Some unidentified gunmen on Thursday night invaded the campus of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, and kidnapped two lecturers and some students. A statement issued by the publicity secretary of the institution’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP),…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has suspended its planned June 12 nationwide protest. NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement on Friday morning. It was titled, ‘NANS Suspends June 12 Protest Over Concerns About Safety Of…
Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday admitted that the federal government is exceeding its borrowing plan for 2021, blaming the development on the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices. In an interview with…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on…
The Yoruba Pan Socio-Political Group Afenifere has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of taking delight in ridiculing Igbos by his unpresidential utterances. The group’s Secretary-General Chief Sola Ebiseni in a statement in Akure in reaction to the President’s interview on Arise…
In an unsigned threat letter titled ‘Fulani Jihadist Warnings!!!: An Open Message of 2 Paragraphs to Delta State’ pasted in strategic places across the state capital and Agbor on Sunday, the faceless group warned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa against any…
Senator representing the Osun Central senatorial district, Dr Ajibola Basiru, said on Sunday that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the powers to revive the old grazing routes, anywhere in the country. The lawmaker also said he wonders if the president has…
Plateau State government has reached an agreement with the judiciary and legislative arms of the state on the full implementation of their autonomy. Governor Simon Bako Lalong who disclosed this at a dinner and lecture to mark Democracy Day 2021…
Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has lamented that the APC-led government is yet to implement its change agenda for the nation six years after coming to power. Oyegun, a former governor of…
At the ongoing annual conference of the Section of Legal Practice (SLP) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State argued that Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)…