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Four Abducted Reverend Sisters Regain Freedom
The four Catholic Church Reverend Sisters abducted last Sunday at Okigwe-Umulolo axis in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have regained their freedom. Secretary-General of Sisters of Jesus The Saviour (Generalate), Zita Ihedoro, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, yesterday. The freed Reverend Sisters, Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu, were…
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2023: Tinubu Meets Wike, Two Other PDP Governors in London
Vanguard News The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, took a new dimension as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and some PDP governors in London, on Monday night. Vanguard was reliably informed that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State,…
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Naira Depreciates Further Against Dollar
The Naira on Tuesday further depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented a decrease of 0.29 per cent, compared with N429.43 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.09 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N444 to…
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ASUU Plans Indefinite Strike as Congresses End in 123 Branches Today
The Nation Newspaper Barring a last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will declare an indefinite strike over Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands. The Nation gathered yesterday that most of the over 123 branches of the union have completed their congresses. Others are expected to round off theirs today. An ASUU…
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Contentious Issues Not Resolved – ASUU Slams Minister Over Claim
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Bayero University, Kano, BUK branch has on Tuesday slammed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu over claims that the Federal Government has resolved the contentious issues except the payment of the six month withheld salaries. The union who described the Minister’s claim as misleading maintained that none of…
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Strike: ASUU Distances Self From Receiving N100 Billion From FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch, has distanced the union from receiving N100 billion from the federal government. The union accused the government of fueling the lingering strike through lack of political will to find lasting solution to the issues raised by ASUU. The University of Abuja branch chairman, Dr…
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American Government To Return $23 Million Abacha Loot
Federal government of Nigeria and its American counterpart have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on Tuesday. While Mr. Malami signed on behalf of…
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2023: Tinubu Reportedly Meets Governor Wike
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu reportedly met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike outside the country in preparation for the 2023 general elections. According to The Cable, Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and his Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in France.…
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Man Stones Two Own Children To Death in Adamawa For Refusing To Pronounce ‘God’
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested one Elisha Tari, 25, for allegedly stoning his two children, aged 3 and 5 to death for refusing to pronounce “God” as he instructed them. The incident, according to findings happened at Himike village in the Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria. After…
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ASUU Strike: NLC Takes Position on FG’s ‘No-Work, No-Pay’ Policy
The Nation Newspaper The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday supported the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU)’s insistence on the payment of the withheld salaries of its members as a condition for ending its over six-month-old strike. The umbrella union said it was unfair for the Federal Government to invoke a no-work, no pay rule…
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