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Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano, has advocated for scaling up of girls’ education and women empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa. He called for deliberate policy change that would cater for marginalized groups in government institutions and the society in general. Sanusi spoke at a three-day ‘Transforming Education Summit’ on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly in ...

University students protesting the seven-month industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday morning blocked a section of the access road to the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos, Channels Television has learnt. The situation caused gridlock along the axis as vehicular movement in and out of the airport was stalled. The spokesman for the Lagos State ...

The court case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been adjourned for the second time The National Industrial Court adjourned the suit till Monday, September 19, for hearing of the interlocutory application of the Federal Government   At the resumed court sitting today, counsel to the FG, James Igwe, requested that the suit ...

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district in 2023. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, and Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, had been ...

Strike: Court adjourns FG’s suit against ASUU till September 16 The National Industrial Court has adjourned the case between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to September 16. Justice Polycap Hamman adjourned the matter to enable both parties to file the necessary papers for the suit. The Head of Press and Public Relations at the ...

It had been reported earlier that three police escorts in the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South senatorial zone were feared dead when he was attacked at Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of the southeast state on Sunday, September 11, 2022. A report monitored on Vanguard, quoted an eye witness to have said the senator was reportedly injured in the ...

Gunmen have attacked Ifeanyi Ubah Convoy in Anambra, killing policemen and the senator’s aides in the process. The report reaching us that three police escorts in the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South senatorial zone were feared dead when he was attacked at Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of the southeast state on Sunday, September 11, ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed on Thursday night that operatives had carried out search on Tukur Mamu’s home and offices in Kaduna with many discoveries. The DSS in a statement by its Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said that among the materials found during the search by ‘appropriate security agencies’ were incriminating materials including Military accoutrements. The security agency ...

Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96, according to Buckingham Palace, setting off an outpouring of grief in Britain for the monarch, who reigned for 70 years. She died at Balmoral Castle, her beloved summer home in the Scottish Highlands. Many of her four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren were at Balmoral or on their way there, including her ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of Tukur Mamu, a Nigerian publisher and the lead negotiator between bandits who kidnapped Kaduna train passengers and the passengers’ relatives. Recall, it was reported that Mamu, who is also the spokesperson of the Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi, was arrested on Tuesday by the Interpol operatives in Cairo, Egypt on ...