OPINION: In 2023, Will Anambra North Be Business As Usual?

Anambra North has produced some of the finest politicians of national repute in the past. But Governor Obiano is the first governor of Anambra State from the zone. With his exit in about a month, observers are keen to see how the coming election outcome will differ from the past two elections in which Obiano was in charge. In Anambra North, Sen. Stella Oduah has held sway for eight years as the senator representing the...

ASUU Strike: Academic Activities Grounded in UNIBEN

BENIN — Academic activities were on Tuesday grounded at the Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) sequel to the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU declared a four-stroke after its National Executive Congress (NEC) met in Lagos to press the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement. Students, who reported for classes at the campus, were stranded as no lecturer turned up for lectures. The News Agency of...

V-C Suggests That FG Takes Loan to Address ASUU’s Demands

ILORIN — Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government could secure a loan to offset the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He told newsmen in Ilorin that incessant strikes by the union had deleterious effects on varsity students. He was speaking against the backdrop of the declaration of a month-long warning strike by ASUU on Monday to press home its demands from...

Nigeria Tertiary Students Lament Over Jam Regularization Irregularities

By Anastasia Mbabie AWKA — Many Nigerian tertiary students from Polytechnic and Colleges of Education have expressed concern over the stressful nature of regularization exercise by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The JAMB regularization procedure is designed to regulate National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, and National Certificate of Education type of admission to clear up the JAMB status of a prosperous student, as well as ensure that JAMB has current admission detail that...

Enugu LG Election: SIEC Commits to Credible Exercise

ENUGU —  The Chairman, Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), Dr. Michael Ajogu, has promised that the commission would conduct a credible and transparent local government election on Feb. 23. Ajogu spoke on Tuesday in Enugu, during a training organised by the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) for staff of ENSIEC. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the training was attended by senior management staff, electoral and assistant electoral officers on election administration....

INEC Timetable: A’Ibom Governorship Hopeful Expresses Eagerness

UYO — Mr. James Iniama, a governorship hopeful in Akwa Ibom under the platform of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed eagerness ahead of the party’s primary. Iniama spoke with journalists in his residence in Ewet Housing in Uyo on Tuesday. He said while waiting for the announcement of the timetable, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he remained focused and deaf to distractions. He said that his aspiration was to meet the needs...

I’m Into Commercial Transport Business to Sustain My Family – Obiekwu

AWKA —  A member of Atlanta ’96 Olympics Nigerian Golden Dream Team, Kingsley Obiekwu, says he now uses his only car for commercial transport to sustain his family. Obiekwu, Member of the Order of Niger (MON), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Awka. The veteran, who played for Rangers International FC, Enugu and Udoji United in his days, said he went into the transport business to sustain...

Ritual Killings in Nigeria Reflect Mounting Desperation for Wealth and Security Amid Creeping Collapse of Law and Order

The rising incidence of ritual killings in Nigeria reflects a weakening state control and Nigerians’ desperate attempts to achieve economic stability. By  Ebenezer Obadare, Guest columnist and Blogger Last week, Nigeria’s House of Representatives urged the Nigerian federal government to declare a state of emergency on the rising incidence of ritual killings in the country. Following a motion by its Deputy Minority Leader Toby Okechukwu, the country’s lower legislative chamber also called on the inspector general of...

Foundation Urges FG to Boost Girl-child Access to Science Studies

ABUJA — Helpline Foundation for the Needy, an Abuja-based NGO, on Friday urged the Federal Government to provide the facilities and the enabling environment that would boost the access of the girl-child and women to science studies. President and Founder of the foundation, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, made the call at an interactive session for women and female students. The event was organised by the NGO, in partnership with Make a Difference for the Needy Foundation...

NASS Wants FAAN to Deploy Modern Technology to Improve Airport Security

IKEJA — The National Assembly has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to work more in the area of improving airport security using the latest modern technology at the country’s airports. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, made this known during an oversight visit to FAAN facilities in Lagos on Saturday by the National Assembly joint committees on Aviation. The chairman said the deployment of the security equipment was based...

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