The Modibbo Adama University (MAU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected advertisements for candidates to fill the position of vice-chancellor of the university. The position will soon be vacant as the current VC, Professor Abdullahi Tukur, is in the last few days of his five-year tenure, reports The Nation. T...
•Governor Adeleke of Osun State Tensions are high in Inisa, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, as the Inisa Muslim Elites Association (IMEA) has rejected the recent installation of Hakeem Jamiyu as the new Imam. Addressing journalists in Osogbo today, the group, led by its chairman, Alhaji Kasali Adeyemo, accused Governor Ade...
•Gov Fubara and Prof. Adangor The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, has rejected his redeployment following the cabinet reshuffle by the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara amidst the ongoing crisis in Rivers. Adangor who is widely believed to be loyalist to the immediate past governor of Riv...
•IBEDC/UCH Barely 48 hours after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, restored power to the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo State, after agreeing on a payment package with the hospital’s management, IBEDC has said power may be disconnected from UCH if its terms are not met. UCH, however, urged IBEDC to give it time...
The Plateau chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) has rejected what it described as the forceful inauguration of nine out of the 16 elected members of the Assemby. Plateau APC chairman Hon Rufus Bature dismissed inauguration of nine out of the 16 lawmakers as democratic abnormality that cannot stand the test of time, reports The […]
•A Ugandan wearing a mask with a rainbow sticker takes part in the Gay Pride parade. Uganda’s Constitutional Court has today rejected a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant […]
PZ Cussons Nigeria’s hopes of delisting from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has hit a stumbling block as it was gathered that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declined the company’s request for its major shareholder, PZ Cussons (Holdings) to buy out other shareholders. According to a corporate disclosure filed with NGX, PZ Cus...
•Trump The US Supreme Court today removed a potential hurdle to Donald Trump’s bid to recapture the White House, unanimously dismissing a state court ruling that could have barred him from the ballot for engaging in insurrection. The high-stakes ruling in favor of the former president came on the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries […]...
•Urum Kalu-Eke One of the five nominees by President Bola Tinubu for appointment as members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Urum Kalu-Eke, has declined the appointment. This is even as the Senate confirmed four other nominees for appointment as members of the Board of Directors of the CBN, […]
•International Court of Justice (ICJ) The UN’s top court yesterday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” Pretoria has already filed a complaint against Israel in the International Court of Justic...