Year: 2022
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Just In: FG budgets N470bn to address one of ASUU’s demands
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the sum of N470 billion has been earmarked for university revitalisation in the 2023 budget. Funding for the revitalisation of public universities is among the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has been on strike since February. While presenting the N19.76 trillion 2023 budget estimates to…
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FG Declares Monday Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday 10th October as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims at home and in the Diaspora for witnessing this…
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Just In: Tinubu Arrives Abuja (Video)
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has arrived Abuja. Tinubu’s arrival comes hours after media aide on digital communications to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad had earlier hinted that Tinubu was expected to arrive Abuja today. He dropped the hint in a statement via his verified Twitter handle. Confirming…
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FG Vs ASUU: Appeal Court Defers Rulling
Vanguard News The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has adjourned till Friday to rule on an application the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, filed to stay the execution of the ruling of the National Industrial Court, NIC, that ordered an end to its ongoing strike action. A three-man panel of the appellate court…
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Strike: FG, ASUU Consultation For Out-Of-Court Settlement Fails
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU) could not meet to discuss the option of an out-of-court settlement thrown to them by the three-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal hearing the appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court, Abuja ordering the University lecturers to return…
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Google Builds Cloud Interconnect Sites In Lagos, 3 Others
Google has started expanding its network through the Equiano subsea cable and is building Dedicated Cloud Interconnect sites in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos and Nairobi as part of its full-scale cloud capability for Africa.” The Equiano subsea cable, now running through Togo, Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa, is expected to deliver faster, lower cost internet…
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ASUU to sue FG over CONUA, NAMDA Registration
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU is set to sue the Federal Government over the registration of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics. ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, said this on Channels Television, on Thursday.The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, had on…
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CONUA Woos state Varsity Lecturers, Asks ASUU To Obey Court Order
New Telegraph Barely 24 hours after being registered as a trade union, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has urged lecturers especially those in state owned universities, to join it’s union to move the nation’s tertiary education system forward. The Chairman of CONUA, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU) chapter, Abdulahi Isiaku, made the call…
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ASUU: Why CONUA, NAMDA are Illegal – Falana
The Nation Newspaper Activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has explained why newly registered academic unions – Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) – by Labour and Employment Minister are illegal. Falana gave a legal perspective on the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…
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Terrorists Release 23 Remaining Hostages
Terrorists who attacked an AK9 Train in Kaduna state on March 28 have released all the 23 remaining hostages in their custody. A statement by the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf, said their release was secured on Wednesday afternoon. statement reads: “I am pleased to announce to the nation and…