Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently recover missing N105.7bn of public funds from ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to fund the country’s public tertiary institutions, improve the welfare of staff members, and ensure that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) return to class without further delay.”Continue Reading
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday, July 2, engaged in commercial tricycle business as he rode and picked a male passenger around Kuto area of Abeokuta. A statement by Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, stated that he (Obasanjo) rode from his Pent House residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential LibraryContinue Reading
The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Executive Chairman of Jos North Local Government of Plateau Mr Philip Eplong has debunked the rumour that the sitting of the Legislative Arm of the Council held on Thursday impeached th council chairman Hon. Shehu Bala Eplong, reacting to the viralContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told political parties in the country that it would not extend the July 15, 2022 deadline for the nomination of governorship and state assembly candidates. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known in a statementContinue Reading
The inputs of the Plateau State Citizens is key in the process of of budgeting policy and process because they are part and parcel of the budget Mr Lamba Peter Bot made the statement during a town hall meeting on citizens engagement in the budgeting process for the central zonePlateauContinue Reading
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex. Judge Ann Donnelly handed down the term in the Brooklyn federal court nearly a year after the 55-year-old Kelly was convicted by a New YorkContinue Reading
Economists at Vetiva have said recurring fuel shortages could push inflation to 19 per cent in 2022. The economists, Ibukun Omoyeni and Angela Onotu proposed a bear case scenario of 19 per for inflation after a base estimate of 17.50 per cent. They said, “We see considerable risks from global food shortages,Continue Reading
No fewer than three governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the recent gubernatorial primary of the party have so far defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Among those who have so far defected from the APC to the PDP is a member of the FederalContinue Reading
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed “Amotekun Corps” has confirmed that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The suspected terrorist invaded the church on June 5, killing no fewer than 40 people and injuring many other worshippers. The state CommanderContinue Reading
The Police Command in Zamfara has rescued 14 kidnap victims held for 42 days at Kunchin Kalgo forest in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu. Shehu said thatContinue Reading