The lecturers are calling for the implementation of a new salary scheme. The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has commenced a nationwide strike to press home demands bordering on the implementation of a new salary scheme for lecturers, among others. The strike kicks off
Africa as a continent can only boast of two women billionaires. According to Forbes the continent’s only two women billionaires are Isabel Dos Santos of Angola who is now broke and facing a series of legal charges and Nigeria’s Folorunsho Alakija. Over the years there have been
XRP, the seventh most valuable crypto asset by market value, is currently enjoying high pressure amid recent pullbacks seen in the price of the flagship crypto asset. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at $0.70847 up 20.25% for the day. It was the
“Not bad for a girl with no talent.” When Kim Kardashian West was first mentioned in the pages of Forbes in 2011, it was simply a tally of her Twitter followers: 6.6 million, just below Barack Obama and just above Ashton Kutcher. Five years later, she graced
Palace bans partying for three months to mourn deceased monarch Descendants of the Itsekiri nation from across the country, yesterday, gathered at Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri people, to herald the unveiling of the Olu designate, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, 37. The transition ritual
Kelly Hansome says Don Jazzy allegedly used his dogs to intimidate him. Nigerian singer Kelly Hansome has accused music mogul of getting him arrested with men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The music star made this known while reacting to Don Jazzy’s recent interview
The vice president pledged increased security in Ebonyi and the rebuilding of razed homes. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo paid a condolence visit to the Southeast state of Ebonyi on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021; after suspected herders wielding AK-47s reportedly killed more than 15 crop
The Police Command in Ekiti on Monday rescued two-year-old twin babies after they were locked up in a room by their mother for three days. A statement in Ado-Ekiti by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said the incident happened in Igbara-odo, Ekiti South-West
The group disclosed why it is displeased over the investigation of the matter The attack on Ortom attracted widespread condemnation from Nigerians The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has described the recent gun attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State as a declaration of war.
Muhyi Magaji Rimingado, the agency’s chairman, vowed to summon and investigate anyone whose name is mentioned in the alleged corruption case Emir Bayero has barely spent one year in office as he succeeded the deposed emir, Sanusi, in 2020 The Kano state’s Public Complaints and
The hoodlums reportedly freed prison inmates while they set several vehicles ablaze The police in the state have confirmed the attacks but assured the residents of the southeastern state that security operatives are on top of the matter There is pandemonium in Imo in the
In January 2020, the Anyaene had taken to Twitter to drag Peruzzi and Davido via a long, viral Twitter thread. Peruzzi then responded with lighthearted jibes. On April 3, 2021, Nigerian singer, Peruzzi appeared on Nancy Isime Show, hosted by actor and TV host, Nancy Isime where he discussed a
The Sultan says the event was historic as it retraced the footprints of the late Othman Dan Fodiyo’s purposeful legacies. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday, turbaned no fewer than 20 dignitaries, including three sons of the 18th Sultan of Sokoto,
The telecommunications firm, MTN, has announced alternative channels for consumers to buy airtime for the phones, after commercial banks disallowed MTN subscribers to use their channels. Banks removed the telecom firm from their platforms on Friday, following a feud over the sharing of fees by both
Police say the Commissioner returned home unhurt, in the early hours of today 4th April 2021. Anambra State Commissioner for Public Utilities, Emeka Ezenwanne, who was kidnapped during an attack on a former governor of the Central Bank, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Wednesday, March 31,