Sokoto State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal is the new Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). He succeeds the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, whose second term in the state ends on 16th October. Tambuwal who has been the body’s Vice Chairman in the last four years, will however hold the chairmanship for the remaining eight months of …

A former Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Council chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rafat Salami has blamed the inability of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to end the incidence of ghost workers on human sabotage, while urging civil servants to expose perpetrators of payroll fraud in government establishments. Salami raised the alarm during …

The Registrar and Secretary to the  Governing Council of the University of Ilorin, Dr Folaranmi Olowoleni has announced the death of the university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Mallam Abidu Ranfidandi Yazid, OON. Olowoleni said in a memo to the university community on Thursday that the incident happened in the early hours of the day. The statement reads: …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal Wednesday’s ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the union to suspend its seven-month-old strike. In his ruling, Justice Polycarp Hamman had observed that the strike action has had impacts on the lives of the students, and that it was obvious that the legal adviser of the Federal Ministry of Labour …

The Senate has confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He was named in acting capacity to replace Mr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad who retired on 27th June. Ariwoola was 68 years old last 22nd August. At the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir moved two motions for the upper chamber …

The National Industrial Court has ordered the suspension of the seven-month-old strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This follows the granting of the motion on notice filed by the Federal Government on Wednesday. On Monday, counsel to the Federal Government, Mr James Igwe had urged the court to grant the interlocutory application because of its urgency …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Salihu Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the appointment is for a tenure of three years in the first instance. Until his appointment, Dembos was NTA’s Executive Director, Marketing. His career as …

Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini has lamented that despite the much talks about peace in the world, conflicts still abound and ravaging humanity. In a statement to commemorate this year’s International Day of Peace, which was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, Prof. Kunini recalled that the UN had invited …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu played the quintessential salesman on Monday, reeling off his administration’s achievements in the past three years to woo investors to the state. Sanwo-Olu met a group of would-be investors in New York on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at a roundtable organised by the Business Council for International …

In a bid to encourage professionalism and reward outstanding performance of both teaching and non-teaching staff, the Lagos State Education District I has celebrated the hard work of its teachers and members of staff who contributed to the advancement of education in the state. At the event held recently at Government Senior College, Agege, the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary of the District, …