The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed to disrupt the scheduled board meeting of the Nigerian Education Loan over the alleged non-inclusion of students after repeated appeals for students’ representation in the board meetings. The President of NANS, Lucky Emonefe, specifically warned the NELFUND management that the scheduled board meeting on Monday would not be held …

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has threatened to cut off the Federal Government’s grant to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the 2025 budget proposal over excessive spending. This decision was made after JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede presented the agency’s 2025 budget proposal to the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. According …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to seal any shop or plaza closed on Mondays in compliance with the sit-at-home order initially declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra. Soludo issued the warning during an inspection tour of the Main Market in Onitsha on Monday, where he expressed his displeasure over the large number of locked shops and …

The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, on Friday, decried the non-compliance of some private school owners with the state government’s policy on education. He described this as unacceptable, stating that the state would no longer tolerate such illegal acts. Arigbabu disclosed this during a meeting with heads of private school associations at the Ministry …

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has declared its readiness to suspend the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, along with others involved in anti-party activities. Addressing the media at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, the party’s National Chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku, accused Soludo of obstructing every effort by the Supreme Court-recognised NWC …

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, has warned that the commission would take action against any official or individual who defies the Supreme Court’s ruling on local government autonomy. The Supreme Court, in a July 11 judgment, affirmed the financial autonomy of the Local Governments in Nigeria. The court also …

Osun State Government has warned business owners in the State to fulfil their tax obligation or get their businesses shut down. In a statement issued by the Information Officer of Osun Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, Oluwaseun Ayeni, which was obtained on Saturday, the Agency’s Chairman, Adesola Adewumi reads the riot act to defaulters, saying they have been given enough time …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has threatened sanctions for herders that rear their cattle beyond the zone earmarked for them to graze. Oyebanji said the state government owed it a responsibility to protect crop farmers from having their farms destroyed by cattle in a bid to achieve the state’s goal of food sufficiency and security. The governor spoke in …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to down tools if the Federal Government fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. In an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke said that it is unfair for the Federal Government to pay lecturers four months of their 2022 withheld salaries and hold on …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened a nationwide strike. The union decried the failure of the Federal Government to appoint Governing Councils for federal universities. The union also faulted what it described as the nonchalant attitude of the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to matters pertaining to academics in federal universities. The body of academics, during an …