Politics

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the Federal Government is on course to implement a new tariff hike on data and calls, starting with the implementation of a five percent excise duty tax on all voice calls, SMS, and data services. The Special Adviser, Media & Communications to the Minister, Yunusa Abdullahi, in his statement said it was in addition to the existing 7.5 […]

Umahi called on varsities lecturers to show some level of understanding so the strike can end. He however stated that most of the time, people have a low appetite for maintenance of public works, adding that no matter how much is deployed to the universities, unless the users and the industry regulators begin to treat public infrastructure as their own in the various universities, it wwould continue to go bad.

The Governor of Ebonyi State Dave Umahi says the Nigerian government cannot borrow 1.1 trillion Naira to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU who have been on strike for over five months. The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum said this yesterday when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Police Trust Fund led by Ben Akabueze, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital.

The All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA candidate for Enugu North and South Federal constituency, Nonso Nnamani, has condemned the demolition of Kenyatta market in Enugu by the Enugu Capital Development Agency ECTDA, stating that the state government did not fulfill her obligation of providing sufficient incentive to the traders before embarking on a demolition. Speaking yesterday on the Urban Radio breakfast show The Parliament, Nonso suggested that demolitions of market […]

A presidential support group of the All Progressives Congress APC, Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Group has accused the Chairman of the party in Enugu State, Ugochukwu Agballa of working for the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The Enugu State coordinator of the group and immediate past chairman of the party in the State, Ben Nwoye who made the allegations at a press conference yesterday after the inaugural meeting of […]

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital has announced its readiness to perform the first bone marrow transplant for the cure of sickle cell anaemia as part of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the health institution. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Chris Bode in his announcement at a press conference on the unveiling of the 3-month long anniversary, said other landmark projects would also be commissioned in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Habiba Muda Lawal, as his Special Adviser on Policy, and Coordination. This was contained in a statement yesterday by the senior special assistant to the President on media and Publicity Garba Shehu. The statement revealed that before retirement, Lawal successfully supervised a team that ensured management, identification, planning, and execution of projects to curb serious ecological challenges across the country, with commendable results. Lawal, who […]

A Boychild Coach and Educator Onyeka Asadu, who spoke on Getting it Right for the Boys, restated the need for mothers to give their children equal training and equal opportunity to learn, especially male children, so that they will grow to respect girls.