The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the management, Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, to reverse increase in tuition fee in the school. NANS’ President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that new tuition fee as officially released by the school management
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said that FESTAC’77 was a celebration of African diverse and rich cultural heritage and not a fetish festival as erroneously believed. Obasanjo made the clarification during the opening of the commemoration of FESTAC’77 @ 40 at the University of Lagos. He said that many Nigerians took the festival
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Monday fired Emmerson Mnangagwa as vice president, Information Minister Simon Moyo said. Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, has been heavily-criticised by supporters of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has also been touted as a potential successor to her husband. Moyo said Mnangagwa had exhibited traits of disloyalty, disrespect
The World Bank said that Nigeria had so far accessed less than $50 million out of the $300 million earmarked by the Bank for youth empowerment and other social works in the country. The World Bank’s Nigeria Lead Social Protection Specialist, Foluso Okunmadewa, said this on Monday in Abuja at the Youth Employment and Social
THE special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not yet have a presidential candidate for the 2019 election. In an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show, Adesina however said Buhari was not giving any definite sign that he will not
Two women believed to be the wife and mother-in-law of the gunman who opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday sometimes attended the church and appear to have been close to the pastor’s family, online records and social media profiles reviewed by Yahoo News show. Officials say the
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is marking 35 years in office today – making him one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders. Mr Biya first took office in 1982, when the country had a one party system. However, even though the country now has a multi-party system, he has managed to cling on to power. In 2011, after
Babies born to mothers who lived within 10km (six miles) of an oil spill before they were conceived in Nigeria are twice as likely to die, a new report claims. The Swiss study described the findings as an “alarming human tragedy”. Researchers at the University of St Gallen discovered the infant mortality increased by around
Two men are being hailed as heroes for pursuing the gunman suspected of killing at least 26 people at a Texas church. Johnnie Langendorff told local media he had chased the gunman after seeing “two men exchanging gunfire”. “The shooter… fled in his vehicle, the other gentleman came and said we need to pursue him,”
More than 800,000 companies in Nigeria, including government contractors, have never paid any taxes, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun has revealed. In a statement, she also said that only 14 million Nigerians, out of an economically active base of 70 million, paid taxes. Of the 14 million, more than 95% were salary earners in the formal