Year: 2022
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Israel Adesanya Arrested in United States
Israel Adesanya has been arrested in New York, local media said on Wednesday. The UFC star was taken into custody by the police and airport security shortly after arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport. He was reportedly found in possession of metal knuckle while trying to go through security. Brass knuckles are illegal in the…
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21-year-old Nigerian Student Writes World Richest Man, Elon Musk, Seeks Medical Assistance
A 21-year-old Nigerian student, Muhammad Lawal, has written an open letter to the world richest man and owner of micro blogging platform, Twitter, Elon Musk. Muhammed, a sickle cell patient is an indigene of Niger state, fell ill in 2020 and was said to have moved from one hospital to another, looking for help and…
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Sultan of Sokoto Speaks On Effects of ASUU’s 8-month-old Strike on Students
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has said that the eight months strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have very negative psychological and emotional effect on students. He added that the strike was unnecessary, unfortunate and very sad as it could have been avoided by continuous and effective…
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Strike: Labour Advisory Council Backs Ngige, Disagrees With ASUU
A former Director of Skills and Certification at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr. Ibrahim Jibia has disagreed with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and a section of the press over the role of the Minister of labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige in conciliating the lingering disagreement between the Federal Government and…
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Drunk Soldier Crushes Army General To Death in Lagos
A Corporal in the Nigerian Army, Abayomi Ebun, has crushed to death the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, NAFRC, Director of Finance, A. O James, with his car in Lagos State. PRNigeria gathered that the incident happened when Mr Ebun, who works at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, was driving out of the NAFRC…
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Grammy Reveals 2023 Nominees as Burna boy Bags Two Nominations (Full List)
American artiste, Beyonce, led the nominations with nine nods tieing with Jay-Z, her husband, for the most nominations received by any musician in the history of the awards. Kendrick Lamar followed with eight nominations, alongside English artiste, Adele, and Brandie Carlile with seven nominations. Burna boy and Tems are the two Nigerians who made the…
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No-work-no-pay: ASUU Begins Protest
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UNILAG chapter, yesterday embarked on a protest to express its displeasure over invocation of the ‘no work, no pay’policy of the Federal Government. Recall that the federal government had said the lecturers who were on strike for eight months should be ready to forfeit their salaries in accordance with…
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Half-Salary: Ngige Can No Longer Mediate Amid Industrial Court Case – ASUU President
Channels TV The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Tuesday, criticised the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his alleged authorisation of the part-payment of salaries to members of the union, following the suspension of its seven-month strike in October. This comes after ASUU in October…
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FG vs ASUU: Court orders service of suit on CONUA, NAMDA
Vanguard News The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, has fixed December 13 for continuation of hearing on the protracted dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. It will be recalled that alleged refusal by FG to comply with an agreement it earlier entered into with ASUU, which…
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Just In: Lawmaker Who Slumped at Tinubu’s Jos Rally, ‘Omititi’ is Reported Dead
A lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, is dead. Olawale who is fondly called ‘Omititi’ by his political admirers was among the politicians, who stormed Jos, Plateau State capital, for the kick-off of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential campaign. The deceased reportedly slumped at the rally…