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National Assembly workers union, under the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), have  denied allegation of misappropriating N3billion union funds leveled against them. A member of PASAN, Yusuf Abiola, had at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, accused the union executive of misappropriating the amount. He demanded audited financial statements and operational reports from 2019 till date from the executive. However in his reaction to the allegation, the chairman of PASAN, Comrade Sunday Sabiyyi, in a statement jointly signed by the Secretary of the association, Comrade David Ann Ebizimoh, described the allegation as baseless and defamatory. Sabiyyi called on…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the Federal Government under his stewardship is making deliberate efforts at addressing infrastructural challenges in the nation’s ivory towers. This is as the president also tasked Nigerian universities to ensure demand-driven research to aid industrial growth and development. Tinubu gave the task at the maiden combined 1st–5th convocation ceremony of Federal University Birnin Kebbi (FUBK), which was held at the institution on Saturday. He also urged universities to partner with industries to explore outcomes of research to facilitate national development. Mr Tinubu, who spoke as the Visitor to the university, assured that the…

Lebanon’s health ministry has confirmed Israeli strikes on two villages, Saturday, one north of Beirut and another to the south, killed at least nine people. The ministry in a statement said an Israeli enemy strike on Maaysra, a Shiite Muslim majority village in a mostly Christian mountain area north of Beirut, killed five people and wounded 14 others. The statement said four people were killed separately and 14 others wounded in an Israeli enemy strike on Barja in the Shouf district south of the capital. The official National News Agency, NNA, also reported unspecified casualties in an Israeli strike targeting…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that unknown gunmen killed a crew member of broadcast outlet, SuperSports in Anambra alongside a police officer. NFF said the deceased were travelling to cover the Super Eagles 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers against Libya. The Nigeria football body said the victims were killed by kidnappers in an ambush on the Ihiala-Orlu Road in Anambra State, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 and is commiserating with the families of the slain persons. “Information gathered on the incident revealed that the bandits opened fire on the bus in which the SuperSport operatives were…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with Secretary of its Board of Trustees and former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, following the death of his son, Dr Faisal Ahmed Makarfi. Writing on its X handle on Saturday, the party said it grieves with the deceased family over the death. The tweet read; “With a heavy heart but total submission to Allah’s Will,the PDP wishes to commiserate with His Excellency Ahmed Mohammad Makarfi, CON (Secretary BOT, former Governor of Kaduna State and Chairman National Caretaker Committee) over the sad demise this evening, of his son, Dr Faisal Ahmed…

Adeleke Adeyinka, a councillorship candidate in ward 15, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, and an APC youth leader, has been assassinated by suspected cultists. The sad event occurred on Saturday at Jide Jones area of Oke-Ilewo, as the assailants, it was gathered, reportedly arrived in a tinted car. The occupants alighted and shot at their target. They then hit him with stones till he gave up the ghost. Before Adeleke’s death, he was with the transport union in Panseke area of Abeokuta. Also, the deceased was a former All Progressives Congress youth leader in Abeokuta South, before…

A coalition of 30 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for the resignation of chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, over his alleged failure to prosecute a former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, despite multiple petitions against him over alleged multi-billion naira bribery allegations.  The CSOs, under the umbrella of ‘Global Initiative for Corruption Eradication’ (GICE), also called for the immediate arrest of Ganduje, who they said had no immunity, but was allegedly enjoying the cover of the Federal Government through the EFCC.  Spokesperson for GICE, Comrade Anthony Onoja, who addressed a press…

A bill seeking for the establishment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages has passed the first reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others, is aimed at establishing a university for the promotion of the learning of Nigerian languages. Section II part I of the bill, as reported by PUNCH on Saturday, provides that the university when established shall, “Encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction, the opportunity of acquiring a higher education…

In its bid to fight corruption effectively, the government of Namibia has sought the corporation and help from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its fight against corruption in the country.   According to a statement cited on the commission’s website on Saturday, the partnership is aimed at “exploring training opportunities as well as sharing of expertise with personnel of the Namibian Anti-corruption Commission in the fight against corruption.” The statement noted that the Namibian government made the call on Friday when its Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Humphrey…

In what looks like replying Nigerians who have criticized the president’s navigation from one country to another, the presidency has responded to the reactions, particularly the ones trailing the departure of President Bola Tinubu from the United Kingdom to France, saying the president is still on a two-week leave. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, had in a statement on October 2, announced Tinubu’s departure for a two-week vacation. Onanuga’s short statement had read, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of…