The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other industry based unions have turned down the appeal by the federal government to resume duties while negotiations are ongoing to meet up with their demands. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday, pleaded with the unions to go back to work when he spoke at the National … [Read more…]
FORMER Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday, formally declared his presidential ambition adding that he joined the race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to fill the leadership gap required to take Nigeria to its full potential. He said this at a media breakfast meeting in Abuja. In his remarks, the presidential … [Read more…]
Atiku deletes Facebook, Twitter posts on Deborah’s killing after fanatics threatened his 2023 ambition Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has deleted a post he made syndicated on his Facebook and Twitter pages about slain Deborah Samuel after coming under a barrage of threats from fanatics of northern origin who asked him to forget … [Read more…]
Deborah slain for saying “Our WhatsApp group was created for assignments, tests, exams; not religious messages”, obtained whatsapp voice note reveals New evidence has emerged in the wake of the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a christian female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako. Ms Samuel, a 200 level Home-Economics student, accused of blasphemy, had … [Read more…]
Updated: Sokoto mob burns Christian student alive for allegedly criticising Prophet Mohammed Irate attackers in Sokoto have just roasted a Christian female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako, witnesses told Peoples Gazette. The deceased, identified only as Ms Deborah, was accused of passing unflattering comments about Prophet Mohammed on campus. Following immediate … [Read more…]
Orji Uzor Kalu to Edwin Clark, “You And Others Betrayed South East” Senator Orji Kalu has accused elder statesman, Edwin Clark of betraying the South-East and its quest for the 2023 presidency. Noting that Clark is a patriotic Nigerian, he said the Niger Delta leader’s “late hour” support for the South-East is suspicious. In a … [Read more…]
Buhari greets Ekweremadu on 60th birthday President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, on his 60th birthday. The president in a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina, rejoiced with the lawmaker, his family, friends and associates on the landmark celebration, saluting his contributions to the legislature, where … [Read more…]
Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, resigned from their respective positions following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that ministers in his cabinet who were desirous of running for elective offices should resign forthwith. However, … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it would embark on a two-week warning strike from Monday, May 16. It a statement issued after an Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said the Federal Government was yet to meet the union’s demands despite various ultimatums it … [Read more…]
After some back and forth over a period of time, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has finally adopted report of the national caucus of the party, which approved the report of the 37-man committee that threw open the presidential ticket of the party. Before the NEC, PDP stakeholders had … [Read more…]
Some Nigerians have expressed concerns that the National Assembly’s latest amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow statutory delegates – all those elected – to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties, saying it was designed to boost the chances of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who recently joined … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would suspend its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) online pre-registration on May 30. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the commission’s quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, said this would give time for online pre-registrants to complete their registration … [Read more…]