February 2025
Gov Aiyedatiwa Approves Upgrade Of Ondo Poly To Agric Varsity
The Ondo State governor, Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the upgrade and conversion of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPO), Owo, to a University of Agriculture and Agribusiness. The conversion of the State Polytechnic came after a review of the initial proposal for the upgrade of the institution to a University of Management Science and Technology […]
Tight Security At APC Headquarters As Party Holds NEC Meeting
Security has been tightened in and around the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, where the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting is holding on Wednesday. Joint security team comprising military, police and other security personnel cordoned off the Buhari House national secretariat building, located along Blantyre street in Wuse […]
Federal Gov’t Gives IBEDC 7 Days To Reinstate Sacked 3,000 Workers
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, (IBEDC) and its outsourcing firm to renegotiate the mass sacking of its 3,000 workers. Oyo State Comptroller in the ministry, Mr Festus Igbinosun gave the directive at the end of a meeting between the management […]
Police arrest pastor over alleged murder of 7-year-old boy in Edo
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old Pastor, Ijebor Simon, and one Destiny Okojabhole, 23, for the alleged murder of a seven year old boy, Evans Okojabhole in Irrua, Esan Central LGA. The spokesman of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City […]
House of reps receives submissions on Intelligence Trust Fund
The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has received submissions from various security agencies on the proposed establishment of the National Intelligence Trust Fund. At a public hearing held on Tuesday at the National Assembly, the Commander General of the Nigerian Forest Security Service (NFSS), Dr. Wole Joshua Osatimehin, was among those […]
Medical consultants, Dental specialists decry withdrawal of services in schools
Medical and Dental Consultants Association, MDCAN, and Medical and Dental Specialist Association in Basic Medical Sciences, MEDSABAMS, have raised alarm over the on-going withdrawal of services in medical schools in South-West universities over non migration of medical lecturers to CONMESS salary structure. The two Medical Associations also decried no significant progress had been made as […]
Assign Nnamdi Kanu’s case to another judge or transfer to South-East – IPOB lawyers write CJN
The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has approached the Chief Justice of the Federation, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to prevail on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, to reassign his case or transfer it to the South-East. Kanu’s trial commenced in 2015 […]
Shock As APC Disowns Delta Leadership Council
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the purported inauguration of a “Leadership Council” in its Delta state chapter. In a statement issued on Tuesday by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the party clarified that the NWC did not sanction the council’s reported inauguration. He stated […]
El-Rufai Shuns APC Caucus, NEC Meetings As Party Dismisses Ganduje Ouster Rumours
As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepared for its much-anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday, the party has firmly denied speculation that President Bola Tinubu may ask national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to step down. The party’s National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, debunked the rumours in an interview, insisting that the meeting […]
Gov Eno Tasks Akwa Ibom Cabinet On Timely Delivery Of Democratic Dividends
LAkwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has set agenda for the newly inaugurated 27-member State Executive Council (SEC) on the essence of delivering dividends of democracy to the people. The newly inaugurated state executive council comprise 25 commissioners and two special advisers. Governor therefore warned against complacency and sabotage of government policies and programmes […]