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Kwara State government has explained why it disengaged 2,414 teachers from the service of the State Universal Basic Education Board. The teachers’ disengagement was announced in a statement titled, ‘Kwara govt takes stand on 2019 SUBEB workers, offsets pending seven months’ salaries. New employment portal opens January.’ The statement was …

A new book on former President Olusegun Obasanjo would be launched on Monday, December 28 in Lagos. The book, titled: The Man, The General, The President, written by a former aide of the ex-President during his second term, Otunba Femmy Carrena, was described as an eyewitness account of the seeming …

On 29 July 1966 Aguiyi-Ironsi spent the night at the Government House in Ibadan, as part of a nationwide tour. His host, Lieutenant Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Nigeria, alerted him to a possible mutiny within the army. Aguiyi-Ironsi desperately tried to contact his Army Chief of Staff, …

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Nigerians will be happy to have a government that can be trusted. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he lamented the lack of trust in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. “We will be really happy to …

The United Kingdom has distanced itself from the alleged financial looting levelled against a former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, by a member of its parliament, Tom Tugendhat. The action followed a petition to the British Parliament by a group, Igbo for a Progressive Nigeria (IPAN), demanding details about …

Issued by NUC. Starting from 23rd December, all students should stay at home for 5 weeks because of the second wave of coronavirus. Another school lockdown as ASUU lift strike. Despite suspension of ASUU strike, university students won’t resume soon following NUC directive Students in Nigerian public universities who were …

As part of police reassurance building efforts on security during the festive period, Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) CSP Yinka Egbeyemi yesterday led a team police officers on an all-night patrol of trouble spots and major areas in Lagos Island, Victoria Island, Lekki, Ajah, Sangotedo, Ikate, Yaba and Ebute Metta. …

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, said he won’t give the Academic Staff Union of University any excuse to go on strike again. Ngige, whose ministry is the negotiator between the varsity lecturers and the Federal Ministry of Education, said he would ensure the government keeps its …

Yuletide: Gov. Ugwuanyi salutes Christians …Prays for God’s divine intervention in nation’s challenges Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on Nigerians to utilise the significance of Christmas to offer sustained prayers for God’s divine intervention and abiding grace for the nation to surmount its various challenges, such as …

KOGI State Governor Yahaya Bello has reiterated his stand not to engage in any negotiation with bandits, kidnappers or terrorists, noting that such stand was a key ingredient in Kogi State’s fight against insecurity and criminals. Bello made this known while responding to questions on security in the Northcentral on …