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The National Association of Nigerian Students has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the management of the University of Lagos to reverse fee hike in the institution. NANS executive members, led by the National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope; National Vice President, External, Akinteye Afeez; and the Deputy Senate President, Ekundina Elvis among others, on Thursday, […]
The students of Federal University Oye Ekiti have demanded justice in the killing of one of their colleagues, Modupe Atanda, who was until her death, a student in the Nursing Department. The students, under the aegis of the Students’ Union Government, called on the security agencies to get to the root of the matter and […]
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate during the February 25, 2023, presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, will today address a world press conference. This is coming after the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal threw out his case and upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu. The PUNCH reports that Atiku and his Labour Party counterpart, […]
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of single-phase and three-phase pre-paid electricity meters, and declared that the hike takes effect from September 6, 2023. It announced this in an order released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission with number, NERC/2023/020, and jointly signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba, and […]
A 17-year-old boy identified simply as Ayomiposi Esan has allegedly stolen three mobile phones, two generator sets, a sound system and a Toyota Corolla car belonging to his parents identified as Mr Oluwafemi and Mrs Tosin. The boy ran away with the items after locking his parents inside the house in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government […]
The management of the Federal University Oye Ekiti has announced the death of a student, Modupe Deborah Atanda, earlier said to be missing. A statement by the University’s Registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, said, “It will be recalled that earlier today, the Management had made public the disturbing development of the missing of the deceased and assured […]
The Abia Government has denied a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants in the state, describing it as fake and unfounded. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday. “The report on the sack of Abia workers by Gov. Alex Otti […]
In compliance, with the two-day warning strike initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress, the National Electricity Workers Union, on Tuesday morning (today), shut down the head office of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, located on Post Office Road in the metropolitan city. It would be recalled that the National Executive Council of the NLC at […]
As part of efforts to accelerate action on climate adaptation, the President of African Development Bank, Femi Adeshina, on Tuesday, said the finance institution has committed to providing $25bn to climate finance by 2050. He stated this on the second day of the African Climate Summit, being held at The Kenyatta International Convention Centre, […]
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to include families of wounded and fallen soldiers in the national social register and its poverty alleviation programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, made this known during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Monday, in Abuja. […]
