ASUU suspends strike in Taraba varsity
Students of Taraba State University, Jalingo, have heaved a sigh of relief after the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, asked its members to resume work. While calling off the strike action, the Varsity’s ASUU Chairman, Joshua Mbaver noted that the state government has succumbed to pressure and agreed to meet the lecturers’ demands. […]
Northern group knocks Sanusi over statement on Tinubu’s economic policies
The Northern Patriotic Coalition for Democracy (NPCD) has faulted the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, for his criticism of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies. While describing his statements as careless and misinformed, the group said Sanusi lacks the moral justification to advise the government. They also accused him of exacerbating the country’s economic […]
Nigerian governors back Tinubu’s tax bills
Nigeria’s thirty six governor’s have thrown their weights behind president Bola Tinubu’s Tax Bills. In a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja, the governors expressed their support for the Tax Bills, saying the existing ones are “archaic “. The communique signed by the chairman of the forum and governor of Kwara […]
Man dies trying to ‘rape a cow’
A farm worker was kicked to death after he attempted to rape a cow in Brazil. The 45-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, was found Wednesday by witnesses lying unconscious near the animal and wearing a condom at a farm located in Samambaia, a town in the Federal District. A coworker told police […]
Benue PDP nominates Chief Ortom as BOT Member
The State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has formally nominated Chief Samuel Ortom for the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT). A statement signed by the party’s state Publicity Secretary Tim Nyor said the decision follows the expiration of the tenure of the previous members of the BOT from the […]
FG’s failure to release funds for 2024 capital budget worsening unemployment crisis
The National Coalition on Accountability and Probity in Governance (NCAPG) has said that the Federal Government’s failure to release funds for the 2024 capital budget has contributed to the country’s worsening unemployment crisis. Speaking in Abuja, the group’s National Coordinator, Igwe Umanta, said the federal government’s failure in this direction has not only created ripple […]
Partner Churches to help poor citizens, Catholic Bishop tells FG
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has said there was need for the government to partner with churches to help poor citizens who were struggling to cater for themselves and their families. Kaigama who made the call at a special Holy Mass in honour of the deceased and injured victims of the […]
Understanding Benue politics and governance from 1999 till date
Leonard Karshima Shilgba Let me begin with discounting a certain wrong assumption, which is: one individual determines the direction of politics or governance in Benue State. There is no credible evidence that this is so. Certain persons have held the opinion that His Excellency George Akume has determined the direction of Benue politics and governance […]
HURIWA hails President Tinubu for banning homosexuality , tattooing others among military personnel
Calling it a very bold effort at promoting, defending and uplifting the reverred African tradition and culture, the Human arights Writers Association has praised president Bola Tinubu for banning what it called “certain Unafrican and unorthodox lifestyles such as same-gender sexual liaisons and tattooing amongst other unacceptable practices from the Armed forces of the Federal […]
UniAbuja Crisis: Professors ask FG to probe alleged N3 billion fraud
The leadership crisis rocking the University of Abuja has again taken another dimension, as some aggrieved Professors in the university have called on the Federal Government to investigate the alleged over N3 billion fraud uncovered by a report of the 2021 Presidential Visitation Panel to the university for the 2019/2020 academic session. Although the university […]