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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have begun a nationwide strike over what they described as unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of withheld salaries by the Federal Government.   “Definitely, it (the strike) has already started,” SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, declared on Channels Television’s The […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years.   Dr. Ilori is a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Ibadan, and a consultant family […]

  The Chairman Senate Committee on Media, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), has flayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for demanding the resignation of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.   The PDP on Wednesday asked Akpabio to resign following an allegation of budget padding to the tune of N3.7 trillion that is not traceable to […]

Access Holdings has reappointed Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its non-executive chairman after 10 years of serving as the bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).   “Access Holdings Pic (the Holdco’), is pleased to announce the return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR as its Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede, CFR replaces Mr. Abubakar Jimoh, the erstwhile Chairman of the […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect.   This directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its extraordinary summit on February […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years.   The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired.   Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc […]

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, arraigned three former bankers,  Ogbu Kingsley Ibekwem, Nwagbara Chidimma and Uwaezuoke Raymond and Chidubem Angela Mgbeke before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State.   They were arraigned on a four-count charge […]

A prosecution witness has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama how former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who is currently facing trial for fraud and corruption charges, allegedly awarded 45 contracts cumulatively worth billions of naira, to family members, including his wife, Margaret Emefiele, and associates.   Appearing before […]

   The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget.   Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber.   A member of the Appropriation Committee in […]

  Justices Darius Khobo, R. M Aikawa and Hawa Buhari of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna have convicted and sentenced one Onoja Benjamin Ufedo to two years imprisonment for cheating and Karamchi Motors Limited and Dawaki Motors Limited for failure to comply with the requirements of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, […]

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad.   Confirming the suspension in a statement on Thursday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President also suspended three executive directors of the agency.   “In the light of new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the […]

The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja as a forensic analyst confirmed that the documents used to request the payment of $6.2million for foreign election observers were forged.   The witness, Bamaiyi Meriga, called […]