List includes Silverbird, Rhythm, Smooth, Classic, Beats, Radio Lagos The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has shut down 52 television and radio stations over the non-payment of licence fees. The broadcasting watchdog said the stations had violated the National Broadcasting Commission Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, particularly section 10(a) of the Read More…
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FG plays hardball, says ASUU Members won’t be paid for strike period
The Nigerian Federal Government has chosen to go tough on striking university lecturers, saying they would not be paid for the duration of their strike. The Nigerian Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu announced on Thursday that the government will not yield to pressure by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for their members Read More…
Royal Commonwealth Society pledges to mediate in ASUU/FG impasse
The Royal Commonwealth Society, Nigeria Branch has pledged to mediate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government using the instrument of ‘Academic Diplomacy’ to resolve the situation. The Country Director of the society, Mr Blackson Bayewumi, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Bayewumi appealed to ASUU to Read More…
90-year-old man nabbed by NDLEA for supplying drugs to bandits
Others nabbed at Lagos Airport A 90-year-old retired soldier, Usman Adamu, has been arrested for supplying narcotics to bandits by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Mailalle, Sabon Birni, in Sokoto The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. At the Read More…
The Third Slavery
Have you heard the news? About 727 medical doctors trained in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between December 2021 and May 2022. As of November 2021, 8,983 Nigerian-trained doctors were working in the UK. That figure has now jumped to 9,710. Nigeria is the country with the third highest number of foreign doctors working Read More…
Oyetola files 1,240-page petition at Osun tribunal
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday finally responded to his gubernatorial electoral loss by filing a 1,240-page petition at the tribunal sitting at the state high court, Osogbo. Oyetola who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 16 election, approached the tribunal to challenge the declaration of Senator Read More…
Atiku, Obi to speak at 2022 NBA Annual General Conference
If all goes as planned the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will be speaking at the forthcoming Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos this month. The 2022 NBA Annual General Conference, with Read More…
Increase our salary, civil servants tell states, FG
Federal and state civil servants have appealed to both governments to increase workers salaries to reduce their hardships. They complained that the increase in the pump price of petrol meant they now spend an unsustainable portion of their meagre income on buying the product. A litre of fuel now sells for between N184 and N220 Read More…
Insecurity: Shake up in military as Army deploys GOCs, appoints new PSOs
The Nigerian Army has moved to tackle the country’s security challenges by reorganising itself. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, approved the posting and appointment of some top officers to command, instructional and staff positions across formations and units. The appointments were announced in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Read More…
‘Contempt’: Jailed Lagos lawyer to be freed soon, says NBA
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday began a probe of the circumstances surrounding the jailing of a Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong by the Chief Judge of Akwa State, Justice Ekaette Obot.Its President Olumide Akpata who ordered the investigation said efforts were underway to ensure that Effiong is released soon. Justice Obot on Wednesday sentenced the Lagos-based Read More…