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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced on Monday that its current strike would be prolonged for another 12 weeks.Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the president of ASUU, made the announcement. This, according to Osodeke, is to give the administration adequate time to handle all...

The United Kingdom's health authorities have identified a case of monkeypox, a virus transmitted from sick animals such as rats to humans, in a person who recently traveled to Nigeria and is suspected to have contracted it.Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between...

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why the country has become more divided. President Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership, according to Atiku, has been unjust to all sections...

Nollywood actor and APGA politician Yul Edochie expressed his delight at being a trending topic online. The actor announced this on his Instagram feed, proclaiming himself the world's most talked-about guy. "The ways of God are different from the ways of man," he wrote. No matter how much we...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to sign the 2009 agreement reached between the government and the union. On Thursday, the union stated that this is required to end the union's ongoing strike. For the past three months...

The video of the so-called "unknown gunmen" (UGM) parading through a market in Abia State is going viral. About 50 armed men marched through the Ariaria Market in Aba in the footage, which was purportedly filmed on Wednesday. They were all wearing masks and carrying AK-47s, shotguns, machetes...

The Lagos State Police Command has stated that a Lebanese man has been arrested for driving against traffic and nearly killing a female pedestrian. On Thursday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the news. The Lebanese, identified as John Greg, was...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State claims that Nigeria's situation is so bad that it requires a madman to turn things around. This was stated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate while speaking to delegates in Kogi State on Wednesday. Wike urged delegates to vote for...

Ibikunle Amosun, the former governor of Ogun State, has announced his ambition to run for President of Nigeria. On Thursday, Amosun made the announcement at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre in Abuja's Central Business District (CBD), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The former Senator joins the...

Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, commonly known as Kanayo O Kanayo, a veteran Nollywood actor, has disclosed how he considered suicide as a child. In a recent interview, the 60-year-old actor discussed his childhood experience of living with a family member. He claimed he was forced to sell Agidi on...

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has voiced worry about the assassination of one of its members, Sunday Oputu, in Bayelsa State, as well as the increasing number of killings across the country. Prof. Rufai Alkali, the chairman of the Nigerian National People's Party (NNPP), said in a...

Peter Obi, a leading presidential candidate running on the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) platform, claims to have traveled to thirty-one nations throughout the world to research Nigeria's challenges. He made the revelations during a consultative meeting with the party's leadership and...

According to recent reports, bandits in Kebbi State have displaced 10,000 Nigerians and killed countless numbers. The bandits have carried out a series of murderous invasions in Wasagu and Danko Local Government Area settlements along the Chonoko axis. Since the beginning of 2019, more than 40...

As of Monday morning, the death toll from the collapsed three-story building in Ebute Metta, Lagos, had grown to five, according to officials with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). On Sunday night, at about 10.56 p.m., an old three-story structure at No. 24, Ibadan Street...

Sam Amadi, a social analyst, has revealed why he opposes former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu's presidential bid in 2023.Former Chairman of Nigeria's Electricity Regulatory Commission, The Harvard graduate admitted in a Facebook post that he is a fantastic man" who has the right to run. Amadi...

The three-time African champions' preparations have been hampered by a few absences, but the captain believes his squad has the experience to triumph in Cameroon. The Super Eagles' captain, Ahmed Musa, feels his team's experience would aid them in winning the Africa Cup of Nations. The Super...

Burna Boy, a Grammy Award winner, has come in Ghana amid a social media feud with Shatta Wale, a Ghanaian dancehall act. The self-proclaimed African Giant had previously announced a trip to Ghana without providing any other specifics, leaving many fans wondering if the trip is to fight Shatta...

The federal government of Nigeria, through her minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed announced on Friday afternoon, the suspension of social media microblogging service, Twitter, in Nigeria. This announcement was made after the social media platform deleted President Muhammadu...

Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig. Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim says corp members can be mobilized to war zones if need be. He said Corp members can be mobilized for war after undergoing the compulsory three-week orientation camp across the federation. The DG made this...

Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo has given the Federal Government of Nigeria a seven-day ultimatum to inaugurate a governing council for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Tompolo's call for a governing council for the region has seen some other youths convey...