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Godwin Udoh Godwin Emefiele was appointed as the Governor of Nigeria's apex ( Central) bank in 2014 by the then Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan. By the appointment, Emefiele became one of the ice breakers in the Nigerian economic…

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians not to hand over the administration of the country to people he described as being ‘physically unfit. Mr. Obi said the country was already sick and…

The United States Consulate General says it has inaugurated two new centres in Enugu, the Enugu State capital and Benin-City, the Edo State capital. The effort, it noted, was aimed at engaging more Nigerian audience. There are 13…

A bill seeking to establish the Federal Sports University of Nigeria, Nkalagu, Ebonyi State, has scaled second reading in the Senate.  The bill is sponsored by Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi Central). Leading debate on the bill, the…

  Kehinde Adewole The seeming monopoly of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may soon be broken as a sister union, Congress of University Academics (CONUA), on Thursday, met with the Minister of Labour and Employment , Sen.…

Vice Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that borrowing progressive economic ideas from China would be more beneficial to Nigeria than taking public loans to pump into…

A lawmaker, Dr Emma Ugwuerua, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government not to stop the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who failed to enroll under the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information…

At least 50 of the 153 members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Nigeria, Nsukka chapter, that enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in the institution were set to withdraw, an…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has declared a two-day “prayer of warfare” against the conference on witchcraft being organised by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). In a statement on Sunday, Godwin Madu, chairman of PFN…

The Enugu State Police Command says a student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on Saturday drank a substance believed to be ‘Sniper’ insecticide in a bid to take her life. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu,…