The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted leave to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to appeal the decision of the National industrial Court of Nigeria delivered on the 21st of September. In a ruling delivered by Justice Hamman Barka on Oct 7th and made public today, the court granted ASUU 7 […]
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard working. […]
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari recently scoring his administration high on development indices ranging from security, energy and infrastructures recently, the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has blamed the lapses still bedevilling the oil and gas sector on the Federal Government. El Rufai claimed the lessons drawn from the telecommunications sector have shown that total or […]
President Muhammadu BUHARI has conferred the former Imo East Senator, Distinguished senator Dr Darlington Eze Ajoku with the national award of the Order of the Federal Republic, OFR. The Distinguished Senator who also doubles as the Managing director of darling fm, received the conferment during the National Honours Award Investiture ceremony at the International Conference […]
The Commissioner for Environment, Kogi State, Hon Victor Omofaye has pleaded with the Federal Government and other international bodies to come to the aid of the state amidst the flood crisis. Omofaye made this appeal during Channels Television’s flagship programme Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. At least six people, including a toddler, were reported to have died in […]
After eight months of stalled negotiations with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday expressed hope that its industrial action will end “in the next few days”. “We hope that working together, in the next few days, we can put an end to this particular imbroglio in the Nigerian educational system,” […]
About 58 illegal oil points have been discovered so far since the operation to end oil theft on the waterways of Delta and Bayelsa states began Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, said this in a press briefing at Oporoza on Sunday where he also gave an update on the recent discovery of […]
Gunmen have attacked the Arum Inyi Police Division in Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State killing at least two persons and setting the station ablaze. Channels Television gathered that the gunmen also carted away arms and ammunition in the unfortunate incident that took place in the early hours of Sunday. While attacking the facility, […]
16 villages in Abacheke, Ohaji/Egbema LGA, Imo State have been submerged as River Urashi overflowed its banks. Flood also consumed crop fields, farmlands, houses, vehicles and valuables worth millions of Niara in Opuoma autonomous community, and parts of Obokofia all in Ohaji/Egbema LGA, posing a great risk to food security. Residents say the release of […]
Festus Keyamo says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu will soon be back in the country. The spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) made the comment on Wednesday following concerns raised about Tinubu’s continued stay in the UK. “I know he would be back in a couple of days. I […]
