Category: News
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How Tinubu will actualise plans on economy, security
The Nation Newspaper Members of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday shed light on the ‘Action Plan’ to reposition the economy. It was the day APC campaign train rolled into Nasarawa State. Presidential standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, told participants at the Town Hall meeting in Lafia, the state capital, that…
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State Governors To Address ASUU’s Half-payment – Jigawa Governor Assures Students
Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru has assured Nigerian students in public universities that the issues relating to the half salary payment to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), would be legally addressed by all the state governors. Badaru gave the indication yesterday, during the official inauguration of the leadership of the National Association of…
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I’m not aware of Peter Obi, Other ex-governors investment in Anambra – Charles Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on Thursday said the purported investments by his predecessor in office, Peter Obi are worth next to nothing. Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Before clinching the party’s ticket, he governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Soludo said…
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How I Mix my Blood In Zobo Drink I Sell – Acclaimed HIV Positive Woman Confesses
A yet-to-be-identified woman believed to be HIV-positive has revealed how she mixed her blood in the zobo drink she sells in order to get other people infected. The said woman made the confession in a radio programme on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz on Wednesday night. The show anchor had asked listeners to call in and confess…
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NUC Approves Upgrade of Osun College of Education To Varsity
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of the Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged University to be called the University of Ilesa, making it the 220th university in Nigeria. The Commission said the approval followed a request by the state government for the upgrade, and their ability to meet…
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Letter Exonerating Tinubu from Drug Cases in US Resurfaces
Following recent media reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was convicted of drug-related cases in the United States of America some years ago, a letter issued by the American Embassy in Nigeria debunking the reports has emerged. The letter, dated February…
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2023: I Won’t Allow Politicians To Mobilize Resources, Thugs To Intimidate Voters – Buhari Assures
President Muhammadu Buhari says there is no going back on the planned redesign of the N1,000, N500 and N200 bank notes, adding that politicians won’t be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate voters in the 2023 general elections. The President made this known on Wednesday in an interview in the the United Kingdom…
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Empower Polytechnic To Award Degree, Masters, Doctorates – ASUP Urges FG
Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has urged the Federal Government to empower polytechnics to award their bachelors of technology to end the BSc and Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy. Ezeibe made the call in Kaduna at an award presentation and farewell ceremony organised by ASUP, Makarfi…
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Six Abducted Undergraduates Recount Ordeal After Amotekun Rescue Operation
SIX abducted undergraduates have recounted their ordeals after they were rescued by corps of the Ondo State Security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, at Ikaramu in Akoko North West Local Council of the state. They were kidnapped and held for four days in a thick forest until Amotekun personnel rescued them. The victims, three males and three…
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BREAKING: Wike, Ortom Others Arrive Bauchi To Woo Bala Mohammed
The Nation Newspaper The G-5 comprising Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Samuel Ortom (Benue); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) has arrived Bauchi, the state capital to lure Governor Bala Mohammed to their camp. The Nation reports the G5 is trying to capitalise on the perceived rift between Mohammed and the presidential candidate of the…