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Sokoto Sultanate Council and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, have condemned the brutal killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state. MDB earlier reported that the student,…

As the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities enters its fourth month, President Muhammadu Buhari has implored striking lecturers to suspend the strike. Buhari appealed on Thursday at the 19th National…

Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has on Thursday, announced his formal intention to vie for the Presidency under the Peoples Democratic Party. Saraki made this declaration in Abuja, during a media parley while noting that…

National Executive Council (NEC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opted to throw the contest for its presidential ticket open rather than zone it to a particular region of the country. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo…

A former presidential aspirant of the ruling party, Adamu Garba, has announced his resignation from the All Progressive Congress (APC). Garba, an aspirant who had declared his intention to contest the presidency on the platform of the…

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has resigned his appointment to pursue his 2023 presidential ambition as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Akpabio’s media aide confirmed the resignation of his boss to…

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) would commence a 2-week industrial action with effect from Monday, May 16. Academic Staff of the polytechnics disclosed the decision in a statement released after its emergency meeting of the…

Trade Union Congress (TUC), one of Nigeria’s leading amalgamated labour unions, has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to compel the government to address the workers’ concerns and…

Court of Appeal Abuja Division has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act provides that; No political…

House of Representatives has on Monday secured the cooperation of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make available six million litres of JetA1 (aviation fuel) to aviation fuel marketers chosen by Airlines Operators of…

Senate has amended Electoral Act 2022 to allow elected government officials otherwise called “statutory delegates” to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties. The senate on Tuesday made the…

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has rejected the presidential form of All Progressives Congress purchased for him on Monday by a group of northern supporters. Dr Jonathan’s Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said this in a…

A coalition of Northern groups has on Monday purchased All Progressives Congress’ presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan. A group of supporters of Fulani extraction and Almajiris…

Godwin Emefiele has on Monday sought an order of a Federal High Court, Abuja, restraining the Federal Government from removing him as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over his presidential ambition, pending the hearing and…

Academic Staff Union of Universities has on Monday, May 9 extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, revealed the latest development in a statement this morning. Recall that ASUU had on…