Year: 2022
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Health Workers In Varsity Teaching Hospitals Issue 7-day Ultimatum to FG
The Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay arrears of hazard allowances owed its members. The Association disclosed this in a communique signed by its Acting Chairman, Mr Kabir Mustapha, and Acting Secretary, Mr Joseph Ugwoke, after a…
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Wike Increases Appointment Of Special Assistants To 50,000
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has upgraded the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 to 50,000. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the governor’s spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri. “Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reviewed the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 (Twenty Eight Thousand)…
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12 Nigerian Universities Surge in the 2023 Global Rankings
Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, says at least 12 Nigerian universities have shown remarkable improvement in world ranking and were applauded at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit which ended in New York on October 12. Okebukola speaking to joournalists in Abuja on return from the…
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ASUU Vs FG: Court Grants Striking Lecturers Conditional Leave To Appeal
Channels TV The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted leave to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to appeal the decision of the National industrial Court of Nigeria delivered on the 21st of September. In a ruling delivered by Justice Hamman Barka on Oct 7th and made public today, the court granted…
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PDP Halts Presidential Campaign, Intensifies Efforts to Pacify Wike, Other Aggrieved Members
The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), yesterday, suspended its presidential campaign even as anxiety continued to mount over the face-off between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, and his supporters and the party leadership. Daily Sun learnt that the presidential campaign slated for Kebbi State, yesterday, was put off, while the Zamfara State campaign, scheduled to…
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ASUU Divided Over Strike Suspension
Punch Newspaper Barring a last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off its indefinite strike on Thursday (today). The Court of Appeal had last Friday, ordered the union to call off its strike. The House of Representatives also intervened in the matter, raising the hope that the union may call off the…
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Fear Trails Wike’s Engagement of 28,359 Aides
Vanguard News SOCIO-POLITICAL group, One-on-One-Network yesterday accused Governor Nyesom Wike of plotting to unleash political violence against opponents in Rivers state with the State Government engagement of 28,359 aides across the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Suspicions have been mounting since Wike on Tuesday announced with immediate effect, the appointment of 28,000 advisers…
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APC sets up campaign council harmonisation committee
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a body to harmonise its controversial Presidential Campaign Council as a tripartite meeting involving major stakeholders was deadlocked in Abuja, yesterday. The disagreement involving its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, his running mate, Kashim Shettima, National Working Committee (NWC), Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and Presidential Campaign Council…
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ASUU Strike: FG To Release N50 billion as Earned Allowances
Punch Newspaper The governing council of Federal Universities will take over the payment of earned allowances of lecturers and other university workers in their respective institutions from 2024, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent also gathered that the Federal Government will release the sum of N50 billion to take care of outstanding earned allowances before…
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ASUU Branches Vote To Suspend 8-month-old Strike
The various branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have voted overwhelming to suspend the ongoing eight months strike. The branches summoned congresses based on the directive of the national body on Wednesday and members resolved to ask the National Executive Council (NEC) to suspend the industrial action. The decisions of the various…