Month: June 2022
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ASUP Describes Recently Suspended Strike in Polytechnics as ‘Partial’
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has described the suspension of its strike as partial suspension. This is as the union insisted that only four of its demands had been met by the Federal Government Saturday PUNCH had reported that the union had directed its members to resume work on Monday, May 30, 2022…
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Statutory Delegates: Tinubu Loyalists Secure Court Order
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday has granted an order directing the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow statutory delegates to participate in the forthcoming party’s national convention. The APC presidential primary is scheduled to begin on January 6, 2022. The case was filed by…
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Ife Youths Threaten Protest as OAU set to Inaugurate VC
Punch Newspaper A group, Ife Youths Organisation, on Friday, threatened to resume protest over the emergence of Prof. Simeon Bamire, as the Vice Chancellor-elect of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The group in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Abimbola Afolabi, also advised the general public to stay clear of OAU premises beginning…
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2023: What May Hinder Tinubu’s Chances of Becoming President – Babachir Lawal
Vanguard News Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu over his recent comments, wherein he glorified himself as the initiator of President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory against an incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 general election. Tinubu, at an event…
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BREAKING: Oyegun committee disqualifies 10 APC presidential aspirants
The Nation Newspaper The John Odigie Oyegun-led seven-man Presidential Screening Committee (PSC) has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Odigie-Oyegun said only 13 out of the 23 aspirants scaled the screening exercise. He spoke while submitting report of the committee to APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Details shortly
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Flash: INEC Releases Guidelines For 2023 Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the legal framework that will guide the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said with the presentation of the Regulations and Guidelines, the Commission has concluded formal preparations for the polls. He said it is the first time the Commission is releasing the guidelines nine…
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Presidential Primaries: Why Odigie-Oyegun’s panel cleared Tinubu, 22 others…
Vanguard News The seven-man Presidential Aspirants Screening Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has cleared all the 23 aspirants it screened for Monday’s primaries. A source close to the committee told Vanguard that the panel found all the aspirants “electable” and “has no reason to disqualify any of…
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My Role In Emergence of Buhari as President, Tinubu Recounts 2015 Efforts
Presidential Hopeful under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has recalled his strategic role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, maintaining that the Katsina-born leader would have lost the election if not for his efforts. Tinubu made the comment on Thursday while addressing party delegates at the Presidential…
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Okada Riders Drag Lagos State Government To Court Over Ban
Vanguard Following the ban and enforcement, a commercial motorcycle riders’ union, popularly called “Okada” has sued the Lagos State Government before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The union, under the umbrella of the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, MTUN, and others in the suit are praying for a declaration that the ban on…
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Reactions Trail Death of Young Lady Who Died During Plastic Surgery in Lagos Hospital
Reactions have continued to trail the death of a young Nigerian lady, Port Harcourt influencer, simply identified as Crystabel who died in Lagos hospital during body enhancement. A friend of the deceased @poshcupcake who broke the news on Twitter had revealed to Nigerians that the hospital kept mute on her friend’s death after a failed…