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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed Vice Chancellors of universities to resume academic activities on January 18, 2021. It explained that the instruction was given in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the resumption of schools across the country. NUC’s directive was contained in a statement signed […]
The Rivers State Task Force on Street Trading, Illegal Markets and Motor Parks has sacked 11 members of the newly-formed task team for alleged extortion. Our correspondent gathered the affected task force members were dismissed yesterday after reports emerged that they were extorting money from motorists around the Choba axis of Obio Akpor Local Government […]
Students Union bodies in Rivers State are disturbed by the crime wave perpetrated by young people in tertiary institutions. To this end, the student leaders have identified what they described rigorous and serious academic study as one the best ways to reduce crime among the student population.0 This was one of the issues highlighted in […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has granted a five hundred thousand naira bail to the suspended Principal of Deeper Life High School, NDIDI SOLOMON and four other staff members in child molestation suit. The school officials are accused of involvement in the alleged molestation and starvation of a JSS1 student of […]
The Minister of Power, SALEH MAMMAN, has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to inform all Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to revert to tariffs that were applicable in Dec. 2020. In a statement by Aaron Artimas, Senior Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Power, in Abuja said the reversal to the […]
The Federal Government says there will be repercussions for Very Important Personalities (VIPs) and government officials who flout travel protocols. In a video posted by the Ministry of Information and Culture via Twitter, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Doctor SANI ALIYU, vowed to clamp down on officials for failing to […]
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has attacked the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, MATHEW HASSAN KUKAH, for his comments against President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. In a statement, JNI said the Christian leader made a veiled insinuation that Muslims have a pool of violence to draw from. Secretary-General, ABUBAKAR ALIYU, accused Bishop KUKAH of always being keen […]
Thousands of applicants have been locked outside of the offices of the National Identity Management Commission following a strike embarked on by NIMC staff. The notice of strike was signed by the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC branch, Lucky Michael, and its Secretary, Odia Victor. According to a communiqué […]
The People’s Democratic Party has told the Presidency and the All-Progressives Congress that they would face inquiry for alleged N15 trillion loot, among others. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN, PDP accused the APC leadership of resorting to diversion of attention from its alleged misrule. The opposition party said it was […]
A pastor with a new generation church in Eneka, Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State, identified as Sodje Masodje, has been arrested by operatives of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, over the alleged disappearance of a 20-year-old undergraduate, Beauty Nwigbaranee. It was gathered that Beauty, a final year student of Education at […]
