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The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola has confirmed that her marriage to the monarch, Adeyeye Ogunwusi 11, has crashed. The Olori has also reverted to her maiden name Zaynab Otiti Obanor. She disclosed this via an official statement on her official Instagram page @hhzynab on Wednesday. The former Olori said: “What […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were conspicuously absent on Tuesday at a meeting scheduled with the Federal Government over the lingering industrial action in universities.   Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had called a meeting of the stakeholders in tertiary education  in Abuja. He invited ASUU leaders, Minister of Education, among […]

The Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani has spoken out against plans by the Military and Police to monitor social media opinions and comments made by Nigerians in a bid to check the rising incidents of hate speech in the country. Sani said he was not in support of the use and wide […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has carried out a major shakeup of top executives across the value chain of its operations. Ndu Ughamadu,Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, announced the  shakeup in a statement on Tuesday.   According to the statement, the appointments and deployments has given the Oil giant a fresh impetus. Complete […]

The Federal Government should commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the embattled Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged N120 billion received from  corporate organisations for special security services, anti-corruption group, United Global Resolve For Peace, said on Monday. The organisation described as “pathetic and quite disheartening” that the Nigeria Police has degenerated in its value and ethics. […]Read More

The Pentagon has notified the U.S. Congress  of the sale to Nigeria of 12 Super Tucano A-29 planes and weapons worth $593 million, needed for the  fight against the militant group, Boko Haram. The move on the sale, which included thousands of bombs and rockets and was originally agreed by former President Barack Obama’s administration, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reiterated its resolve to follow the rule of law, even as a group, “Concerned Nigerians”, led a protest to its headquarters, calling for repatriation of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, alleged to have siphoned several billions of state funds, from the United Kingdom, UK. […]

The Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st and Monday 4th September, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Id-el-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity […]

…it’s misleading to say VCs reject cut-off marks The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has described as unnecessary the controversies over the reduction of cut-off marks for 2017 admission exercise into tertiary institutions by stakeholders at its policy meeting. Rather than criticisms, JAMB said Nigerians should be concerned about how to address the flight […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered permanent forfeiture of N 7, 644, 700, 000.00 belonging to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The money which  is reasonable suspected to be proceeds of illegal activities was traced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to an account in a […]

Federal Government and ASUU will meet on Tuesday in Abuja to attempt to resolve the grievances of the union. A statement issued by Samuel Olowookere,Deputy Director Press, said, “In furtherance of efforts at resolving the lingering industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, […]

  The Presidency has declared that no cabal or official in the Presidency can hijack the powers President Muhammadu Buhari. It was also revealed that the President is very thorough in carrying out the responsibilities and duties ascribed to him by the 1999 constitution and that no one is side lining the Vice President. Senior […]