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Security operatives have blocked the entrance into the National Assembly complex preventing workers from gaining entry. The security agents including the Nigeria Police and Department of State Services (DSS) operatives on Tuesday barricaded the main entrance with patrol vans. The presence of the security operatives has led to restricted access at the three arms zone gate. Operatives are frisking persons including journalists and construction workers before they are allowed entrance. Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) are not allowed into the complex. The leadership of the National Assembly had earlier directed the police and the  DSS to ensure adequate…

The Federal Government and the nation’s polytechnic lecturers, Monday, stalemated after both parties failed to reach an agreement during a meeting held to find solutions to the demands of the latter. The ASUP lecturers started nationwide strike on Wednesday, December 12 after giving several warnings to the Federal Government. The Academic Staff of Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and the government refused to shift ground on their positions, leading to the adjournment of the meeting to January, after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The government’s delegation was led by Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, while Usman Dutse, the…

Of the number of Nigerians seeking employment into the Nigeria Police Force as Constables, Niger State is said to be leading the pack with 11,047 applicants. The Police Service Commission, PSC, received 158,773 applications as at 11a.m., Monday, which is day 18 of the six weeks period for online filling and submission of applications. A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Public Relations and Information of the Commission, said, “Bayelsa also remained last with 672 applicants. “Kano State has the second highest applicants with 10,745 applications, Katsina State third with 9,778, Bauchi State fourth with 8,882 and Kaduna fifth with…

Man United have sacked José Mourinho following Sunday’s defeat at Liverpool, ending a tenure that began in May 2016. A poor start to the Premier League season has seen United slip 19 points behind the leaders, Liverpool, and fall off the pace in the hunt for a top-four place. They have won only once in six league matches, drawing during that sequence with struggling Southampton and Crystal Palace. The club issued a statement on Tuesday morning which reads: “Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect. “The club would like to thank Jose for…

A suspected hoodlum on Sunday died from gunshot he sustained during a brawl with policemen in Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The hoodlum in company of another went to the residence of Emem Akpabio for entertainment after the latter had held Harvest Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church Nigeria, Ukana Ikot Ntuen in the area. An anonymous source confided in Straightnews that “As security operatives attached to Emem were checking and ushering guests into the compound of Emem, one Monday from Ikpe Annang in Essien Udim bolted from the crowd to urinate in the…

A major row is brewing in Abuja, Nigeria’s nation capital, following the refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation to comply with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to pay $350 million to consultants. The consultants worked for states to reclaim $2,689,279,365 as final payment arising from the refund of Paris Club loans by the Federal Government. The Obasanjo administration unilaterally deducted from them and paid out in order to get debt relief from the powerful European financial group. Apart from the Presidency directive to the Accountant-General of the Federation to cough out the sum to the consultants, the High Court had…

The negotiations between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, ended in deadlock again, with the lecturers walking out on the Federal Government’s representatives. The meeting which lasted for hours at the instance of Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, held at the Conference Hall of the ministry. The meeting was convened to ensure the suspension of the ongoing strike embarked by the university teachers. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was not happy with the outcome of the meeting, declined comments on the reason for staging a walk-out from the meeting. With the…

The Senator Godswill Akpabio Campaign Organisation says the current actions of Akwa Ibom State government and Peoples Democratic Party in the state are signs of frustration arising from the impending rejection at the polls next year and the reality of their return to their second addresses through their touted ”chartered flight.” Some newspapers and social media in the country were awash with reports that the first official visit of the wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari to Akwa Ibom State was Friday, December 14 marred by a security breach allegedly caused by Senator Godswill Akpabio’s wife, Unoma. Yet, the…

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Mr. Modibbo Kawu, has justified the NBC’s payment of N2.5 billion to a Nigerian communications firm-Pinnacle, saying that the amount was commensurate with the quality and quantity of work so far done by the company and in accordance with the prevailing exchange rate. Kawu, spoke in response to claim by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, that the payment was undeserving and questionable, leading to the quizzing of the NBC boss by the anti-graft agency. Conducting a team of Vanguard journalists round the projects being undertaken by Pinnacle in Abuja to warrant…

Ten more opposition political parties, Monday, joined about 45 others operating under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, to work together towards removing President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress, ACP, led government in next year’s general election. This came as CUPP announced that six more political parties had tendered applications to join the grand alliance. The action of the 10 new parties came barely one week after the 45 political parties signed the pact to work together. The 10 new entrants in the opposition grand alliance aare Save Nigeria Congress, SNC; United Patriots,UP; Reformed and…