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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are playing a role in undermining Nigeria’s public education system. ASUU President Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke voiced the claim during ASUU’s Heroes Day 2024-2025 ceremony in Abuja, expressing frustration over the government’s ongoing delay in renegotiating the 2009 agreement, despite years of advocacy …

Singer, Peter Okoye, has responded to song theft allegation leveled against him by his twin brother and former P-Square band member, Paul Okoye.    It all started when Peter Okoye announced the release of his new song, which Paul claims he wrote.   Paul in a post shared on Instagram, said the agreement was that he would bring 6 songs …

Daddy Freeze has blasted Solomon Buchi for a post the social commentator made, criticising him.    Recall that Daddy Freeze had criticised Pastor Emmanuel Iren over a video he did berating Peter Obi for saying that Nigerians should spend hours working night shifts rather than at night vigils in order to be productive.      In defending Pastor Iren, Solomon …

Senator Monday Okpebholo has been sworn in as the sixth civilian governor of Edo State since the creation of the state on August 27, 1991. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Tuesday, November 12, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the state capital, two months after the All Progressives Congress (APC) clinched the ticket to the Dennis Osadebay …

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the commission has convicted over 50 persons for currency racketeering and dollarisation of the Nigerian economy in 2024 alone.   Olukoyede revealed this in Abuja on Monday, November 11, while the Senate Committee Chairman on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Emmanuel Udendeon was on an oversight and …

The Nigerian football community has been thrown into mourning again following the sudden demise of a former youth international, Gift Atulewa. The football star d!ed in the early hours of today November 12 from High blood pressure complications.   Confirming his demise to Premiumtimes. the spokesperson for the Delta State Football Association,Azuka Chiemeka, said the 38-year-old prolific forward d!ed at …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has responded to allegations made by investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo, who claimed that customs officers are colluding with a smuggler to bring large consignment of rice into Nigeria from Benin Republic.   In a chat with newsmen on Monday, the national public relations officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada dismissed Soyombo’s claims as cheap blackmail. …

Pandemonium broke out in Jos, Plateau state after an explosion rocked the densely populated Terminus market area in the capital city this morning November 11. Unconfirmed reports say that several people were injured in the blast with an unspecified number of casualties. The extent of the damage remains unclear but witnesses described scenes of destruction and chaos.   Emergency services, …

The Naira is forecasted to depreciate to N1,993 per US dollar by 2028.  A report by BMI Research, a subsidiary of Fitch Solutions, forecasts significant constraints on the import of critical medical supplies into Nigeria due to the weakening of the Naira and structural challenges within the healthcare system.  The report projects that by 2028, the Naira will exchange at NGN1993/USD, a rate it …

A music director at a Michigan Catholic church in the US has reportedly been fired after an unknown source informed church officials of his same-sex marriage.Fred Szczepanski was fired from his position at St. Francis Church in Traverse City on Oct. 18 after the church officials discovered he had a same-sex marriage ceremony to his longtime partner in Nevada in 2020, …