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Students Beg ASUU To Suspend 7-month Old Strike
A cross section of students have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to suspend its seven months old strike. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Thursday that it was time for the union to suspend the strike and move for amicable settlement with the Federal Government.…
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Obasanjo Meets Peter Obi, Wike, Makinde, Others in London (Photos)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Presidential Candidate of Labour Peter Obi met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in London. Wike and some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are currently in London to strategise ahead of the 2023 elections. Among those who attended the meeting were Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu…
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What President Buhari Should Do To End Strike Within Two Days – ASUU President, Osodeke (Video)
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has told President Muhammadu Buhari to tow the path of the Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan to resolve the impasse between the government and the union. Osodeke stated this on Wednesday while featuring on a Television programme, Focus Nigeria, adding that, grey areas…
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Strike: No End in Sight, State Varsities Insist
Punch Newspaper Some branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in state-owned universities have vowed to remain on strike following the failure of the Federal Government to successfully negotiate with the national body of the union. Chairpersons of ASUU in the affected state universities, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, described as…
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Naira Depreciates For Third Day Against Dollar
The Naira on Wednesday depreciated for the third day against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N431. The figure represented a decrease of 0.08 per cent, compared with N430.67 it exchanged for the dollar on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N428. 67 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange…
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Strike Will Continue Indefinitely, if – ASUU Chairman
The chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the Universities, ASUU, university of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, chapter, Comrade Christian Opata, and his counterpart at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Prof. Chinedu Aguba, have insisted that the Union is not cowed by the “no work, no pay” threat by the Federal Government.…
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Yahoo-yahoo: NANS Exco Bags Jail Term Over N195 Million Internet Fraud
Director of Logistics of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Chapter, Adeyemi Israel-Abiodun convicted to one-year imprisonment for internet-related fraud.
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Why Nigeria’s U-20 Female Football Team Was Stranded in Turkish Airport
Facts have emerged on why Nigeria’s ’s U-20 female football team was stranded in Istanbul, Turkey. The pictures of the footballers sleeping on bare floor at the airport went viral. The Falconets were returning to the country after their exit from the FIFA U20 World Cup in Costa Rica when the incident happened. It was…
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24-year-old Varsity Student Clubs Mother To Death, Breaks Father’s Leg, Arm With Pestle in Katsina
A 24-year-old student of the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, Najeeb Umar Shehu has clubbed his stepmother to death, and at the same time broke his father’s leg and arm, using a pestle for trying to stop him. Report has it that, the accused, Shehu had on several occasion expressed his disdain for their step…
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ASUU Strike: Parents Propose N10,000 Per Session To Support FG
National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, has revealed its plan to support the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer,…
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