Editorial: The FG Ultimatum to ASUU
The marching order from the Federal Government compelling University lecturers currently engaged in the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately resume duty by…
Soldiers, Police Stop APC’s Processional Demonstration against INEC
Heavily-armed soldiers and policemen on Thursday prevented chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande; and Muhammadu Buhari from reaching the…
The rumoured “$5 billion ECA withdrawal” and selective amnesia
Courtesy of the usually garrulous Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Nigerians now know that nearly one trillion of the country’s hard earned cash is either missing or somewhere…
Demonizing Stella Oduah…
Several questions readily present themselves in the lingering imbroglio surrounding Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. However, perhaps none is more relevant than this simple but pertinent question: who is really after…
Dokubo-Asari Released From Detention
Three days after his arrest, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has being freed by Benin Republic gendarmes. Yet, no allegations were reported against…
Dickson Orders Immediate Release of Aged Abductees
Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson has ordered the immediate release of Pa Nelson Tempurah, father of State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Mr. Nelson Belief, as well as Mrs…
FG Orders University Lecturers to Resume or be Sacked
An order from the Federal Government has compelled Vice-Chancellors of all federal universities currently on the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately reopen…
Ogbia-Nembe road to be completed by 2015 – Gov Dickson
In its bid to open up the hinterlands for investment, tourism and other socio-economic activities, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson disclosed on Wednesday that the Ogbia-Nembe road would be…
ASUU Hints at Suspending Strike Within 24hrs,if….
The ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could be suspended within 24 hours should President Goodluck Jonathan accept the new resolutions suggested at the meeting…
PDP Expels Baraje, Oyinlola, Jaja
The National Disciplinary Committee set up by Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has recommended the expulsion of protagonists of the party’s breakaway faction, Alhaji Abubakar…