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NITDA Releases Codes To Regulate Social Media
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, released a Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries and Conditions for Operating in Nigeria. A statement on Monday by the NITDA’s spokesperson, Hadiza Umar, said the Code is aimed at protecting fundamental human rights of Nigerians and non-Nigerians living in the country as well as…
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Strike: ASUU Threatens To Sanction Varsities Over Non-compliance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has threatened to query universities that have failed to comply with its decision to remain on strike while negotiations with the Federal Government continue. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Monday in Abuja. NAN recalls that ASUU had…
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Strike: FG Resumes Talk With ASUU Today
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has resumed talks with representatives of unions in the nation’s universities, The PUNCH reports. The PUNCH reported last week that the Prof Nimi Briggs committee set up by the government to renegotiate the 2009 agreement was expected to end its three months’ timelines given on June 7, 2022. But investigations…
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Blackout worsens as grid collapses for fifth time in 2022
There was widespread blackout across the country on Sunday following the collapse of the national power grid, making it the fifth collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid in 2022. It was learnt that the grid collapse on Sunday occurred around 6.49pm, leading to the shutdown of the outgoing electricity feeders of some power distribution companies. The…
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APC may unveil Tinubu’s running mate Wednesday, party focuses on North-East
Punch Newspaper There are indications that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may unveil his running mate on Wednesday. The PUNCH learnt that Tinubu would conclude consultations with the party’s stakeholders, including governors on Tuesday and would announce his running mate on Wednesday. It was also learnt that the APC governors and…
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Tertiary Institutions Fail To Utilize 405,256 Admission Quotas – JAMB
Punch Newspaper The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has revealed that tertiary institutions in the country has failed to fill 405,256 admissions quotas. The PUNCH reports that this development is coming at a period when the country is witnessing an increase in the number of admission seekers yearly. In 2021, the board stated that…
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Nigeria Politics as a platform of self interest By Ishowo Malik Ayomide
. By:Ishowo Malik Ayomide Nigeria is evidently big and diverse so much that the refusal to employ a good political ideology like federalism could be said as a tacit support for the eruption of violence. However the leaders are unaware of this because of their limited understanding about political stuffs or even because they are…
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Tinubu Campaign Organisation Clears Air On Viral Manifesto of APC Presidential Candidate
The campaign organisation of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, reacted to a viral document being peddled on cyber space as Tinubu’s manifesto. The organisation while disassociating itself from the document claimed that the peddled document was a mere draft and suggestions on the programmes Tinubu is expected…
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ASUU Strike: FG Team Fails to Meet Deadline To Resolve Issue
Vanguard News The Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee set up the Federal Government to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement signed by the government with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and put an end to the ongoing industrial action by the union has failed to meet the three-month time frame given it by the FG to…
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Strike: ASUU President Expresses Hope Over Ongoing Negotiation With FG
Nigerian Tribune The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed hope that its ongoing negotiation with the Federal Government over their long-standing differences that have crippled academic activities in the nation’s public universities for about five months now would be over soon. The President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, gave this hope in…
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