The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the proposed education loan scheme will keep students in permanent debt. According to a statement on Thursday after its National Executive Council meeting at the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, ASUU said it was surprised by the reports it received on the failed promises of…
The crisis rocking the leadership of the Labour Party took a deeper dimension on Wednesday when the National Working Committee of the party slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. The suspension was officially announced at a media parley held at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had on Monday challenged the…
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has resolved to sanction Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of government over violations of the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Rep. Bamidele Salam, Chairman of the Committee, said this at the resumed hearing of the committee in Abuja. The Committee also summoned the Governor of Central Bank of…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) that no student will be left out of the Students’ Loan Funds policy. Gbajabiamila gave this assurance when he received in his office a delegation of NANS led by its president, Lucky Emonefe, on Wednesday….
The funeral arrangements for the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, will commence today with a winning soul crusade, scheduled to take place at the MKO Abiola Democracy Park in Akure, the state capital. A statement by the late governor’s former Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, said that the event will begin at…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the 42,000 metric tons of grains recently approved for distribution to vulnerable Nigerians would be provided free of charge. Kyari stated this at the maiden Ministerial Press Briefing Series (MPBS) organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on Wednesday. The minister…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, and testified in the ongoing trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is on trial before Justice Muazu for a total of twenty-count modified accusations…
The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has reassured Nigerians that the Federal Government is diligently working to prevent Nigeria from succumbing to its numerous challenges at this critical juncture in the nation’s history. At the official inauguration of “TechAdvantage Nigeria,” a platform designed to support Nigeria’s tech ecosystem for the creation…
The death of his former Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Jones Oladeinde Arogbofa (rtd), at the age of 72, has shocked former President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan referred to him as a devoted and patriotic Nigerian who gave his all to serve our country and humanity in a condolence statement sent to the Arogbofa family and…
Austin Agada, the All Progressives Congress state chairman who had been suspended, was reinstated on Monday by the Benue State High Court in Makurdi. Justice Maurice Ikpambese, the Chief Judge of Benue State, issued the directive in response to a plea to vacate the temporary injunction prohibiting Agada from representing the Benue State APC Chairman….
