The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter on Friday ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government. The ASUU branch made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent and signed by the branch …
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Ekweremadu: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of 40 Properties
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion filed and moved by …
Read More »Ex-Twitter CEO, Dorsey, Launches New Social Media Platform
Founder and former CEO of microblogging website, Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has launched a new social media platform, “Bluesky”. This came barely a week that a United States business tycoon and owner of Tesla vehicles, Elon Musk, acquired the ownership of Twitter for $44 billion on April 14, 2022, and …
Read More »Edo Police Arrest Two For Alleged Meter Bypass
The Edo State Police Command on Friday arrested two middle-aged women, Bright Isibor and Evelyn Eriamator for allegedly bypassing their prepaid meters in Benin. A combined team of police personnel and the Benin Electricity Distribution PLC staff who went round the Benin metropolis on a routine check, made the …
Read More »Firm Awards Cash, Employment Offer To NYSC Volunteers
Hypo has rewarded some National Youth Service Corps volunteers, Lagos Chapter, with N100,000 each and an employment interview offer. The cleaning brand, through its Hypo Toilet Rescue Volunteer programme, also commissioned 68 toilet units in the state in partnership with the NYSC and provided resources to corps members who volunteered to take …
Read More »We’re Monitoring Three Govs Over Stashed Cash – EFCC
Three serving state governors are under monitoring over moves to launder cash through table payment of salaries to workers, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Thursday. Bawa, who did not give the identities of these governors, said two of them were from …
Read More »Oyo PDP Fumes As Party Chieftains Support Atiku
A former Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Chief Jumoke Akinjide, and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State have said they will canvass support for and vote for the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in 2023. The National Mandate Group, which is …
Read More »Giving Limbs To Child Amputees Lessens Stigma – NGO
A Non-governmental Organisation, Irede Foundation, has said giving limbs to child amputees will greatly reduce the stigma they face in the society. This was stated by the foundation’s Executive Director, Crystal Chigbu, at the 10th-year celebration of the foundation. Chigbu stressed the need for child amputees to get …
Read More »Falcons Players Ran For Cover First Time We Saw Snow – Mmadu
Former Super Falcons star, Maureen Mmadu, a member of the team’s Golden Generation of 1999, talks about her academy, her time with the Falcons, playing 100 games and funny memories with the women’s team, in this interview with ‘TANA AIYEJINA How would you describe your recent tour of Morocco with …
Read More »UNICEF Condemns Abduction Of 21 Children In Katsina
…Demands govt’s quick intervention to secure their release United Nations Children’s Fund has condemned the recent abduction of 21 children in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State saying that the report was worrisome. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, stated this in a media statement made …
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