an agreement on the union demands. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister Of Labour And Employment, Said This While Addressing Newsmen At The End Of A Closed Door Conciliation Meeting Between Federal Government Representatives And ASUU On Wednesday In Abuja. “There are…