The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says none of its members has been paid by the Federal Government since the union embarked on industrial action in February. The Star recalls that ASUU embarked on strike on February 14 over...
The naira on Tuesday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented a decrease of 0.42 per cent compared with the N428.88 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the demolition of a building at the residence of a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Nasiru Kabara, over lack of approval. The governor’s directive was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with citizens who lost their loved ones in different attacks across the country. The President, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said his "thoughts are...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said the state government would consider the reopening of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), which was closed after the killing of a student, Deborah Yakubu, over alleged blasphemy. Tambuwal, who said this...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and a Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, have described as a good move, the planned impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari by the opposition senators, especially those elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic...
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State, Mustapha Lamido, says he has developed economic blueprint to make the state economically viable if elected in the 2023 governorship election in the state. Lamido said the long-term...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Sports Development, Mr. Idris Nyam, has disclosed that the female segment of Croc City 5-Aside Football For Peace League will commence on August 8 and end August 19, 2022. The commissioner, in a statement, also said that registration...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed displeasure over the high cost of diesel, fish feeds, and the exchange rate of the naira, saying it affects farming in the country. Obasanjo, who is a fish farmer, said he has been sweating...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged foreign diplomats in Nigeria not to interfere in the country’s elections, saying they could only monitor the nation’s political development. Buhari advised the diplomats while receiving letters of credence from Mexican and Canadian diplomats to...