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The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN said yesterday that its strike was still on because no concrete resolution had been reached. The legal adviser to JUSUN, Mariam Usuf-Gusau, stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. “The strike is still on while we await the …

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the number of universities in the country is too small, given the nation’s population. He made the comment, yesterday, at the presentation of provisional licences to 20 newly approved private universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja. With the …

The Lagos State Government is set to divert the traffic on Adegbola Street, Ikeja for 15 months, commencing from Sunday 11th April, 2021, in readiness for the construction of Ikeja Overpass, Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line Project. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, @dr_oladeinde, said the diversion is …

He stated this on Thursday at the presentation of “The Making of The Nigerian Flagship: A Story of The Guardian,” a book by The Guardian newspaper. Osinbajo, who expressed concern about the proliferation of fake news, urged journalists to rise as professionals to challenge this. “It is said that journalism …

Imo State government has accused a former governor of the state for being the mastermind of Monday’s attacks on some federal facilities in Owerri, the state capital. Commissioner for Information, Chief Declan Emelumba, yesterday, alleged the former governor engaged thugs whom he had earlier granted amnesty to unleash violence on …

Bukola Saraki, President of the 8th Senate, has condemned the “unenlightened propaganda” by Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). A statement by Saraki’s media aide, Oluwole Onemola had recalled an accusation against Saraki by MURIC, alleging that the 8th Senate worked against Buhari on insecurity. MURIC …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of the University of Ibadan, University of Port Harcourt, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife and Maritime University in Delta. This was contained in a statement by Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that bandits terrorising Nigeria have lost their rights to life under the constitution and must be wiped out. El-Rufai disclosed this during a town hall meeting on national security organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture held in Kaduna with the …

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on Nigerian leaders to exercise restraint in their utterances in the current circumstances facing the country. A communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council, meeting by Emmanuel Yawe, National Publicity Secretary, expressed displeasure at the state of affairs in the …

Update on Gov. #Ugwuanyi’s imprints in the #healthcare sector of #Enugu State The ongoing massive construction works at the permanent site of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital and College of Medicine, Igbo-Eno, are among the landmark projects of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration that are receiving …