The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively gathered. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half salaries. The PUNCH had reported how ASUU called
Femi Otedola celebrates 60th birthday with N2B naira yatch (video)
Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola  celebrated his 60th birthday inside a yacht said to cost about N2 billion Naira to rent. Otedola also said he has a girlfriend from the Philippines while exchanging greetings with the cabin crew members. Watch video below. To mark his 60th birthday, billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola splashes over N2billion on a super
More Northerners Uphold Peter Obi’s candidacy (video)
As the general election approaches, it’s becoming more vicious that Northerners and most Nigerians are becoming more wise and exposed by the day. Having seen how some aspirants like Atiku Abubakar has continuously used ethnicity to further Divide the nation, more Nigerians are becoming wiser by the day. Muhammad Ibrahim Tafida , from Kastina state
Canada Plans Record Immigration Targets Amid Labour Crunch
Canada plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025 and has boosted its targets over the next two years as the country looks to ramp up arrivals to address an acute labour shortage, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Tuesday. Canada now expects to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023, up
Chisco Group clears air on alleged substance found in luxury bus
Press Release: The Management of Chisco Group of Companies, wish to provide clarity regarding an incident where a contraband substance was found in one of our luxury buses en route Lagos to Abuja on October 26, 2022. We hereby state emphatically that Chisco Transport Nigeria Limited, as a law-abiding organisation, has worked with the Nigeria
A crook can’t lead me to a campaign -Wike (video)
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state during a press conference made it crystal clear that all isn’t well in PDP. The belligerent governor said and emphasized that a “crook”(referring to Iyocha Ayu, PDP’s National chairman) can not lead him to a campaign. He said that Ayu lacks the morale rectitude to lead PDP to victory. In
What is really The Halloween?
What is Halloween? Virtually all of the customs associated with the modern secular celebration of Halloween developed only in the past 500 years and have very few (if any) connections to ancient pagan religious practices. In fact, the origins of Halloween is rooted in the Catholic faith. The problem is that this holiday has become
Just in: Fire guts Tejuosho textile market in Lagos (video)
Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are currently battling an inferno at Tailor Market behind the ultra modern Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos. Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident. READ ALSO: Police grill Davido’s domestic workers over son’s death According to Adeseye, the fire which involved
Police grill Davido’s domestic workers over son’s death
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said eight domestic workers were brought in for questioning in connection with the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said the domestic workers’ narrations would assist the command in ascertaining the circumstances surrounding
UNIZIK selected for UK training, gets £100,000 prize
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, has been selected to serve as a training hub in engineering and entrepreneurship development, a programme of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom. This is following an award of £100,000 received by Nigeria and five other African countries from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering