Month: July 2022
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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: APC To Pacify Northern Christian Members
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC PC) has revealed that it has started perfecting arrangements to pacify Christian members aggrieved over the party’s Muslim-Muslim joint presidential ticket to go into next year’s elections as a united family. APC National Vice Chairman (North West), Salihu Moh Lukman, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen after North West…
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Police React To Invasion of Peoples Gazette’s Abuja Office
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has broken its silence over the invasion of the Abuja head office of an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette, adding that, the force invaded the media office after receiving a petition of criminal defamation against its managing editor, Samuel Ogundipe and reporter, Ademola Akintade. Reacting to LEADERSHIP enquiry on the raid…
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Covenant University Wins N75m JAMB Compliance Prize
A leading private university in the country, Covenant University, has emerged as the most compliant institution in keeping the policy guidelines of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, JAMB . The award was presented at the 2020/2021 JAMB National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award held on Thursday in Abuja by the Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq…
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2023: Why Tinubu Should Step Down From Presidential Race – PDP
The main opposition party in the country, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday urged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to step down from the race following alleged hiring of “unknown” bishops and other clergymen to give credence to his Muslim-Muslim ticket. PDP stated this at a press…
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Construction Workers Threaten To Shut Down Activities Over Prolonged ASUU Strike
The National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW) has threatened to shut down activities in the construction industry in solidarity with striking unions in the education sector. NUCECFWW made the threat in a statement jointly signed by its National President, Mr Stephen Okoro, and General Secretary, Mr Ibrahim Walama, on Friday.…
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ASUU Strike: Shelve Your Planned Nationwide Protest – FG Urges NLC
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its nationwide planned protest in solidarity with the trade unions in the Nigeria public universities and others. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made the appeal at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in his office on Thursday in Abuja.…
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Court Orders Remand of Former Accountant General of Federation, Ahmed Idris, Others Over Alleged Diversion of over N100 Billion
High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Friday, ordered remand of the former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in prison custody, following his alleged complicity in the illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of about N109.4 billion. Trial Justice A.O. Adeyemi Ajayi remanded the ex-AGF, after he was…
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N560 Billion Needed To Meet ASUU’s Demand
The Nation Newspaper An extra N560 billion may be needed by the Federal Government to meet university teachers’ demand for increased annual pay, a top government source told The Nation in Abuja yesterday. The source, who is privy to the renewed negotiations between the government and university-based unions, however, said it might be “fiscally tight”…
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One Million Boys: Singer Portable Has Case To Answer – Lagos Police Command
The Lagos State Police Command says the controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola better known as Portable has a case to answer following his viral video where he was boasting of being among the founders of notorious criminal gangs in Lagos, the Ajah boys and one Million boys, though the singer after receiving backlash made U-turn. The…
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ASUU Strike: NLC President Replies FG Over Planned Nationwide Protest
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it is well within its rights to protest against the continued stay of students at home, following failure of the authorities to reach an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NLC President, Ayuba Wabba in a statement on Wednesday, said “it is elementary knowledge,…