Confusion yesterday gripped ranks of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Bayelsa State over the order by the State Ministry of Education for the closure of private and Public schools as tension heightens over the deployment of armed soldiers and mo...
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, has urged the members of Boko Haram sect to consider a peaceful negotiation with the federal government as a way to stop the killing of innocent people in the Northern parts of the...
The TY Danjuma Foundation yesterday, carried out a one day interactive training session with heads of 30 women focused non-governmental organisations, NGOs. The Executive Director (ED) of the foundation, Miss Thelma Ekiyor, said that the multifaceted t...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s deceased former dictator, has been arrested in southern Libya, according to officials from the country’s new government. According to Reuters, Libyan state TV reported that Saif...
Eddie Griffin is yet to decide if he wants to be a married man, because he got hooked in September, filed for divorce in October, and changed his mind in November. Eddie and Nia Rivers filed a joint divorce petition in Las Vegas, the city where t...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said yesterday that it might embark on another strike if the Federal Government failed to meet the Nov. 22 deadline to implement its 2009 agreement with the union. Dr Clement Chup, Chairman of the U...
The General Manager, Public Affairs of the PHCN, Mrs Efuru Igbo, has said that workers of the company are not on strike. Igbo said on Thursday in Abuja that the workers were at their duty posts and that there was no problem whatsoever, describin...
The Police in Abia have arrested a middle-aged woman for allegedly stealing a day-old- baby at a hospital in Umuahia. Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the arrest on Friday in Umuahia. He said that the su...
Dream Team V coach, Austin Eguavoen yesterday charged players that made the final list for the forthcoming Africa U-23 championship to justify their inclusion in the list by ensuring that they work hard for the nation to qualify. The tournament is bill...
Francis Agbo writes on the politics of Governor Sylva’s epistle to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). From all indications, the embattled Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva will not go down without a fight. After fa...
As the ongoing strike embarked upon by tankers drivers in Calabar depot entered its fourth day, the chairman of the Union, Alhaji Abdullahi Akomaye, has given reasons why members of the union withdrew their services. He said that the ...
The Appeal Court Tribunal sitting in Enugu, yesterday, allowed the appeal filled by the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA) in the last general election in Anambra Central District, Professor Dora Akunyili against the...
With the disqualification of the embattled Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa from the forth coming gubernatorial poll, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has once again told those who care to listen that it could sanction anyone and damn ...
Ambassador Ahmed Al-Gazali, Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission bowed out of service last month after superintending the commission for 10 years. In this interview with JOSHUA UMA, he speaks on his achievements and the challenges he faced. TEN Y...
The recent visit of some Leaders of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, to the embattled former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel in his home has continued to generate reactions from well meaning individuals from within and outside Yor...