BY GODWIN OBI Former President Goodluck Jonathan has narrated how his government resolved a lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one night. The varsity teachers have been on strike since February and Jonathan, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a conference to mark the 70thContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The communities of Ketare District in Kankara Local Government Area have called on Katsina State Government to rehabilitate the dilapidated Gora-Ketare-Kankara road. This is contained in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of Katsina State Road Maintenance Agency KASAROMA Engineer Sirajo YAzid Abukur, which was madeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The kidney donor in the celebrated case involving former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, in the United Kingdom, David Ukpo, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja, to set aside its order made on July 1, directing some agencies of government and banksContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd.), said the importation of petroleum products into the country will be stopped by mid-2023. Mr Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd. disclosed this at the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team, on TuesdayContinue Reading
BY AIDOGHIE PAULINUS As he clocks 70 today, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that Nigeria is going through the worst phase in its history. The former secretary-general of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, however, said he believes that it will be theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has identified the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation as the major problem militating against the country’s revenue generation. The Committee’s position is premised on presentations by the Energy Commission of Nigeria andContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has accused government officials, religious leaders, security agencies and even some staff of the nation’s crude oil theft. Speaking during the 49th session of the weekly ministerial briefly at the State House in Abuja, NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, MeleContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA A military fighting patrol team led by General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has killed one bandit and arrested three others. A Statement by the spokesperson, Bridgadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said the General Officer Commanding; accompanied by a team of operational commandersContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has said that over 216 illegal refining sites were deactivated in the last five months, Gambo, who disclosed this to newsmen on Monday, said over 41 million litres of diesel equivalent of N27bn were saved as aContinue Reading
…Denies demanding N1.1 Trillion from FG; …Accuses Education minister of misleading public BY GODWIN OBI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has disclosed that it decided to embark on an indefinite strike because the federal government has not shown any seriousness in getting students return to schools, stating thatContinue Reading