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The Academic Staff Union of Universities extended its ongoing strike by eight weeks as the Federal Government has failed to satisfactorily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action within the four-week warning strike. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in a statement on Monday. Osodeke noted that the National Executive Council during their meeting on Sunday concluded that they would give the […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has revealed fresh facts on how suspended super cop and former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari; as well as his deputy, ACP Sunday Ubua, allegedly received a combined N4.2 billion from their separate bank accounts. The details are part of a report sent to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, by the NDLEA. According to the drug enforcement […]

It is election day in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as residents of the nation’s capital go to the polls to elect chairmen and councillors for the six Area Councils. The Area Councils are Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and Abuja Municipal (AMAC). The election will see the emergence of six chairmen – for each area council, and 62 councillors. Over 400 candidates and their running mates are currently […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it spent N100bn on refineries’ rehabilitation in 2021 and that funds were pumped into revamping the facilities on a monthly basis last year. It disclosed this in a report on the funding performance of the oil firm from January to December 2021. Although no refinery was mentioned in the report, Nigeria’s refineries had been under the management of NNPC, as the rehabilitation […]

Latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have shown that a total of 350 pipeline points were vandalised from January to July this year. The number of vandalised pipeline points rose from 27 in January to 54 in February, according to the NNPC data. In March, 70 pipeline points were vandalised, representing a 29.63 per cent increase when compared to February. The company said Port Harcourt area […]