The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has scheduled judgment for Thursday in the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen is being tried on a six-count charge in which he is accused of breaching the Code of Conduct for public officers by allegedly making false declaration of assets and also […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has opposed the proposition for the removal of fuel subsidy. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Diran Odeyemi, told our correspondent in Abuja on Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would be committing a sin to remove the subsidy which would inflict more hardship on Nigerians. He said the advice […]
The Second Republic Presidential Adviser, to former President late Shehu Aliyu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has stated that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar remains a Nigerian citizen and is qualified to contest for any elective position in the country, including the office of the President. Yakasai,who was reacting […]
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said some influential Nigerians are not happy with President Muhammadu Buhari because they are not getting free money like in the past. He said the aggrieved persons were those opposing second term bid of the President against the interest of the masses. He also said the […]
The National Examinations Council has released the result of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. The Acting Registrar, NECO, Mr. Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to Gana, 59,963 candidates registered for the examination and were examined in about 28 subject areas. He noted that […]
ABUJA—-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)has suspended the three month old strike after signing all agreements with the Federal Government. ASUU and FG in meeting Breaking: NANS storms FG, ASUU meeting venue, demands end to strike The agreement was reached through at the end of the conciliatory meeting held at the instance of the Minister […]
Three men have been accused of assaulting some policemen during official duty, and they have also been suspected of stealing N4,200 from the alleged victims during the incident. Consequently, the Police on Friday arraigned the three suspects in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for the alleged offence. The defendants: Emenike Nnadi, 33; Rapsody […]
The Police Command in Enugu State says it has begun an investigation into the killing of a man, who allegedly hacked his mother to death. The man was said to have been killed by an irate mob in Isiagu Ibagwa community in Igboeze South Local Government Area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations […]
The N2.2bn fraud trial of the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, was stalled on Thursday due to the absence of the prosecution’s star witness, Musiliu Obanikoro. The prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the judge that Obanikoro, who was in court only on Tuesday testifying […]
The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will hold a reconciliatory meeting on Thursday in an effort to resolve issues that led to the ongoing strike called by ASUU. ASUU president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said at the end of the last meeting held at the Ministry of Labour and […]