The National Industrial Court on Thursday ordered Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, to pay its former employee, Dr. Adekunle Oyeyemi, the sum of N10.3 million as general damages, terminal benefit, and salary. The judge, Justice Ayodele Obaseki-Osaghae, delivering judgment also declared that the termination of the claimant’s employment was wrongful and in breach of the…
The Cross River State Government has faulted organized labour’s insistence on industrial action despite meeting their demands. The Deputy Governor of the state, Professor Ivara Esu, who spoke at a scheduled meeting with labour leaders, which they failed to show up, decried their belligerent posture, wondering why they failed to keep to their part of…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) to give priority to indigenous professionals for planning, design and execution of national projects, admonishing that foreign professionals should only be considered where it had been certified that the expertise was not available locally. This was disclosed by Femi Adesina, the Special…
Following the commencement of 2020/2021 admissions in Nigeria, prospective UTME candidates are set to write the Post-UTME examination set by the tertiary institution of their choice to qualify them for admission into the school. These are some universities that have released dates for Post-UTME examination: 1. Nnamdi Azikwe University Nnamdi Azikwe University started it’s sale…
Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has appealed to the media to stop shunning governors’ wives. She spoke Wednesday night in Abuja at an event where some first ladies were honoured. Aisha, the Special Guest of Honour, was represented by her spokesman, Aliyu Abdullahi. Aisha commended the wives of governors who have been…
Hajia Inna Ciroma, former Minister of Women Affairs has said that Nigeria needs fearless and truthful leaders like Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to rescue the country from its current challenges. The former Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, spoke on Wednesday at her residence Wednesday, when she received the governor and…
Zamfara State Government has assured of its readiness to deploy security operatives to schools in the State for adequate protection of the students and their teachers. Governor Matawalle said that it was due to insecurity that forced his administration to shut down all the institutions in the state, saying that he would soon reopen the…
Social media giant, Facebook has announced that it would start removing “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures. Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Facebook, who made this known in a blog post on Wednesday, said the new development was part of a new update to its bullying and harassment policies. According to Davis, “The…
Barely 48 hours after their abduction, the three Kidnapped Seminarians from Christ the King Major Seminary in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, regained their freedom from their abductors. The Chancellor, Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, confirmed their release on Wednesday night. Recall that bandits on Monday night…
Nigeria and Germany have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the repatriation of hundreds of Benin bronzes from 2022. Nigeria is expecting about 1,130 pieces of artifacts from the world power. On Wednesday, Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, received a German government delegation in Abuja. Mohammed said a team of experts will leave Nigeria soon…
The World Bank is providing 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine with Bank financing, Group President David Malpass announced. Malpass provided the figure on Wednesday, at the 2021 Annual Meetings Opening Press Conference. This year’s event will run from October 11 to 17. The meetings will discuss a range of development issues including the economic…
Aggrieved investors of MBA forex on Tuesday staged a fresh protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. This time, the protesters marched to the palace of the paramount ruler of Elekahia community, His Royal Highness A.W Akarolo, where the CEO of MBA forex, Maxwell Odum hailed from. The protesters who were in the company…
The Yoruba nation rights activist is still in custody at a prison in Benin Republic. Popular Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, may be suffering from kidney or lungs diseases according to one his delegates. One of his lawyers, Yomi Aliyyu, disclosed that the activist could be suffering from a disease related to his internal organs…
No fewer than four soldiers were killed on Tuesday while thwarting an attack by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Ngamdu, Borno State. The border town lies between Borno’s border with Yobe State. An officer was shot by terrorists and rushed to a military medical facility; he is recuperating. While the troops were…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has accused some Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of sabotaging President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts to provide critical infrastructure in Nigeria. Lawan said some MDAs have refused to honour invitations extended to them by the senate’s Local and Foreign Debt Committee. In a statement by his spokesman, Ezrel Tabiowo, Lawan lamented…
The Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday, lamented the high rate of road accidents across the state which it attributed to over-speeding and night travels. This is even as the sector declared the Bauchi-Darazo road and Bauchi-Gombe road as hotbeds of accidents in the state. These were made…
Management of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Water Board has announced that there will be disruption in water supply to some areas in Abuja. According to a statement released by the board on Wednesday phase 1,3, and 4 treatment plants will be shut down for for five days. It said the shutdown is to enable…
The Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers that are capable of limiting the girl-child education in the country and break away from stereotype traditions and customs. This, she said became necessary for the emancipation of women, end the vicious circle of poverty and set women…
The Ogoga-in-Council of Ikere Ekiti, has declared as null and void, the recognition granted by the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to Olukere of Ikere, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin as a traditional ruler, describing the “Balkanisation” of the town as sacrilegious and wicked. The Council chaired by Sapetu of Oke Ikere, Chief Olufemi Babatola, bluntly…
The decision of the Nigerian Senate to endorse the electronic transmission of election results has been described as a victory for the electoral process. Stating this in Osogbo during a radio current affairs programme on Wednesday, the duo of Ayo Ologun, a broadcaster and Bukola Idowu, a social crusader stated that the initial refusal by…
