The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has commended the Federal Government for paying the arrears of its members. Few weeks ago, the union ended its five-month-old strike action, which crippled the tertiary educational system in the country. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, the Chairman of…

**Bomb Blasts, Air Crash Will Also Happen In 2014 Recently, at the beginning of every year, most men of God inform the nation of what danger lies ahead in the new year. Some of these predictions have come to pass, which have made most Nigerians to take these predictions bu the men of God very…

Information filtering in from Ilorin, Kwara State revealed that the new political realignment sweeping across the nation with the massive defection of a strong and viable arm of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the new PDP to the opposition, All Progressive Congress, APC, is set to rekindle the fire of hatred in the house…

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Paul Orhii as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Anyim Pius Anyima, on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the re-appointment of Orhii takes…

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called on Nigerians to embrace unity as the nation marks her centenary celebration on January 1, 2014. In a New Year message released on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 by his media aide, Reuben Abati, the President maintained that the “amalgamation of 1914 was certainly not a mistake but a blessing.”…

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed grieve over the death of the daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, Iyetade, on Sunday, December 29, 2013 at UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, who conveyed Jonathan’s condolence message, said that Jonathan, “on behalf of himself and the FG, extends [his] sincere…

As the nation marks the New Year day celebration tomorrow, Wednesday, January 1, 2014, the country may be plunged into another inglorious experience of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria, though a lighter version this time around. This is because the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and members of the Petroleum and Natural…

The embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, according to a report by PM News, will spend at least N800 million on vehicles in 2014, after splashing N643 million on 54 vehicles in 2013, her budget proposal shows. The budget proposal, obtained by PM News, shows that Oduah will spend N250 million on eight operational vehicles…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, is set to declare dump the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, for the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in January 2014, National Mirror reports. “Mr Speaker… is set to tap the numerical strength of APC in the House to retain his seat. The defection of…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that about 20 children have perished in road accidents across the country between December 19, 2013 to December 28, 2013 during this yuletide season. The road agency also revealed that about 75 children have suffered various degrees of injuries in such road mishaps in the same period…