Union Laments Lack of Support to Meet Covid-19 protocols for resumption – ASUP
A meeting between Nigeria's Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, and executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) held on Tuesday, in Abuja, to further discuss the disputes of the union, which...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has on Tuesday approved the five-point, otherwise known as 5for5 demand of youths who have been protesting extortion, extra-judicial killings and brutality perpetrated by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), especiay it's notoriously perceived tactical unit, the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS).
The approval was made...
By Sanmi Obasa
From the statement of the inspector general of police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, SARS will come back very soon in another name. Meaning there will be a change in nomenclature, but police extortion and brutality remain intact; because it serves many purposes for the system or the state/government,...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country will explore every opportunity and deploy its entire energy to ensure that she becomes the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), presidency spokesman, Garba Shehu, said in a statement.
Dr...
Daycare, Kindergarten and Nursery Resumes Too
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has directed all remaining classes in both public and private schools to resume academic activities on October 19.
The governor explained that the physical resumption, which is for the year 2020/2021 academic session, would now include pupils...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared that disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police reforms by his administration.
Speaking at the launch of the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme (P-YES), aimed at creating 774,000 jobs across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to mark his 500 days in office.
To commemorate his 500 days in office, Sanwo-Olu would, on October 20, deliver a State of the State Address at a Press Conference at the Government Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
The governor is expected to use the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, on his re-election as Governor of Ondo State for another four-year term.
This was coming as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it would study the results of October 10 governorship election in Ondo State...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied news item circulating in the social media platforms, accusing him of making some remarks in connection with a report that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would purchase N5 billion worth of gold from Zamfara State Government.
The governor described the report as...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for listening to calls to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
House Speaker Gbajabiamila said in a statement that the dissolution was a necessary response by the government to the outcry arising from multiple documented excesses of...
