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The University of Maiduguri in Borno State is in grief as it has again recorded the fourth loss of yet another professor – all within a spate of two months. In a similar development, two lecturers –  one with the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State and the Usman Danfodio University, …

The Senate on Thursday asked the federal government to include funding for the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project in the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund of President Bola Tinubu. The call was a sequel to a motion by Haruna Manu (Taraba Central) during the plenary. The 3,050 MW hydroelectric power project is …

Some members of the House of Representatives have said the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the political crisis in Rivers State has not changed the situation in the state. The lawmakers, who are allies of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, said this at a press conference on Thursday in …

Controversy has enveloped a $150bn Samoa trade deal signed by the Federal Government of Nigeria with the European Union. Last November, the European Union, its 27 member states and 79 member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) signed an agreement in Apia, the capital of …

Junior hospital doctors in England on Thursday began a five-day strike, a week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue. It follows nearly a dozen similar actions by doctors below the specialist, consultant level over the last 18 …

Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide.   Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. …

A fire outbreak has occurred at the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals company located at the Lekki free trade zone in Lagos. Gistfox News learnt that the incident occurred Wednesday morning. The cause of the outbreak could not be ascertained at the time of this report. Confirming the incident to Gistfox News on …

The Sokoto State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) Alhaji Usman Yakubu Yaro, has said that the Service is in touch with the Nigerian Military, the Department of State Service (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and other critical stakeholders to guarantee the safety of corps members deployed …

The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a lawsuit against the Kaduna State House of Assembly over the N432 billion investigation findings.   El-Rufai’s son, Bello, disclosed that his father filed the suit against the defamation of his character by the state assembly. Posting on X, …

Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female president of OPEC, is set to break her silence in a new documentary titled “Is It Your Money?” after an eight-year hiatus from the public eye. The documentary directed by renowned Nigerian media personality Chude Jideonwo, promises …