The Nigerian Army says it has uncovered plans by some people to wear military uniforms to disrupt governorship elections scheduled to hold in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states on Saturday. The Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He said massive security had been…
Governors of the 19 northern states, under the aegis of Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) have resolved to invest massively in education, skill development, health care and social services in order to address the menace of out of school children in the region. In a communique issued at the end of its meeting on Tuesday…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that perpetrators of the Shiroro attack in Niger state will be fished out and brought to justice. Four Chinese and several Nigerian workers were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen at a mining site in Ajata Aboki village in Shiroro. About 17 of the soldiers mobilised to the area were reportedly…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it has no policy barring candidates from sporting the religious paraphernalia peculiar to their religious persuasions. The board stated this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the alleged harassment of a female Hijab-wearing candidate during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) at Bafuto Institute, Ile-Iwe…
Obadiah Tohomdet presents his perspective on the raging controversy over the involvement of Jaiz bank in the rebuilding of the Jos main market, Plateau state. There has been so much uproar unleashed on the national scene concerning the sponsorship of the rebuilding of Jos Main Market, Plateau State by Interest-free Jaiz Bank. Jaiz is the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the offer of salary increase by the federal government. In a statement issued on Thursday signed by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU accused the government repudiating a salary package arrived at through a collective bargaining during negotiation. The university lecturers had been on strike for about…
