Returnee Nigerian students who were airlifted back to Nigeria from Egypt, have recounted their ordeal, alleging that some females were sexually harassed and were so broke to the extent of picking things from shops and ran away. A returnee female student told journalists on arrival at the International Airport Abuja that they faced humiliation […]
***Says move unconstitutional, won’t stand A group under the auspices of Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has accused Senate President Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege of a secret plot to alter the subsisting Senate Standing Orders and Rules on ranking to facilitate the emergence of a newbie senator-elect as Senate President. […]
*** Asks Agency to include the projects in its 2023 Budget The House of Representatives has mandated the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to complete the abandoned hospitals and roads in Ukanafun LGA. The projects include two nos 24 bed space Standard Comprehensive Health Centre, one at Ikot Udo Ossiom Community and the other […]
A United States mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world’s highest peak this climbing season. Jonathan Sugarman, 69, was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) when he died on Monday, his expedition organiser said. “He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has claimed that he was never arrested by the UK Immigration officials, contrary to viral reports that he was detained at the airport in the United Kingdom. Obi stated this while speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Monday. According to the Labour […]
The four days industrial action embarked upon by public primary and secondary school teachers in Akwa Ibom State has been called off. This is sequel to resolutions reached by State Government with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, at the end of a closed-door meeting held late Sunday evening and presided […]
In spite of non-restriction of vehicular and human movements, residents across Akwa Ibom State on Saturday observed the usual monthly sanitation exercise. Recall that the State Government on Friday, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy; Comrade Ini Ememobong, had lifted the restriction order it earlier placed on human and […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said a total of 250,000 candidates have yet to sit for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Speaking on Friday evening after monitoring some of the centres in Lagos, including Ogba, Agidingbi, University of Lagos, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, explained that this was due to the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. The President, according to our source; The Punch gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman […]
The Federal Government said yesterday that hundreds of Nigerians who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan and were to be airlifted from Egypt back to Nigeria yesterday were stranded as they were not allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening. Nigerians in Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM), Mrs […]