The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the decisions reached in its three-part meeting with university-based unions would yield fruits next week. The Head, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun, in a statement on Friday, said some agreements had been reached between …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a discreet investigation into the finances of the 18 political parties in the country and their presidential aspirants. This followed the humongous fees paid for expression of interest and nomination forms by aspirants vying for various elective offices in the parties. The …

(By  Iheanyi Ezinwo & Silas Tamuno) – Comrade  Legborsi Yamaabana,  House of Representatives aspirant for Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency seat,  has decried the delay in  releasing the report of the Appeal panel of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,  consequent upon the rejection of his disqualification after screening. Speaking in Port Harcourt …

  Nigerians on Thursday demanded justice for a yet-to-be-identified female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in‪ Sokoto State after she was mobbed and burnt by some students of the school for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad (SAW). This is as the school’s management also directed the immediate closure …

  The coast is now clear for former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to pick the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following  a confirmation from the APC  in Ogbia ward 13 in Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa State  that  Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has joined the …

Some All Progressives Congress leaders have stepped up moves to adopt former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s consensus presidential candidate in 2023. The PUNCH on Tuesday learnt the moves formed part of the discussions between the former President and the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, in Abuja on Monday …

Federal executive council members nursing political ambition are under marching orders from President Muhammadu Buhari to resign their positions on or before Monday, May 16, 2022. The minister of information and culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed disclosed this to journalists after the weekly virtual FEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa, …

  By Fegalo Nsuke The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has called on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to pay serious attention to the Ogoni issue and settle it before leaving office in 2023. Nsuke said addressing the Ogoni problem would be …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. Recommended articles   The union announced this in a statement signed by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, saying the extension was meant to give the Federal Government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding …

  Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has  called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship  aspirant, Tonye Cole, to explain  what happened to the $50 million his Sahara Energy Company received through the Access Bank from the Rivers State government when Chibuike Amaechi was governor.   Speaking at …