GOVERNOR Alex Otti of Abia has suspended the principals of all state-owned nursing/midwifery training institutions in the state, pending investigations and directives. He also suspended the Director of Nursing in the State’s Ministry of Health, Nwosu Dorathy Njideka. The suspension orders were contained in a message signed by Mr Kazie …

THE Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed regret that he contested the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary election against President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio said he would not have contested the primary election against Tinubu if he knew the plans the president had for Nigeria. Speaking in Lagos State, Akpabio …

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has signed for AC Milan from Chelsea, the Serie A club announced on Friday. Midfielder Loftus-Cheek arrives at Milan for a reported fee of around 21 million euros ($22.8 million) after spending his entire career as a Chelsea player, apart from two loan spells at Crystal Palace and …

Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly, Mr Hyacinth Dajoh, has appealed to the people of Mbaivur and Mbasombo in the Ikpayongo axis of Gwer-East Local Government Area to sheathe their sword and allow peace to reign. Dajoh made the call in Makurdi during a meeting with stakeholders from Gwer-East …

A Cypriot court jailed a man on Friday for receiving sexual services from a human trafficking victim in a case prosecutors hailed as a milestone for the Mediterranean island. “This is the first time that a ‘client’ has been convicted by a Cypriot court,” the state prosecution service said.   …

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has distributed 300 Saudi Riyals to each of the more than 3,000 Bauchi pilgrims in the holy land of Mecca. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Alhaji Mukthar Gidado, on Friday in …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment and deployment of eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands in the country with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by the Spokesperson of the Commission Mr Ikechikwu Ani.   According …

Governor Ademola Adeleke has issued a directive for the immediate payment of pension entitlements to retired workers as planned in the template released earlier this year. This is as the State government was working on a plan to enroll contributory pensioners in the state health insurance scheme.   The governor …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), designed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Union said the curriculum is a threat to quality university education and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities.   ASUU …

The Gombe State Police Command has recovered four cows suspected to be stolen from the houses of residents in the state on the eve of the Eid-el Kabir festival. Spokesman of the command Mahid Muazu Abubakar disclosed this on Thursday in a press release issued to journalists.   According to …