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ASUU-FUK begins active non-compliance over salary reduction
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Federal University Kashere (ASUU-FUK) Branch, has commenced an Active Non-Compliance (ANC) action over what it described as the unlawful reduction of salaries of its members by the Federal Government. The union said the...
Fire guts two flats in Gombe, property worth N80m lost
Property worth about N80m was destroyed when fire gutted two residential flats at Yalanguruza Quarters, opposite MacConnels Hotel, Gombe...
Fire guts five shops at Gombe technology centre
Fire on Friday gutted five shops at the Technology Incubation Centre, near the Police Headquarters in Gombe State, with...
Tinubu congratulates Nigerian professor of epidemiology on appointment as CEPI chief
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian epidemiologist and global health expert, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, on his appointment as...
INEC restores four Delta, Kogi assembly constituencies, sets August 21–25 for primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restored four previously suppressed State House of Assembly constituencies in Delta...
Polaris Bank hosts children for day of fun, learning, workplace discovery
L-R; Cynthia Sanyaolu Head, Talent Management, Polaris Bank; Bukola Oluyadi, Group Head, Customer Experience & Value Management, Polaris...
FG begins free CAC registration for 250,000 small businesses
The Federal Government has commenced a free registration programme for 250,000 small businesses and companies across Nigeria as part...
Wike orders closure of FG houses’ sales in FCT
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate closure of the Secretariat of the dissolved Ad-hoc Committee on the...
When “kill” becomes a political metaphor: Fadahunsi, politics today and the dangerous language of Osun’s election, by Cliff Stanley
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” Rudyard Kipling. Nigeria’s democracy is once...
Peace accords and political theater: Osun 2026, and the futility, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Fellow Citizen, Bishop Kukah will call for peace. The politicians will sign the Peace Accord. Cameras will flash....
2027: Ego is not a strategy, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Fellow Citizen, let us speak plainly before 2027 buries us again. A monolithic or solo front by the...
Gombe youths seek implementation of strategic policy, support for businesses
Youths in Gombe State have called for effective implementation of the newly approved Strategic Youth Policy and increased investment...
EDUCATION
Taraba varsity ASUU issues 14-day ultimatum to Gov Kefas over pending demands
By Terna Chikpa The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University branch, on Thursday issued a 14-day...
AGRICULTURE
IFAD distributes farm inputs to 476 farmers in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Federal Government, through the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP),...
FEATURES & INVESTIGATIONS
Human empowerment is total when it is mental, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Human empowerment is total when it is mental. As John F. Kennedy put it, “The human mind is our fundamental resource.” Everything else is decoration. Money without mindset becomes yahoo. Position without principles becomes cultism. A nomination form...
From ideas to altars, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Yahya Jingir, the perfect illustration of...masquerading as a servant of ALLAH. The country is dying, but you are preaching...
Benin-Ogba zoo and park: A global monument, being wrecked by government’s neglect, “part one”, by Tony Erha
It stands unstable, poached, polluted, abused and disfigured. It sits in the limbo. A defied nature’s masterpiece and greenery...
A life of service and impact: Celebrating Augustine Oyarekhua Alegeh, by Princess Diana Eweka
“A great life is not measured merely by the years one has lived, but by the lives one has touched,...
Tighten your belt? Start from Aso Rock: Real cost cutting is not eating once a day, by Destiny O. Enabulele
See how our ruling elite has reduced governance with ignominy. Who cursed us? Who bewitched us? Are Nigerians...
CORRUPTION & CRIME
NSCDC arrests 16 suspects over vandalism, forgery, cattle rustling in Gombe
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command, has arrested several suspects allegedly involved in rape,...
