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Adamu Adamu, minister of education, says the Almajiri schools programme of former President Goodluck Jonathan failed because it was poorly implemented. The minister spoke on Thursday at the ministerial briefing held at the state house, Abuja. The former president had, in February, said he embarked on the programme to infuse the western […]

The board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked members to remain calm and avoid stirring up confusion in the party. Walid Jibrin, chairman of the PDP BoT, gave the advice in a statement issued on Thursday. He said the party’s leadership is working on resolving the rift […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why its latest meeting with the federal government ended inconclusively. At the meeting which ended deadlocked on Tuesday, the government proposed a Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) to ASUU. The union, in a statement by Emmanuel Osodeke, its president, said the proposal […]

A federal high court in A bujahas struck out a suit challenging the nomination of Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun governorship election. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge, held that Lukman Awoyemi, the plaintiff, lacked the locus standi to institute […]

Adamu Adamu, minister of education, says students affected by the industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should sue the union. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure to meet its demands bordering on the funding of universities as well as salaries and allowances […]

The Lagos state government has announced a ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles, better known as okada, in four additional LGAs in the state. Frederic Oladeinde, Lagos commissioner for transportation, announced the development during a media briefing, on Thursday. The affected LGAs are Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, and Mushin. In May, […]

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tackled Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto, over his comment which suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari started the same religion leadership in 1983. MURIC said Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, first Nigerian military head of state, picked a Christian deputy in 1966. In January 1966, Aguiyi-Ironsi became Nigeria’s first […]

The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 35 percent against the US dollar this year, making it the second worst-performing currency in the world after Sri Lanka’s Rupee. According to a currency performance ranking by Bloomberg, the cedi dropped 1.1 percent to trade about GH¢9/$ on Wednesday, extending its fall this week to 5.2 percent […]

Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flight operations to Nigeria, starting September 1, 2022. The flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, citing the inability to repatriate its earnings in foreign exchange from Nigeria. Last month, Emirates asked Hadi Sirika, minister of […]