Breaking: ASUU Begins Nationwide Strike All academic staff of universities were directed to withdraw their services immediately. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared an indefinite nationwide strike. According to the organisation, the strike is to protest the poor funding of Nigerian universities. Led by its National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU declared […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a former Minister of External Affairs, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, as his Chief of Staff. The new Chief of Staff was born on November 24, 1944 in Ilorin, Kwara State and served as Minister for External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. He holds the record of being the longest serving Ambassador/Permanent […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services. Garba Shehu,  the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, said the appointment is with immediate effect. According to him, the appointee is a core Secret […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Nigeria Police to unseal the headquarters of the Peace Corps. Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that the building be unsealed within seven days. The court also ruled that N12.5 million be paid to the controversial group as damages. Security agencies led by the Nigeria Police stormed […]