The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced a two-week warning strike across the country, following the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum it earlier issued to the Federal Government. Addressing the press in Abuja on Sunday, the President of ...
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Tinubu Pardons Pre-Independence Nationalist Macaulay, Vatsa, Saro-Wiwa, Lawan, 13 Ors
Late Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, sentenced to death and executed over a treason charge in 1986, has received a posthumous pardon from President Bola Tinubu. Vatsa, a poet, was among the 17 people who received presidential pardons following the ...
Read More »NSC Postpones National Sports Federations Elections
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced a one-week extension to the ongoing elections for National Sports Federations to facilitate a fair and transparent review of post-election petitions and appeals received from various constituencies and stakeholders. The Commission clarified that ...
Read More »HAGO Africa Launches In Nigeria To Connect Millions To Verified Local Service Providers
HAGO Africa, a fast-growing digital marketplace for services, has officially launched operations in Nigeria, making it easier, safer, and faster for customers to find trusted service providers, from everyday artisans to top-tier professionals. The platform connects customers to verified vendors ...
Read More »Globacom Promotes Broadband Investment, Infrastructure Security at Commission’s Roundtable
Telecommunications giant, Globacom, has thrown its weight behind Nigeria’s digital development efforts at the ongoing Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) business roundtable on Broadband Investment and Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure. The roundtable began on Wednesday at the NCC Headquarters in ...
Read More »Experts Call For Prompt Response To Tackle Global Health Challenges
Biosafety and biosecurity experts in Nigeria have advocated a shared responsibility, prevention, detection, prompt response and multi-sectoral approaches to tackle global health challenges. They stated that global health security also requires collective efforts to prevent, detect and respond to public ...
Read More »Cooking Gas Prices Go Through The Roof Nationwide
The scarcity of cooking gas (LPG) in major Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Ogun, and Ibadan, has caused sharp price increases and widespread shortages. This is attributed mainly to the three-day oil workers’ strike, which cut the gas supply across the ...
Read More »Dangote Refinery Commends Tinubu, Security Chiefs, Ministers for Averting Oil Workers’ Disruption
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has expressed profound appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his timely intervention in averting what it described as “the disruptive actions of PENGASSAN” against the company. The company, in a statement, said the President’s leadership, through ...
Read More »ADC Opposes Sale Of Nigeria’s Oil Assets
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kicked against the planned sale of Nigeria’s oil assets. The party’s national publicity secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, who stated this at a press conference, said the Petroleum Industry is under siege. He described the ...
Read More »FIFA Appoints Pinnick As Deputy Chair Men’s National Team Competitions Committee
Former Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed as the Deputy Chairperson of FIFA Men’s National Teams Competitions Committee, a position that gives him strong voice in the corridors of world football. This committee, perhaps the most important ...
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