President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised on how to resolve the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Buhari was urged to sell eight jets in his presidential fleet and use the proceeds to meet the demands of ASUU. This suggestion was made by a …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a reward scheme for users of the eNaira, including merchants. This includes providing merchants with the required promotional materials, subsidising the current Merchant Service Charge by 50% and activation of a nationwide sensitization that early business adopters of eNaira can leverage on …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the gross domestic capital (GDPs) of 10 Nigerian states are greater than that of some African nations. Osinbajo made the comment on Sunday when some Harvard Business School students visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, maintaining that Nigeria should not be economically compared with …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late General Sani Abacha. The United States government last week signed an agreement with the Federal Government to return the money to Nigeria. SERAP urged Buhari, Attorney-General of …

The campaign office of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has debunked reports that an alliance is brewing with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 elections. It referred to the rumours as the work of propagandists who enjoy twisting the truth …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to sign the renegotiated agreement with the striking members of the Academic Strike Union of University (ASUU). In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria urged both ASUU leadership and the current administration to resume negotiations in …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that he and some of his colleagues like Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia governor; and Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, met with Peter Obi, the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party; Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC); and Atiku Abubakar, …

In a move to check a brewing crisis in the country’s aviation sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, August 26, 2022, released the sum of $265 million to airlines operating in the country, to settle outstanding ticket sales. A breakdown of the figure indicates that the sum …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Saturday, said it has promoted 5010 officers and men to new ranks. DCC Olusola Odumosu Director, Public Relations in a statement said the promotion is aimed at motivating and encouraging officers and men to put in their best. He said the …

Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, has announced that its operating Flight P47154, which departed Lagos at 12noon yesterday, August 27, 2022, for Owerri, could not land due to a bird strike that got the bird stuck on the left main landing gear. In a statement signed by its management, the …