The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has suspended its nine months old strike conditionally. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this during a news conference at the end of its emergence National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU had embarked on strike since March 23 to press home its demands which include funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, payment of...
Adamawa State Police command has deployed 471 Police Personal to provide security at the coronation of 29th Hama Bachama, Dr. Daniel Ismaila Shaga. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje said the Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adeyanju has charged the Officers to display professionalism, protect life and property. The statement read, “Commissioner of police Olugbenga Adeyanju has ordered for immediate deployment of police to secure the venue, protect lives and...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, has said that Lagos, Kaduna, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), account for 70 per cent of Coronavirus infections in the country. Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha made this known during a national briefing on Monday, in Abuja. Mustapha said that two major indicators highlight the current increase in cases and transmission across the country. “Over the past four briefings,...
The Federal Government has extended registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) by up to six weeks, from Dec. 30 to Feb. 9, 2021, and cancelled the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) charges for verification across the country. The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) registration made the announcement on Tuesday, in Abuja, in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)...
By John Campbell ____ The freeing of perhaps 344 boys kidnapped from a boarding school at Kankara in Katsina state is unalloyed good news. However, the foiled attempt to kidnap another eighty school children, at Dandume in the same state a few days later on December 19, highlights the iniquitousness of criminal gang activity. As for the now-freed Kankara victims, many questions remain. Just how many were kidnapped, how many escaped, how many were released, and how many (if any)...
The undisputed fact, however, remains that the Southeast needs an urgent regional internal security outfit. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu There has been continued debate on the newly formed and unveiled Eastern Security Network –ESN- outfit for the old Eastern Region’s security, by the Indigenous People of Biafra- IPOB. The propriety of the establishment has been put into question by many Nigerians. While as many justify the formation of the group yet, the setup as a non-state actor...
Former President of the United State, Barack Obama, on Saturday, shared a list of his favorite music for 2020. According to Obama, the list which was shared on Twitter is compiled with “valuable consultation from our family music guru, Sasha” who seems to have a considerable influence on her famous father’s music choices. The former Black American President picked ‘Essence,’ a single off Wizkid’s “Made in Lagos” album, where the singer featured Tems. Obama’s music...
The House of Representatives passed a total of N13.6 trillion as the approved budget for 2021. The lawmakers approved a benchmark of $40 per barrel of crude oil. In a special plenary on Monday to mark the end of the year, the lawmakers passed the budget out of which N496 billion will be for statutory transfers for agencies such as the National Assembly and INEC which is under the first line charge. The lawmakers also...
Igbo leaders, elders, and academics across Nigeria and in the Diaspora rose from a summit at the weekend with a call for an enabling law compelling all political parties to insert rotation of presidency clause in their constitutions. This was contained in the communiqué issued by participants at the end of the sixth World Igbo Summit held at Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State. It was chaired by a former Chief of General Staff, Commodore Ebitu...
The Grand Kadi of Yobe state, Shu’aibu Talba, has been asked to compulsoryly retire by the National Judicial Council (NJC), over alleged age falsification. The council recommended a compulsory retirement for the him along with Abdulkareem Abdulrasaq, a high court judge in Osun state. This decision was made at the NJC 93rd annual meeting which was conducted virtually on December 16. Talba was recommended for retirement after investigations showed that he falsified his age on...
