The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for improved welfare for journalists in the country. The Chairman, University of Jos chapter of ASUU, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, made the call on Thursday in Jos, during an inaugural lecture organised by the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau council. According to Maigoro, a good welfare package for media professionals would breed professionalism and reportage that would lead to the nation’s growth and development. The ASUU chairman, who decried poor remuneration for media professionals in the country, called for urgent review of their welfare package. “A better…
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Coorporation (NNPC) will soon resume oil exploration and drilling in the Lake Chad Basin. Silva disclosed this while speaking to newsmen after an operational meeting on Chad Basin with the Chief of Army Staff and top officers and commanders of Nigerian Army on Thursday in Maiduguri. The oil search in the Chad Basin was suspended after a team of NNPC Frontier Exploration Services and their consultants from the University of Maiduguri were attacked and some of them abducted on July 25, 2017. He said the…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday wrote to the Ekiti state government to apologise over for the delay in the release of the 2020 results of its candidates. In the letter, the Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results on Thursday was not because the state government was indebted to it as was being insinuated in some quarters. It said the delay resulted from a technical malfunction. In the letter dated November 5 and signed by WAEC’s Branch Controller in the state, Alhaji Olajide Hakeem, for the Head of National Office, the Council…
The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday said it had arrested three suspects for allegedly raping two 13-year-old girls in Damaturu and Potiskum local government areas of the state. The spokesperson of the Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim while presenting the suspects in Damaturu on Thursday said the names of the three suspects are as follows: Musa Ibrahim, Adamu Abdulllahi and Usman Goni. He said Ibrahim and Abdullahi, both tricycle operators, allegedly lured one of the minors with money and gang-raped her near Danchuwa village in Potiskum. “Investigation revealed that the girl boarded Ibrahim’s Keke Napep. He now invited Abdullahi and…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed an application by EFCC to cross-examine former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, sustained the objection raised by Ahmed Raji, counsel to Mr Yakubu. Raji had, on July 22, disagreed with the EFCC’s Lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, on his plan to cross-examine his client, who is the first defence witness (DW1), based on Exhibit “J”. Exhibit J borders on a case with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CR/121/2016, which was instituted by the anti-graft agency in 2016 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba when Yakubu was GMD of…
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with some traditional rulers behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting has the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, among others. Although details of the meeting is not immediately known, it is likely to discuss national issues, including #EndSARS protests. Details later..
An accident, which involved a Mercedes Benz truck and a motorcycle near the Ota toll gate in Ogun, on Wednesday, has claimed a life. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the Sango-Ota Area Commander of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), said that apart from the commercial motorcyclist who died, his two passengers sustained injuries in the accident which occurred on Ilo-awela road at about 8:10p.m. He disclosed that the truck driver drove against the traffic and in the process hit the motorcycle which was coming from the opposite direction. “The corpse of the motorcycle rider had been deposited at…
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday said it would require N2 billion in the 2021 budget to partition and furnish its headquarters in Abuja. Mr James Momoh, the Chairman of the Commission, said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Power to defend the commission’s 2021 budget proposal. The NERC Chairman said the partitioning and furnishing of the eight-floor headquarters building became necessary to make the building befitting and conducive after it was acquired. He said works on the building were ongoing which made the commission to propose fundings for it in the 2020…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected alleged moves to regulate social media in Nigeria. The party in a statement issued by its national Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday described it as unconstitutional, anti-people and attempt to silence Nigeria. Ologbondiyan said that the attempt to censor the social media was targeted at muzzling outspoken Nigerians. This according to him is particularly against youths, media and civil society organisations demanding for accountability and competence from government. He said it would also silence citizens from exposing cases of corruption, injustice, human rights abuses and constitutional violations by government…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 155 new cases of the Corona virus (COVID-19), as the total number of confirmed cases soared to 63,328. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja while giving an update on COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, said four deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours. He disclosed that the 155 new cases were recorded in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Giving the breakdown, he said that Lagos State reported the highest number of infections with 85, while the FCT had 23, Ondo State had…