Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and Catholic Laity Council have asked Nigerians to consider the age and mental as well as physical capacity of presidential candidates in the 2023 elections before voting. While the northern elders said they would...
The naira appreciated slightly against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Friday as it exchanged at N436.33k. The rate represented a 0.04 per cent appreciation compared to the N436.50k for which the dollar was exchanged...
The Department of State Services on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the ongoing strike. The Director of the Service in charge of Yobe, Mr Yunusa Abdulkadir, made the plea in Damaturu...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),has appointed Mr. Salihu Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja...
The Senate has confirmed justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Ariwoola was confirmed at about 12:55 after about an hour of drilling and questioning by the senate. This motion for the screening was moved...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven months old strike. The order followed the granting of an injunction sought by the counsel to the federal...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of...
The Federal Government said on Thursday that a lot of opportunities abounded in the agricultural sector as over 56 per cent of available agricultural land was still not in use. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr....
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo and his family on the passing of their beloved mother, Mrs Grace Akeredolu. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his Special...
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) on Thursday said the continued increment in the price of local and international air fares was unacceptable to Nigerians and the trade association. Mrs Susan Akporiaye, NANTA’s National President, during...
