President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with ministers and other government officials over the ongoing strike action embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The meeting is coming two days after the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, had issued a notice of a nationwide protest in solidarity...
The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has countered accusations by critics who claimed his campaign team hired thugs to pose as Christian clergy at Wednesday’s unveiling of the party’s vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima.
The APC had unveiled former Borno State Governor, Senator Shettima as...
Kwara State Government on Wednesday said worship centres may reopen from Friday June 5th on the condition that they satisfy certain criteria already agreed with various religious umbrella bodies in the state.
The government however warned that the concession for churches and mosques to reopen does not mean that the...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris-Wase, has said that about 44 State Security Service, SSS, security reports were ignored by the security agencies before the terrorist attack on Kuje Correctional Centre.
Mr Wase stated this during Tuesday’s plenary while contributing to a motion on the ‘Need...
says ‘we are meeting expectations of Oyo residents’
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, addressed members of the State House of Assembly, declaring that his administration has been meeting the expectations of the people of the state.
The governor, who was speaking at the Assembly chambers on the...
as govt moves to shutdown unregistered markets
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration is concluding plans to commence the issuance of identification cards to residents across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state as part of measures to check insecurity.
The governor disclosed...
as govt workers resume Monday
Pry 6, JSS III, SSS III students resume classes by June 29
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force announced on Monday that it has relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following the advent of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.
The Task Force, which made the...
Quit illicit drug trade now or lose it all, Marwa warns barons
Over 560,068.31414 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were on Thursday 4th August 2022 set ablaze by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the largest to be destroyed in the 32-year history of the anti-narcotic agency.
Leading other...
In line with government's commitment to distributing resources of the State equitably, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reconstruction of Itaasin (St. Stephen Church)-Our lady School-Famia Road, Modakeke.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Works and Transport in the State, Engr. Remi Omowaiye, on Friday.
The road, it was gathered,...
