Army deploys 177 personnel in Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping

The Nigerian Army announced on Wednesday the deployment of 177 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief of Operations, Nigerian Army, Major General Boniface Sinjen, made the announcement…

Govt officials funding private varsities with taxpayers’ money, ASUU alleges

The Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar zone, Dr Happiness Uduk, has expressed disappointment that government officials are destroying public universities in the country and stealing…

Tinubu not discriminating against North – Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that President Bola Tinubu is having good and clean hearts for the growth of Northern Nigeria as against a series of insinuations that the…

Senate resumes plenary Thursday

The Senate is set to resume the plenary on Thursday as opposed to its early proposed July 2 resumption. The Senate had on Tuesday, June 11, adjourned the plenary to…

Inflation hitting our members hard, ASUU laments

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State, chapter has called on the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with ASUU concerning the…

Police arrest killers of Ekiti PoS operator, rice hawker

Men of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested those behind the killing of a Point of Sales operator and a rice hawker in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital,…

Rivers court begins trial of three ex-soldiers, others for robbery

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the state capital, has begun the trial of three soldiers and 10 others for alleged armed robbery, burglary and receiving of…

NDLEA seizes 10,000kg marijuana, secures 241 convictions in Ondo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Wednesday, said it sezed 10,000 kg of marijuana and secured the conviction of 241 suspects in Ondo State between June 2023 and May…

Kenyan President Bows To Pressure, Withdraws Finance Bill Amid Death Of Protesters 

Following the death of over twenty (20) people protesting a bill containing tax hikes, Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday has conceded to withdraw his assent to the bill. Protesters…

Edo Guber: Court To Decide Imansuangbon, Akpata’s Fate On LP Candidacy July 22

The Federal High Court in Abuja, headed by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, will deliver judgement on the authentic Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Edo State on July 22, 2024. The…

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