Month: August 2022
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Tension in Osun as police, soldiers exchange gunfire
There was tension in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Saturday as policemen and soldiers confronted were involved in an exchange of gunfire. The incident that happened in Ajegunle/Old Garage area, created anxiety as traders scampered for safety. Findings showed that some soldiers beat up a policeman over a cause, yet to be ascertained, hence…
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Recently Crowned Miss MAPOLY Killed Days After Abduction
Recently crowned as most beautiful female student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh, has been reportedly killed by her abductors. Report has it that, the deceased, Odeh, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022. Odeh, an ND2 student of Mass Communication was said to have been kidnapped on her…
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Ngige Frustrating FG’s Efforts To Resolve ASUU Strike – Parent-teacher Association Chair
The PUNCH Newspaper The National President, Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, Haruna Danjuma, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE about the lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has gone on for almost six months How would you assess the response from the Federal Government as regards the demands of the Academic Staff Union…
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Ballon d’Or Award: 4 African Footballers, 26 Others Make List of Nominees (Full List)
Four African footballers are among the nominnees of the 30-man shortlisted for the 2022 Ballon d’Or award. The shortlisted footballers are ; Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City) and Sebastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Borussia Dortmund). The organizers of the awards, France Football, released the final shortlist on…
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FG Doesn’t Run Out of Cash To Fulfill Our Demands – ASUU President, Osodeke
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof.Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the Federal Government doesn’t run out of cash to fulfil its demands alleging that, the political will to change the ugly narrative of the nation’s education sector is what the government lacks. Osodeke reiterated that ASUU did not tell the…
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Again, Buhari urges ASUU to call off Strike
President Muhammadu Buhari has again appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off the ongoing strike. Mr Buhari made the call on Friday in Maiduguri at the maiden Special Convocation Ceremony and conferment of Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Maiduguri on Muhammadu Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy…
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How Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital hid details of N3.07 billion COVID-19 awarded contracts
The ICIR ON May 30, The ICIR wrote to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to request details of money released to support the Federal Teaching Hospitals in the country as part of COVID-19 interventions during the pandemic. The move was to establish the exact sum earmarked for each teaching hospital in the…
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No One Should Call My Name, If They Lost Forthcoming Elections – Governor Wike
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied suing the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, noting that no one should call his name if the person loses the forthcoming election. Reacting to the suit during the commissioning of House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt, on Friday, Wike said he was focused…
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What Our Members Are Doing Since Commencement of Strike – ASUU President, Osodeke
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, through its President, Professor Victor Osodeke on Thursday, (yesterday) said some of its members in Nigerian public Universities have left the country to pursue their careers abroad as the Federal Government fails to nip it in the bud the lingering crisis in that’s paralyzed academic activities in the…
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FG hasn’t informed ASUU of cash crunch – Osodeke
Punch Newspaper Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the government has not at any time indicated that it does not have money to fund the union’s demands and university education. The union was reacting to recent comments by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo; and Ebonyi State Governor,…