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The Ondo State Government has vowed to reduce to the bearest minimum if not eradicate Maternal and Child Morbidity and Mortality in the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro made this statement at a two day Stakeholders Retreat on Saving One Million Lives for Result in Akure. Dr Adegbenro said Health; especially Maternal...

By Joan Nwagwu/Abuja The Federal Government said it has released N163 billion to the universities from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), but striking academics are stalling in calling off their strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen after a closed door reconciliatory meeting with leaders of Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) on Monday...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Samuel Onnoghen is, again, absent at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as the tribunal resumes sitting in the case of non-declaration of assets against him. When the case was called, the tribunal official announced that the defendant was not in court. Prosecution counsel, Aliyu Umar (SAN) thereafter, said the business of the day...

By Glory Abuh-Adejoh The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the service of an interim order and hearing notice on the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Malam Danladi Umar. The orders follow the suit seeking to restrain the tribunal from prosecuting the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr Walter Onnoghen. At the hearing, counsel to the claimant, James...

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal SARS, Special Investigation Panel and Special Tactical Squad. He announced this on Monday at his inaugural conference with Commissioners of Police and other senior officers in Abuja. Based on the new directive, there will now be a Special Anti-Robbery Squad domiciled in each of the...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will today, meet with the federal government to continue deliberations on its demands. The union is insisting that until certain conditions are met by government, its members will not return to work. ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi who spoke with reporters in Ibadan, Oyo State ahead of today’s meeting, said government must show concrete...

Some Android users may have had their ‘protected tweets’ exposed to the world thanks to a newly-discovered bug on the site. Twitter revealed the glitch had been found and thought to date back at least four years. The issue affected some people on Android who had the ‘Protect your Tweets’ feature switched on, which hides tweets from public view. Users on...

Oby Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu and Fela Durotoye must have woken up on Sunday morning feeling a measure of resentment towards Nigerians. Quite thanklessly for them, these are the same Nigerians whose votes they seek. At Saturday night’s presidential debate, Ezekwesili spoke about her determination to lift 80 million Nigerians out of poverty. She talked about removing barriers in the way...

After his second damning letter, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerians must appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for contributing to the development of the nation. Obasanjo stated on Sunday at a press conference held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, after the release of another 16-page letter in which he described Buhari as another Gen. Sani Abacha. The elder statesman...

“Nigeria’s democracy is steadily improving with deeper understanding of the culture and tenets among the people, and strengthening of the institutions that guarantee free and fair elections... I emphasize free and fair elections at all times”, President Muhammadu Buhari, while receiving Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency Rt. Hon. Julie Payette, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. I am confident in...