When the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a warning strike on the 14th February, 2022, Nigerian NewsDirect had warned of the possibilities of the strike taking a lingering toll of similar dimension of the 2020 narratives of a…
The Federal Government has described the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd.) as a new dawn in the quest for growth and development of Nigerian oil and gas industry. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,…
A Federal High Court in Kano, on Tuesday, vacated an interim injunction it earlier granted restraining the Kano State Government from borrowing N10billion. The suit was filed by Dr Yusuf Isyaka-Rabiu, Director-General of a coalition of NGOs, Kano First Forum…
President Muhammadu Buhari has attended the unveiling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC LTD. The event taking place in Abuja on Tuesday has some top government officials in attendance. The unveiling has the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; the…
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old drug dealer, Adeyinka Ismail, to two years imprisonment for trafficking 49.9 kg of marijuana. Delivering judgment, Agomoh, held that she sentenced Ismail based on the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, says it has commenced the enforcement of the ban on SPY number plates in the state. The Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr. Ahmed Umar, said this in an interview with the Newsmen…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded an unemployed man, Daniel Olaniyan, 32, who pleaded guilty to attempted burglary to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre. The Magistrate, Mrs. O. A. Odubayo, remanded the defendant following a guilty…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday sent a birthday wish to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku wished Obi many more years in good health and vitality. In a tweet, the former…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a 38-year-old man, Aliu Dauda, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl. The police charged Dauda, who resides in Moba Aboki area of Ajah, Lagos…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has threatened to shut down airports in Nigeria as a result of the lasting strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was revealed in a statement issued by…
