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The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) on Saturday suspended their strike actions after a brief meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja. The suspension is expected to…

Security operatives early hours of yesterday, sealed-up business outlets of supporters of presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Austin Opara, located in the Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State. THISDAY gathered…

No fewer than 55 communities in four local government areas of Edo State yesterday protested the acquisition of the communities’ rainforest reserve and farmland by the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in spite of pending court cases on the matter. Some of the…

Convoy of wife of Osun State governor, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, was reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums Friday evening according to Punch. Though information about the incident was still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, sources in Owode, Ede, where the…

The terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, on Friday, released four more hostages including an 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta, her daughter, Adams Aliyu and two others after spending four months in captivity. Tukur Mamu, Publisher of Kaduna-based…

The abducted Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Yakubu Lawal, has regained freedom after five days in captivity. Lawal was kidnapped by gunmen who stormed his residence on Monday night and whisked him away to an unknown destination. The incident occurred in…

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has commenced nationwide clampdown on all illegal manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic bitters and ‘manpower’ herbal medicines across the country with a view to bringing perpetrators to book and minimise the consumption…

Cross River activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, who earlier announced in the afternoon that his Lagos residence was under siege by policemen, has been reportedly detained at Alapere Police Station, Lagos. The wife of the activist, Violet Agba, confirmed this to press Friday…