The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked government officials in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to withdraw their children from foreign universities and enroll them in Nigeria. It also called on the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it compulsory for the public office holders to send …

The South African Police Service (SAPS) members have set upon Somali nationals’ shops in the coastal city of Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) after an eruption of violence saw several minibus taxis going up in flames on Wednesday. The following day (Thursday) heavily-armed police went into the town to raid Somali …

South-East pain spreads to Lagos, IPOB sit-at-home becomes Monday of horror, transporters, traders count losses, blood flows in Igboland Although a separatist group in the South-East, the Indigenous People of Biafra, has suspended every Monday sit-at-home it ordered in the zone, operators of buses, which ply Lagos-South-East lament effects of …

The federal government says all television stations across the country will be directed to adopt the use of sign language interpreters. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2021 annual lecture organised by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in partnership with the …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says the resources expended on security by state governors can be used to fund state police. In recent years, governors and key stakeholders have been at the forefront of the increasingly vocal clamour for state policing. In March, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had argued that a …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Friday to Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja predicted sunny skies to prevail over the northern region on Friday with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba during the morning hours. According to the weather …

The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called for the assistance of orphans across the country, saying there is a need to serve humanity. Osinbajo noted that being an orphan does not determine the greatness of a child’s future. He said many great men in Nigeria and the world …

About a year after #EndSARS protests were held in major Nigerian cities, cases of police brutality are still becoming a gory staple daily in the lives of young people in Africa’s biggest economy. For Oluwaferanmi Moses, a first-year student, studying Mechanical Engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), his experience …

On Wednesday in far away Abuja, the news of the defection of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke filtered into the state. This did not come to many as a surprise because it has been long rumoured. With the eventual movement to APC, the new argument has …

President Muhammadu Buhari pulls more crowd than notable politicians such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo and Aminu Kano, according to Mr Femi Adesina. Although Awolowo, Azikiwe and Kano are dead, they command huge respect across board till date. Each of them played huge roles in making Nigeria attain independence and …