Month: May 2022
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One-time Tinubu’s Supporter, Abdulmumin Jibrin Joins NNPP
One of the staunch supporters of Presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, for the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. Last weekend, the Kano-born politician, Jibrin announced the decision to leave the APC on his verified handle, saying he would reveal the next party to…
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2023 Election: INEC Raises Fresh Concern Over Security Challenges
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised concerns about the security challenges in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. With about nine months to the polls, it, however, allayed fears that the elections might not hold due to security threats. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the remarks on Friday in Abuja…
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Strike: ASUU Speaks On Harassment of Protesting Students by Soldiers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has made its stance known on the harassment of protesting students by Soldiers on Thursday. ASUU in a statement signed by its Lagos Zonal Coordinator, Comrade Adelaja Odukoya, titled ‘NEED FOR EXTREME CAUTION, DEMOCRATIC CIVILITY, AND SENSITIVITY IN HANDLING STUDENTS PROTESTS’. The body condemned the actions of the…
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Ngige Withdraws From 2023 Presidential Race
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential election race . Ngige said he took the decision after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and consulting widely with his family, constituents, supporters and well-wishers. The minister’s decision to drop out of the race followed the directive of Buhari to his…
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2023: President Buhari Holds Valedictory Session With 10 Minsters Who Tender Resignation Letters (Photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a valedictory session with ten ministers that tendered their resignation letters to pursue their political ambition in the 2023 elections. President Buhari also promised to fill as soon as possible the vacuum created by the departure of the ministers. Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this…
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2023: SDP Clears Air On Purported Automatic Ticket For Tinubu, Others
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, says no automatic ticket for All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Bola Tinubu and other aspirants willing to contest for elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. The Acting National Chairman of SDP, Supo Shonibare, who stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, however, said the party…
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Buhari Ready To Resolve ASUU Strike ‘Once and For All’- Presidency
Senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina has said his principal is ready to resolve the lingering strikes by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “once and for all”. Adesina made the remarks while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that the varsity…
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Why 2022 Admission Processing May Be Delayed, Vice Chancellors
Punch Newspaper The Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, has said the 2022 admission processes for universities may be delayed due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Ochefu stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. According to the scribe, the committee is also…
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ASUU, Other Unions Turn Down FG’s Plea To Reopen Varsities
Vanguard The tripartite plus meeting convened by the Federal Government with the striking university based unions last night ended without any concrete agreement for the workers to go back to work. In fact, the four university based unions that are on strike rebuffed all the government plea for them to suspend the strike while efforts…
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Strike: FG Meets ASUU, Other Unions
The Federal Government on Thursday met with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions. The meeting was chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and had in attendance the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the Minister of Labour and…