by Oni Kayode Philips | May 18, 2024 | NEWS
A storey building has collapsed at the New Market area of Minna, the Niger State Capital – leaving a number of persons injured The collapse which occured on Friday initially left an unspecified number of people trapped before emergency officials arrived at the...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | NEWS, Sports
FIFA is set to carry out a legal assessment before it makes a decision on whether to agree to Palestine’s call to suspend the Israeli Federation – over the war in Gaza. The Palestinian Federation (PFA) had called for a vote to exclude Israel at FIFA...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | International, NEWS
Lawyers of former US President, Donald Trump, have hit back against prosecutors, accusing their star witness repeatedly of lying amid the ongoing hush-money trial involving adult movie star – Stormy Daniels Thursday was the most intense day of cross-examination...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | NEWS
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has announced a temporary suspension of new licence issuance to operators in three categories. The categories are Mobile Virtual Network Operator Licence, Interconnect Exchange Licence and Value Added Service Aggregator...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | Education, NEWS
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has debunked reports suggesting it has extended the closing date for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal Registration. In a statement issued on Monday by the Acting Directorate of information and...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | Education, NEWS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on yet another round of strike, should the present administration fail to pay lecturers withheld salaries. Issuing the warning on Thursday during a chat with Newsmen, ASUU President Emmanuel...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | Education, NEWS
The Federal Government has fixed the 24th of May as date for the opening of the much touted students loan application portal This was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the body saddled with the...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | NEWS
The Federal Government says contrary to reports from certain quarters in recent days, it has no plans to “illegally access” workers’ savings and pension contributions. Making the clarification on Thursday, the Minister of Finance and the Coordinator of the Economy,...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | NEWS, Politics, Security
President Bola Tinubu has called on West African countries to band together in order to defeat terrorism, human trafficking, banditry and other criminal activities in the region. The President made the call on Thursday at the State House in Abuja while receiving...
by Oni Kayode Philips | May 17, 2024 | Education, NEWS
A fresh crisis appears to be looming in the Education sector; following the threat of another round of industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over Government’s failure to re-establish Governing Councils across Federal Universities The...
