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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed dissatisfaction with the directive by the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, that lecturers of the state university, who join the ongoing workers’ strike in the state should be dismissed. The Chairman of ASUU, University of Port Harcourt branch, Dr Austen Sado, described the governor’s recent actions…

State governors and the leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria have signed an agreement on the modalities and timelines for the commencement of full financial autonomy for the state judiciary and legislative arms of government. The deal was brokered by the committee on the implementation of financial…

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade, on Thursday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. He announced the decision after a closed door meeting with six APC governors, which lasted over one hour at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Calabar. The governors in attendance were…

State governors again on Thursday requested that the repayment of their loans, especially the budget support, which ought to start this month be deferred. But the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, emphasised the importance of the timely repayment of loans, especially those owed to commercial banks. This was one of the…

A former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has advised the Federal Government to forget infrastructural development and divert all necessary funding to the security forces to secure peace in the country. According to Abdulsalam, if there is no peace, there cannot be a country as he stressed the need for government to stop every…

Financial experts have decried the continuous devaluation of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria, stressing its adverse impact on the country’s economy. The reaction followed media reports on the possible devaluation of the currency by the CBN, after the apex bank removed the exchange rate of N379/$1 from its website.  A financial expert,…

A suspected child trafficker, Imabong Aniefiok-Samuel, has been arrested with a five-day old baby boy. The suspect was arrested by the Anti-Human Trafficking/Child Labour Unit of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Cross River on May 19 at Peace Park in Etta Agbor area of Calabar metropolis. The spokesperson for the NIS in the state, Amor…

• Girl flees boyfriend’s assault, runs to death in Rivers Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman and her late husband. PUNCH…

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July. The regulatory body said this in the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. READ ALSO: Davido acquires 2021 Rolls Royce SUV The NCC’s move to start the implementation of…

The Nigeria Labour Congress will today (Friday) come up with its position on the recommendation by governors that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, be raised from N162/litre to N408.5/litre. A committee set up by the Nigeria Governor’s Forum had on Wednesday called for immediate removal of petrol subsidy. It recommended a…

Commercial drivers, motorists, traders and commuters around the Capa and Mosafejo areas of Oshodi, Lagos State, were thrown into confusion on Thursday when men of a joint military task force, OP MESA, unleashed terror on people in the community. The operatives, while attacking residents, vandalised vehicles plying the axis and those parked at motor parks…

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is a senior international civil servant who is ever comfortable in multilateral institutions.  But it was after she got her latest appointment that I realised how much I underestimated her love for such multilateral entities. From what she’s been saying, I see that she has…

The President, Major General Muhammad Buhari (retd.), on Thursday charged Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political differences, to unite and work towards the growth of the country. The President stated this in Makurdi, Benue State, during the inauguration of three JF-17 Thunder aircraft at the Nigerian Air Force base. “I wish to use…

ONE of the firms working towards the production of local COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria, BioVaccine Nigeria Limited, on Thursday said it would take between three and four years for it to come up with one. The firm’s spokesman, Mr Everest Okeakpu, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent. He said, “BioVaccine Nigeria Limited…

The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised concern over the increasing debt profile of the state, saying the recent N100bn bond approved by the state House of Assembly is a means to siphon funds for the 2023 elections. The party told Governor Ahmadu Fintiri to concentrate on tackling the non-payment of…

Stack Funds, an issuer of crypto access products that include trackers, indexes and structure vehicles for institutions, has predicted that bitcoin will bounce back to its former heights in the nearest future. In January, Bitcoin had a 73.5 per cent share of the crypto market. This week, it has only a 40.5 per cent share…

In a move to resolve the labour crisis occasioned by the sacking of 45,000 workers in Kaduna State, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Thursday, set up a nine-man bipartite committee comprising six representatives of the state government and three officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress. The committee, which is expected to…

TENSION is building up in Illushi community, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State over the alleged killing of some youths by soldiers. The soldiers were purportedly brought to the community by a company said to be venturing into agriculture in the area. The community also accused one Samuel Offor of leasing 5,000…

The practice of Public Relations in Nigeria has unarguably experienced considerable growth, especially when you juxtapose present realities alongside what obtained some decades ago. The profession has had moderate advancement as, at least, the practitioners have been able to assert their ‘professional status’ to a large extent. But how is the profession perceived? What comes…

Enyimba striker, Tosin Omoyele, is confident the People’s Elephant can overturn the 4-1 quarter-final first leg defeat to Pyramids when both teams clash in the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup at the Enyimba stadium on Sunday. Goals from Ramadan Sobhi, Abdallah El-Said and a brace from Ibrahim Adel canceled out an early strike…

Sunshine Stars coach Gbenga Ogunbote is confident the Akure-based side won’t be relegated at the end of the Nigerian Professional Football League season despite their miserable run, The PUNCH reports. Ogunbote’s side are without a win in their last 14 matches losing seven, with the other seven ending in stalemate. Sunshine are 17th on the…

Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has been nominated for the Eredivisie’s goalkeeper of the season award, The PUNCH reports. Okoye, who conceded twice as Sparta Rotterdam lost 2-0 to Feyenoord in the first leg of their semi-finals clash in the Eredivisie’s Europa Conference League playoffs on Wednesday, was nominated alongside Remko Pasveer (Vitesse), Maarten Stekelenburg…

The inaugural Athletics Federation of Nigeria/Making of Champions invitational will hold on Saturday at the Yaba College of Technology sports complex in Lagos, with 312 athletes competing in 16 track and field events. This was made known by MoC CEO Bambo Akani during an online media parley, which was monitored by The PUNCH on Thursday….

The Company Income Tax paid by breweries, bottling and beverages companies rose by 329.48 per cent in the first quarter of the year, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown. The CIT is charged at a rate of 30 per cent for large companies with more than N100m annual revenue, according to…

Solad Power Group and Viathan Engineering Limited say they have agreed to a strategic alliance to deliver integrated energy solutions for customers across the country. Solad, a distributed energy solutions provider, and Viathan, an integrated energy services company, said the alliance would combine Solad’s solar engineering capabilities with Viathan’s generation infrastructure to improve power supply…