The leadership of the striking Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP) on Friday stated conditions on which it would call off its industrial action which began April 6. Insisting that there was no going back on it’s nation-wide strike, it frowned at the manner some rectors were being appointed for some polytechnics. National President of…
Itsekiri People Tell Police to Hands Off Kingship Crisis, Say We Can Settle Ourselves
The succession crisis rocking the Itsekiri nation took another dimension on Friday when hundreds of Itsekiri, young and old, marched on the Zone 5 Headquaters office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in Benin City demanding that the Police stay off the matter. They insisted that they should be allowed to resolve the matter…
Late Pastor Dare Adeboye to be buried Tuesday
The late Pastor Oluwadamilare Adeboye, 42, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Folu, will be buried on Tuesday May 11, according to the burial programme released by the family on Thursday. Formally announcing the demise of their son, the family, in a…
Buhari Sacks Bala-Usman of NPA
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal and replacement of Hadiza Bala-Usman, erstwhile managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA. Though no immediate reason was given officially for her removal, there are speculations that she may have been found guilty of insubordination to her supervising minister, Rotimi Amaechi who is the minister of transportation.…
Niger State Loses another Seven People to Bandits
Bandits have once again visited terror on one of the local government areas in Niger State. The latest attack was on the Yangalu community in Mogama local government area of the state. According to reports, the bandits swooped on the community on motorcycles, shooting sporadically, which made people run for safety. By the time the…
Late Pastor Dare Adeboye May have had Premonition of His Death
President Buhari, Kalu Condole with Enoch Adeboye, RCCG Familiy. Pastor Dare Adeboye, the 42-year-old late son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye may have had premonition of his death and had prepared himself for it. A pointer to this was his last tweet on his…
PDP calls for special security group for South-South
The South-South leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has made a case for the setting up of a special security outfit to protect farmers in the zone from attacks by Fulani herdsmen. The re-elected South-South zonal Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the case during a courtesy call of the zonal leadership…
Only PDP Can End Insecurity in Nigeria – Gov. Obaseki
Accuses APC of Mismanagement of Economy. Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday boasted that only the PDP that can help the President, Muhammadu Buhari, solve the major problem confronting it, and not his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obaseki, who blamed insecurity in the country on the “lawlessness and indiscipline” of the ruling…
Wike places bounty on 2 Rivers gang leaders, warns separatists to leave Rivers
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State Governor, has placed a bounty on two notorious kidnappers and gang leaders from Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas simply known as VIP and Comasi. The governor disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday when he received in audience traditional rulers and leaders of thought of Ekpeye…
May Day: Sanwo-Olu Donates Vehicles, Secretariat to Workers
… Approves 10 hectares of land for workers’ housing scheme. This year’s International Workers’ Day in Lagos state workers, on Saturday, May 1, at Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan Stadium, was a harvest of packages for workers and union leaders in the state. The theme of the event was “COVID-19 Pandemic, Social and Economic Crises: Challenges…
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