The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel … [Read more…]
Senators elected on the platforms of opposition political parties have moved against the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar’s bid to foist former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal as Senate Minority leader. The agitated senators have vowed to resist Atiku’s move to impose Tambuwal on them just the same way they fought … [Read more…]
THERE’S an unknown quantity of contaminated Sprite, 50cl glass bottles, circulating across the country, according to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday, June 28. The Agency has urged distributors, retailers and consumers to be cautious and avoid consumption. According to NAFDAC, … [Read more…]
Following the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, about seventy-three (67%) of the one hundred and nine (109) members of the Senate are first-term Senators.They join a few other returning Senators who retained their seats in the 10th Assembly. Importantly, some of these first-term Senators in the 10th Senate are former Governors, former members who … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Egbetokun’s order to withdraw Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) and establish a Special Intervention Squad, should not be taken as a plan that will go unexecuted as many before now. In a statement on … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the commission will “soon” take action on the case of suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. According to Okoye, the police have concluded investigations on the matter. The INEC … [Read more…]
As the allegation of forgery of the West Africa School Certificate Examination (WASCE), and the General Certificate in Education (GCE) levelled against the Governor of Akwa Ibom state continues to generate furore at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, the state capital, the Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has joined … [Read more…]
The Ebonyi Government has declared Saturday, July 1, as sanitation day throughout the state to mobilise residents of the state to clean the environment. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Victor Chukwu, the state Commissioner for Environment, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Abakaliki. According to the statement, the exercise … [Read more…]
In accelerated fulfilment of his campaign promises months after his re-election back to the Senate, Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expedited the construction of New infrastructural development projects across the five local governments of Abia North. In the course of his reelection community campaign tour, the former Chief Whip … [Read more…]
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Thursday, ordered an immediate investigation into the collapse of a two-storey building at Rumuoke Street, off Okilton junction in Ada George road, Port Harcourt. The two-storey building under construction collapsed early on Thursday morning, injuring four persons. The governor, in a statement by his media aide, Boniface Onyedi, … [Read more…]
A British court has ruled that the government’s controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful as the African nation cannot be considered a safe third country. In a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has pledged to deter people from arriving across the Channel in small boats, three Court of Appeal … [Read more…]
Police stations, town halls and schools were set alight across France on Wednesday, the second night of protests following the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy that was captured on video. Wednesday’s unrest saw 150 people arrested. It followed a chaotic night Tuesday during which 24 police officers were injured and 40 cars burned in several … [Read more…]