The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday said that Academic Staff Union of Universities won’t go on strike if he becomes the next president of the country. Obi speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, said that his administration would dialogue with ASUU leadership to ensure that universities won’t […]

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to claims that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan described the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima as the party’s presidential candidate. Fani-Kayode said Lawan never described Shettima as APC’s presidential candidate during a recent meeting. He was reacting to a tweet ascribed to the […]

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the recent delisting of some secondary schools in Oyo State by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Information revealed that no fewer than fifty (50) secondary schools in Oyo State have been delisted by the examination body. The schools were delisted after the recently conducted examination. They included both […]

A 27-year-old man and father of three children, Mr Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, has filed a suit before the Delta State High Court 2 sitting in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, urging the court to declare the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as his father. In the suit no: EHC/148/2022 between Emmanuel Moses Sanwo-Olu and Babajide […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has launched the Central Motor Registry Command Centre at the force headquarters in Abuja, to enable members of the public to report cases of stolen vehicles in the country for possible recovery. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday, said the digitalised centre was […]

The Labour Party candidate for Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State House of Assembly, Chukwunonye Irouno, is dead. Irouno, a popular master of ceremony in Owerri and the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Entertainment to a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, died on Monday night in his house in Owerri. […]

Princess Rukaiya Atiku Abubakar, wife of former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has said that her husband is the only candidate that has strong support for women. According to her, it was for this reason that the former VP set aside the […]

Two groups in Iree town, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State, the Iree Council of Elders and the Iree Progressive Association, have commenced action towards the replacement of Oba Raphael Ademola. Oba Ademola was installed as the Aree of Iree in the twilight of Adegboyega Oyetola as governor of Osun State. The decision of […]

Following the alleged failed plan to kill his wife, a 42-year-old man, Awelewa, Monday, attempted suicide at his residence in Powerline axis of Ijoka in Akure South Council Area of Ondo State when he jumped into a well. It was gathered that the man who was said to have been jobless for a while had […]

Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted a corps member, Adenike, and seven others in Extension 2 Relocation, along Arab Road, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Adenike, currently observing the mandatory National Youth Service, was kidnapped in her father’s home. The PUNCH reports. A source confirmed to our correspondent that Adenike is the only […]