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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday said it was not in the purview of the National Universities Commission and other tertiary institutions regulatory agencies to shut schools to allow students in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to vote during…

Nigeria has  again scored 24 out of 100 points while ranking 150 among 180 countries on the 2022 Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International on Tuesday. Although the country maintained its previous year’s (2021) score of 24 out of 100 points, however,…

At least one person was killed and several others were injured on Tuesday when a petrol-laden tanker crushed three tricycles in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The tanker, with number plate JJJ 125, was descending a sloppy section of the road inward…

The Lagos State Government has described as false the allegation made by the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria that it placed a ban on the operations of passenger vehicles from northern states. The RTEAN had in a statement issued by its General…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has shelved its plan to embark on an industrial action. This comes after the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the association in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where it reviewed the progress on their…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Musa Mohammed has said many of the reports bordering on the security challenges in Abuja, the nation’s capital, were exaggerated. The minister made the declaration yesterday at the 20th edition of the PMB Administration…

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has vowed to prosecute a truck driver and its owner over an accident which claimed nine lives at Ojuelegba, in the Surulere area of the state. No fewer than nine persons were crushed to death when…

Data from the National Universities Commission revealed that no fewer than 19 federal, state and private universities were approved for operations between January and December 2022, The PUNCH reports. A breakdown of the 19 approved universities revealed that only one federal university, King David Umahi…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it would resume train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor on Tuesday, January 31,2023. This is coming a few days after NRC was suspended operations on the route following the derailment of a train. Niyi Alli, director of operations,…

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, says one of the most challenging assignments of his office is land matters. The Minister gave this insight on Monday in Abuja at the 20th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari’ (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series…