Some Libya returnees in Edo State have applauded Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on the recent award bestowed on him as best performing governor in Nigeria by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The group also endorsed Obaseki for a ...
Read More »C’River judiciary, Ayade disagree over alleged take over of CJ’s official quarters, others
Crisis between the judiciary, the bar and the Cross River State government has come to the fore as the 2019/2020 legal year opened yesterday. Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Michael Edem, has responded to concerns in some quarters ...
Read More »Fear of EFCC restrains governors from organising jumbo parties, Magu declares
Don’t leave corruption fight to anti-graft bodies, group tells Nigerians Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has revealed that some governors are afraid of organising flamboyant parties because of the commission’s eagle eyes. Magu ...
Read More »UN, Lagos, others seek innovative solutions to cities’ waste challenges
Deploy recovered looted funds to develop housing sector, surveyors tell FG The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other stakeholders have called for more innovative solutions and global investments to improve waste management across world ...
Read More »Obaseki, Oshiomhole feud cripples APC governors, N’Assembly leaders’ meeting
A meeting convened by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with leadership of the National Assembly to promote government’s policies that require legislative support was yesterday disrupted in Abuja. But the meeting’s atmosphere changed when the lingering feud between ...
Read More »How to end sex for marks in nation’s varsities, by Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the prevalence of sex for grades in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria and West Africa. Reacting to the exposure in the BBC Africa Eye’s latest investigative documentary, Atiku said such predatory ...
Read More »Group urges NJC to investigate imprisonment of Kefas for 139 days
Activists accuse El-Rufai of rights violation, clamp down on opposition A group, Citizens For Steven Kefas, has asked the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the plight of Steven Kefas who has been imprisoned in the past 139 days over ...
Read More »Court bars FIRS from enforcing VAT on consumables in hotels
Increase will impact more on urban centres, wealthy, says minister Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) from enforcing VAT provisions on goods and services consumed in hotels, restaurants ...
Read More »Don Cautioned Scientific Researchers Against Unethical Conduct
Prof. Ebenezer Farombi, Head, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan has cautioned researchers against unethical conduct of research as technology advances at an ever-increasing rate. He gave the warning on Friday in Lagos at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) during ...
Read More »OSPOLY ALUMNI INAUGURATES EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS — Adekunle Sikiru
Osun State Polytechnic Iree Alumni Association (OSPAA) has inaugurated the Editorial Board members of the association who are saddled with the responsibilities of gathering, processing and disseminating information to the public through magazine publication. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held ...
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