Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday grounded academic and non-academic activities on the campus. The workers said they were joining the nationwide strike embarked on
More facts emerged on Tuesday that the former caretaker chairman for Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, Haruna Musa, currently being remanded at a Katsina correctional centre actually has five charges brought against him by the police in connection with the last December abduction
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has relaxed the 24-hour curfew declared in Irepodun and Orolu councils of the state following the communal crisis that broke out between Erin-Osun and Ilobu towns. The reviewed curfew regime, which takes immediate effect, will now be from 6 pm to
Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has disclosed that it will be going on strike unless there was the full implementation of financial autonomy for all state Houses of Assembly. In a notice dated January 27 and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the association gave a
The Central Bank of Nigeria has stated clearly that it does not approve the use of cryptocurrencies and has forbidden all banks in Nigeria not to use, hold, trade and/or transact in cryptocurrencies. The CBN stated this policy position in a circular dated January 12,
The Ondo State Government on Tuesday faulted the figure for the COVID-19 situation in the state released by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control. The rejection is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Commissioner for Health, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye, in Akure. “The NCDC report created
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), yesterday, vowed to sustain its ongoing nationwide strike despite the Federal Government declaring it illegal. Reports from various campuses indicated that the workers stayed away from their offices in compliance with the directive
The Federal Government has said it would not only name and shame violators of the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations (2021), it would prosecute and jail offenders. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has responded to the recent claims of an Islamic scholar, Sheik Gumi, that bandits and Fulani herdsmen are similar to freedom fighters. A statement by the media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, described Gumi’s comparison as incredible and provocative. “Gumi
The Department of Petroleum Resources announced on Monday that it had issued a licence to establish the first floating Liquefied Natural Gas production plant in the country. The DPR said in a statement that the licence was issued to UTM Offshore Limited, an indigenous oil and