Year: 2022
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Just In: Benzema wins 66th Ballon d’Or award
Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Player of the Year Ballon d’Or award in Paris on Monday night. This would be the forward’s first Ballon d’Or of his career. The 34-year-old had never finished inside the top three in previous years, but he finished today ahead of Kevin De Bruyne, Sadio Mane and…
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Labour Party Senatorial Candidate Arrested For Drug Trafficking – Police
Linus Okorie, the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, has been arrested for inciting violence and drug trafficking. In a statement on Monday, Chris Anyanwu, the spokesman for the Ebonyi police command, said Mr Okorie was arrested by the Ebubeagu security outfit and not abducted as claimed. “Police detectives were briefed on why he…
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2023: Wike Expresses Deep Sadness Over Atiku’s Comment
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has expressed deep sadness over the comments made by the Presidential candidate of his party the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Atiku Abubakar who had at the weekend stated that only a Northern presidency is desirable, and that Nigerians don’t need a Yoruba or Igbo to become President. Governor Wike…
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ASUU: Varsities hold emergency meetings on resumption
Punch Newspaper Following the suspension of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, findings by our correspondent revealed that public universities across the country have made plans for special meetings of senate councils in preparation for examinations and resumption. The PUNCH reports that ASUU on Friday, October 14 announced a suspension of the…
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Two Main Reasons ASUU Suspends 8-month-old Strike – Osodeke
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it suspended its eight-month strike due to a court order and appeals from Nigerians. A court of appeal had ordered the striking lecturers to return to class after the National Industrial Court ruled against the union in a case brought to it by the Federal Goverment. Days…
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2023 General Elections: We Have Mobilized Our Members To Return Home – Nigerian Students in Europe
The Association of Nigerians Students in Europe (ANSE) has vowed that its members across European countries will decide their fate in the forthcoming Nigeria’s general election by electing leaders that would see to their uninterrupted welfare. ANSE president, Bashiru Saidu Muhammad, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. According to him,…
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Rotten To Bad: Campaign Team Reacts To Gaffe Made by Tinubu at Kaduna Event (See Video)
The campaign team of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to a gaffe made by the former Lagos State Governor at the Kaduna State Investment Summit. Tinubu, who was one of the guests at the event, had hailed Governor Nasir El-Rufai for his developmental strides. Appealing to El-Rufai…
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As ASUU calls off strike, what happens to CONUA, NAMDA?
Nigerian Tribune Following the suspension of the eight months strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria, IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI examines what becomes of the fate of the two newly-registered unions by the federal government and if the two unions can subvert the solidity ASUU has built across public…
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Not total waste: Parents Speak on Lessons From 8 months ASUU strike
Vanguard News The eight months strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, did not just amount to total waste, as some lessons were learnt from it, parents under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, said. Speaking in a chat with Sunday Vanguard, the National Treasurer of…
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ASUU strike: Final Year Medical Student Turned Food Vendor Dies
FINAL year student of Medicine and Surgery in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to prolonged ASUU strike, has died. Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical student died on…