The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their ongoing strike. He urged the union to look at the hardship the students and their parents are going through in view of the strike that has kept the students at home for…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the plan by the Wike administration to limit available employment opportunities in Government establishments to persons within the age bracket of 25 to 35 years smacks of discrimination. The Spokesman for the APC, Hon. Ogbonna Nwuke said in reaction to a government plan to…
Dangote Refinery has debunked an online media report, which stated that a protester was shot and killed by policemen while protesting at the Refinery on Tuesday. Group Executive Director, Projects and Portfolio Management, Edwin Devakumar, said nobody was killed during the protest and also that the protesters are not employees of Dangote Refinery, but that…
Lagos state government has once again stressed the need for residents to strictly adhere to precautionary measures against the transmission of COVID-19 to prevent another lockdown of the economy, adding that a resurgence of cases in Lagos may stall measures put in place by the government to open up the economy. The State Commissioner for…
The federal government has denied putting names of #EndSARS protesters on a no-fly list. The Federal Ministry of Interior made this known in a tweet on Tuesday in reaction to a media report by an online publication. The online publication alleged that the Nigerian authorities had begun collating a no-fly list of Nigerians that lead…
Nigerians are expected to get a high electricity bill from November 2020 due to the implementation of the revised service-based reflective tariff. Discos across the country began charging the new tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Sunday 1st November 2020. In a statement being circulated by most of the Discos,…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that the suspended 2020 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) will be continued nationwide on Monday 9th November, 2020. This was disclosed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The statement states: “The National Examinations Council (NECO)…
Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged the political class in Bayelsa State to imbibe virtues of love, tolerance, and unity to build a united and prosperous state. Dr. Jonathan, who spoke at the 9th Bayelsa State Thanksgiving Day of Bayelsa in Yenagoa on Monday, November 2, 2020, reminded politicians in the state that…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at Circle Mall in Lekki to enable them to bounce back to business following recent looting and burning of the mall by hoodlums who hijack the EndSARS protests. Speaking on Sunday during a condolence visit and meeting with tenants and…
Youth at Nsukka on Saturday pulled down the Central Mosque after a Hausa man stabbed a tricycle operator at Army Barracks junction on Saturday, 30th September, 2020. The irate youth first pulled down the signpost of the first Mosque before proceeding to pull down another Mosque near Army barracks junction. Trouble started when there tricycle…