Lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal University of Technology, Akure chapter, has again rejected the proposed students’ loan scheme initiated by President Bola Tinubu. The lecturers described the scheme as a way to…
Gross misconduct: NNPP expels Ogun guber candidate, Ajadi, 15 others
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has expelled the party’s governorship candidate in Ogun State in the 2023 elections, Amb. Ajadi Oguntoyinbo and 15 others over alleged gross misconduct. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of…
On Ernest Ogunyemi and the ANA /NECO Teen Author Prize 2018 – Denja Abdullahi
Some well-meaning writers on twitter like Kola Tubosun , Chuma Nwokolo and Umar Yogiza called me this morning to draw my attention to the complaint of Ernest Ogunyemi on twitter against ANA over his unpaid prize money of N100,000 for…
PDP presidential aspirants to sign bond ahead convention (Vanguard)
Ahead of Saturday’s national convention, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to commit all its presidential aspirants in the 2019 general elections to a bond, in what appears a move to stem possible post-convention crisis. The bond, expected to…
Osinbajo meets with governors, security chiefs
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the National Economic Council (NEC) comprising state governors and relevant ministries of government and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Also to brief the NEC are the Security Heads who are also around…
PDP’s NEC approves R-APC fusion , set to change of name (Vanguard)
The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday approved the fusion of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) into the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. This decision was taken at the 80th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting…
NNPC has questions to answer over remittances to FAAC, says NEC (ThisDay)
The National Economic Council (NEC) Thursday in Abuja threw its weight behind the Federation Account Allocation Committee’s (FAAC) decision to reject the remittance by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into the Federation Account in May. The Wednesday meeting of the committee had ended…
* Lagos APC: count us out of elongation (Nation) * Man collapses, dies after withdrawing N100,200 from bank (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 9, 2018 Lagos APC: count us out of elongation (Nation) Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with those plotting for tenure elongation for the members of the…
Why Nigeria must invest in human capital, by Gates (Nation)
CO-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates has harped on the need for Nigeria to invest in its human capital. Gates, who stressed that Nigeria has unmatched economic potential, said growth would come naturally when Nigeria maximises its…