HURIWA condemns media outfits for abandoning journalist A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State has granted bail to publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo after 175 days in detention. Justice Sule Shuaibu, who took over his trial after ...
Read More »Why foreign students, teachers shun Nigeria’s schools, by minister
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has decried lack of hostel accommodation in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. He said the problem was one of the factors making the country not to attract foreign students and teachers into its tertiary institutions. ...
Read More »Governor Udom Emmanuel urges U.S. to relax visa restriction on Nigerians
Governor Udom Emmanuel has urged the United States government to reconsider its recent visa restriction on Nigerians, especially Akwa Ibom indigenes. He made the appeal yesterday while receiving the Deputy Chief of Missions of the United States Embassy, Nigeria, Kathleen ...
Read More »Obasanjo calls for conservation of wildlife
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a concerted effort by stakeholders for the conservation of wildlife, insisting that their existence is very important to the survival of nature. Obasanjo who spoke yesterday while addressing members of the Pangolin Conservation ...
Read More »Court remands company directors over alleged N1.2 trillion fraud
Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the remand of four directors of Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged £2.6 billion about ...
Read More »Military integrates 136 B’Haram ex-terrorists as Senate talks tough on killings
The Nigerian Army has released 136 repentant Boko Haram terrorists under its Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) skills acquisition training for integration into the society. Over 1,400 ex-insurgents were handed over to the Borno State government after the 52-week training in ...
Read More »Northern leaders urge overhaul of security infrastructure to curb terrorism
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for the overhaul of the nation’s security infrastructure to end the prevailing insurgency in the land, maintaining that the current strength of the military could not defeat the Boko Haram sect. It, therefore, ...
Read More »Air travel in chaos as harmattan further grounds flights, minister, NCAA apologise
For the second day running, air travel was again grounded to a halt as haze blurred air-to-ground visibility at airports nationwide. While aircraft were delayed on the ramp for hours, stuck passengers grew uneasy, throwing various domestic terminals into chaos. ...
Read More »House of Representatives want declaration of emergency on power sector
Incensed by the energy crisis nationwide, the House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on the power sector. To show seriousness, the lower chamber of the National Assembly mandated its Committee on Power ...
Read More »Varsity teacher wants stiffer penalties for culprits of sex scandals
Former Vice Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University (SAU) Ogwa, Edo State, Prof. Bernard Aigbokhan, yesterday canvassed stiffer penalties, including prosecutions and dismissals, for lecturers indicted over sex for grades. Aigbokhan said that the measure is to check the unwholesome practice ...
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