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Outgoing governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said that he desires to see his successor, Emeka Ihedioha surpass his achievements in office. Okorocha, who stated this while addressing members of the 52-man Joint Transition Committee and Ihiedioha at Government ...

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission summoned top Kano emirate member to appear before it over alleged financial misappropriation. A letter signed by the commission’s Director of Operations, CSP Sulaiman Aliyu Gusau, invited an aide to the Emir, ...

University of Lagos (UNILAG) wing of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has accused the Pro-Chancellor, Wale Babalakin (SAN) of high- handedness and acting against the set rules of the institution. Consequently, the union has convened a congress to ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday gave President Muhammadu Buhari and six others until May 13 to appear before the court to explain why Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad cannot be restrained from being appointed the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stepped up its import substitution strategy in the textile industry with the distribution of cotton seeds and other inputs to over 100,000 cotton farmers for the 2019 planting season. The move, aimed at ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has upturned the judgement of a Federal High Court, Owerri, which faulted the nomination of Okey Ezeh, as Imo Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the last general elections. In a ...

The five lecturers sacked recently by the management of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu have sought Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s intervention. They maintained at the weekend in Enugu that their dismissal “following our participation in the national strike ...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has given the commissioners he recently appointed a week to sign and return the performance agreement. Dr. Fayemi stated this at the closing session of the three-day retreat for the state’s top government functionaries ...

The Federal Government has concluded plans for the commencement of cargo delivery by rail to the Kaduna Inland Dry Port. Scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the facility’s premises in Kakuri, Kaduna State, the programme will be attended by ...

Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to enable it operate in line with global best practices. The association also stressed the need for ...