The University of Calabar, UNICAL, Cross River State has been closed down by the school management. Authorities of the higher institution announced the closure of the school after students staged a protest over alleged poor welfare. Management of UNICAL said the school will remain under lock and key for two weeks and urged students to…
Managing Director of the Lekki Free Zone Ltd, Tajudeen Disu has been shot dead in a fracas that broke out in Lekki area of Lagos State on Monday morning. Disu was said to have gone to a community near Ibe-Lekki called Okunraiye, where villagers protested the “forceful takeover” of their land. It was said that…
A National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State has upheld the victory of Senator Dino Melaye of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Senator Smart Adeyemi, a former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, challenging the election of Melaye at the poll held on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded second batch of his ministerial nominees to the Senate. The President sent the list to the Senate on Monday for screening and confirmation as required by the Nigerian Constitution. Buhari forwarded the first set to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. In the first list were…