BY GODDY OBINWA The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to file its respond to a fresh suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over alleged breach of section 90(3) ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the Federal Government’s decision to pay lecturers half salaries in October as an attempt to reduce them to causal workers. This is as the union appealed for the understanding of students, parents and concerned Nigerians as it continuedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both the number of women employed by the Agency as well as those sponsored for capacity development in country and abroad. This was made known byContinue Reading
Minister Of Defence, Major Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd) has said insecurity and recent floodings that ravaged parts of the country posed threats to the nations economic growth and food security. The minister stated this at the opening of the Defence Advisers/Attachés’ Annual Conference 2022 organised by the Defence Intelligence AgencyContinue Reading
The House of Representatives is making arrangements for a N170 billion fund for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the 2023 budget. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the move will provide a level of increment in the welfare packageContinue Reading
Presidential candidates of the Labour Party(LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), yesterday, wooed voters as they marshaled out their programmes at The Arise News Presidential Town Hall ahead of the February 2023 presidential election. Among those invited, threeContinue Reading
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has told Nigerians not to vote for him based on ethnic or entitlement sentiments, but on the competence he comes with. The former Anamabra State Governor stated this during the Presidential Town Hall series organized by Arise TV on Sunday. According to Obi, heContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has called on Nigerians, irrespective of ethno-religious differences to ensure that the same faith ticket for the 2023 general elections does not see the light of the day. The elders noted that if the same faith is not rendered useless inContinue Reading
■ Set to rejig security, moot joint patrol BY GODDY OBI Insecurity has persisted in the Southeast. From Nnewi to Isikwuato, Nsukka to Afikpo and Mbano, the issue has continued to dominate discussions, especially the changing trend of kidnapping in the zone. Of particular interest is the revelation that mostContinue Reading
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar says one of the three naira notes about to be redesigned should have the image of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, in a string of tweets on Saturday, also saluted the 85-year-old elder statesmanContinue Reading