Year: 2022
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Strike: Court hears ASUU’s appeal today
Punch Newspaper The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Tuesday (today) hear the appeal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities against the ruling by the National Industrial Court, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as negotiations and talks have continued between the House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and the…
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FG Invites Applications For N75,000 Bursary Awards For Students (See Eligibility)
The federal government has invited applications from suitably qualified students studying Education courses in Universities and Colleges of Education. Recall that the during the commemoration of the World Teachers Day in Abuja last year, the Federal Government said students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities will get N75,000 stipend per semester, while their…
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Just In: NDLEA discovers 13 million Tramadol pills in Lagos mansion (Photos)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has busted a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a terse statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is now in custody. He said the agency recovered 13 million pills of Tramadol 225mg…
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ASUU Strike: House of Reps Gives Update on Meeting With President Buhari
Punch Newspaper The Speaker of the House of Representatives will discuss the continuing Academic Staff Union of Universities strike with President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.) on Tuesday. The lawmakers are set to convey to Buhari their recommendations from talks they had with stakeholders on the strike, according to a high Presidency source who did…
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I’m Hale, Hearty Says Tinubu (Video)
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday said that he was hale and hearty. He dispelled the rumour of death and withdrawal from the 2023 race. For some time now, detractors have always peddled rumours about the former Lagos State governor’s health anytime he was out of the…
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Strike: Don’t Take Laws Into Your Hands – FG Tells ASUU Over Resumption Order
The Federal Government has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to cease taking laws into its hands by directing its members to continue with the eight months old strike in defiance of the interlocutory injunction by the National Industrial Court NICN, which restrained the union from further action. In a statement in Abuja,…
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#ASUUStrike: What FG Should Do To Inject Excellence in Education Sector- Imumolen
Professor Christopher Imumolen has called on the federal government to reduce the stiffness surrounding the regulation of the crucial sector to allow private players to inject excellence. Imumolen gave this advice while lamenting the lingering industrial action of the ASUU at the DBI Institute, Cappa, Oshodi Lagos, stressing that education is the fulcrum that carries…
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ASUU Incessant Strike Destroying Education – JAMB Boss, Oloyede
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that incessant strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is destroying university education in Nigeria. He added that the union must realise that the country is no longer in a military regime, hence, there must be…
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Gunmen Reportedly Abduct Kwara Monarch, Wife, Driver
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Owa-Onire in the Kwara South Senatorial District of Kwara State. Reports from the eye witness have it that the traditional ruler was reportedly kidnapped along with his wife and driver. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the…
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PDP Crisis: Wike ‘Soft-pedals’ Over Stance On Atiku, May Review Demands
Leadership Newspaper There are indications that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and governors and party leaders in his camp may have softened their stance against supporting the presidential bid of former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. This, LEADERSHIP Sunday learnt, was the outcome of the latest meeting…