After Sacking Two Ministers, Buhari Tells Others to Expect More
President Muhammadu Buhari has told his cabinet members to expect more termination letters in the coming months as his administration goes into “its critical phase” in…
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Gulder Ultimate Search returns to TV screens 7 years After
Popular Nigerian reality television show, Gulder Ultimate Search has returned to the television screen after a seven-year break. The show which borders on the survival instincts…
Our NYSC Camps are Safe for Re-opening – DG
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) Brigadier Shuaibu Ibrahim has said the scheme has put in enough and adequate resources towards the safe re-opening of…
Breaking: Buhari sacks Power, Agriculture Ministers
The two cabinet members affected are Saleh Mamman, the minister of power; and Sabo Nanono, the minister of agriculture and rural development. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman,…
Africa & World
EU, British Council to Train Online Publishers on FOI Act
No fewer than fifty publishers of online newspapers are expected in Abuja, Thursday for capacity building on the provisions and application of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information…
Health
COVID-19: Nigerians risk sanctions for refusing vaccine – FG
The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint…
Dairy Production: Local Breed Development is Key, not mere Interventions – NIAS
Kenny Folarin, Abuja The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, Prof. Eustace Iyayi has advocated for the development of local dairy breeds…
Business
Organized Labour Begs FG to Shelve Increase Plan on Electricity, Petrol Price
The organised labour has appealed to the Federal Government against any plan to increase the price of electricity or petrol to avert crisis in the economy.…
FG postpones Nigeria @ 60 Awards without reason
Kenny Folarin, Abuja The Federal Government has postponed the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony, scheduled earlier to hold on September 3. Adeniyi Adebayo, the…
Education
ASUU: Strike Looms as FG gets Tuesday Deadline
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the…