The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration ARD-FCTA has embarked on a 3-day warning strike over the non-payment of April salaries for 127 of its members, following the conclusion of a staff verification exercise in which the FCT Civil Service Commission accused them of abscondment.“We hereby
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has granted popular social media activist, Mr Martins Innocent Otse, otherwise known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) an administrative bail.VDM was apprehended in the premises of GT Bank in Abuja last weekend after he was at the bank to question why the account
Stakeholders in the environment sector have intensified massive sensitisation activities to create awareness to the dangers and mitigation measures to avert personnel flood in Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa. The state governments in partnership with the Federal Government and development organisations also initiated viable environmental control measures to mitigate the disaster.
Funmilayo Adeyemi The 1.5 million candidates who scored below 200 out of the 1.9 million who sat for the 2025 UTME conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have ignited national concern. The concerns are in relation to the quality of education and students preparedness in the examination.
By Taiye Agbaje The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, banished Mrs Favour Kanu, wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu, the younger brother to Nnamdi Kanu for streaming the proceedings of the court life on her Facebook page. Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is
Some farmers in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on Monday urged their governments to adopt new strategies to tackle crop theft and insurgents’ attacks ahead of the farming season. The farmers made the appeal when responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on their challenges ahead of the rainy
Mohammed Tijjani The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has announced that it would begin airlifting of 2025 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Hajj, May 14. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, made the announcement in a statement by Malam Yunusa Abdullahi, its Public Relations Officer, on Tuesday in
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has emphasized that strengthening internal security mechanisms are pivotal to fostering sustainable economic growth. Governor Oborevwori made this known while receiving participants of Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, led by the Director of Coordination, Brigadier General
The President of the Republic of Gabon, His Excellency, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, has conferred the nation’s prestigious national honours – the Commander in the National Order of Gabonese Merit – on the Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr.
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the arrest and continued detention of social campaigner and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).In a statement jointly signed by the HoR caucus leaders, Rep Kingsley Chinda, Leader,