archiveFebruary 2022

As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are getting set for another round of nationwide strike, the Chairman, Committee of Pro Chancellors of state-owned universities in Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), has appealed to the leadership of the body to shelve the planned strike. Ali said the appeal...

  The Lagos State Building Control Authority (LASBCA) revealed before an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that late Mr Femi Osibona, Managing Director of Fourscore Heights Ltd., prevented its officers from gaining access to the construction site of the collapsed 21-storey building. Mrs Oluseun Randle, an Assistant Director in charge of the...

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 42 suspected internet fraudsters at various locations in Asaba, Delta State. They were arrested on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in a sting operation. The thirty-one( 31) of the suspects, comprising 29 men and...

A group advocating the election of former Lagos State Bola Tinubu as the president said it is not responsible for an online platform seeking grants and donations for the campaign. Tinubu Support Group (TSG) said it has nothing to do with the online portal tagged “Tinubu Support Grant”. TSG spokesman...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, denied writing Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit support for a proposed wedding in Kano State. A letter had gone viral on the internet where the royal father purportedly solicited money for the Kano wedding. The letter dated February 8,...

The Police Service Commission says it has deferred its decision on the case involving a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari for some reasons. The Chairman of the commission, Musiliu Smith, explained at its 14th Plenary Meeting in Abuja that it would not take any decision on the case...

Says ‘’Failure to participate in the political process is the reason we have been cursed with leadership by the worst of us’’ Folarin Falana (Falz), musician, actor, and entertainer has reiterated the need for the youths to be involved in their future by actively participating in the electoral process. “Votes...

The Supreme Court has declared that Executive Order 10 (EO10) signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on financial autonomy for the judiciary and legislature is unlawful and unconstitutional. A seven-member panel of justices of the Supreme Court in a split decision of six to one on Friday held that the president...

  The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for the review of the law prohibiting bush burning and the mechanism for its enforcement in Nigeria. The Media Adviser to the minister, Mr Sola Fasure, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the minister made...

Israel Adesanya has ruled out a superfight with Kamaru Usman, claiming that he has ‘nothing to gain’ from a fight with the UFC welterweight champion. After Usman’s UFC 268 victory over Colby Covington last November, a mouth-watering clash between the two, 32 and 35 years old, has been the talk...