Year: 2022
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Strike: 46 Lawyers Set To Defend ASUU Against FG in Court
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is battle ready for the Federal Government as no fewer that 46 senior lawyers have indicated interest to defend the union at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN). As the legal action start on Monday, ASUU says if the federal government fails to get judgment, it next…
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Strike: Court summons FG, ASUU to appear Monday
The National Industrial Court, NIC, has summoned the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it tomorrow, Monday, in Abuja, over the protracted strike by members of ASUU that has shut the nation’s university system since February. The summon followed the referral of the protracted dispute between the Federal…
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UNILAG Breaks Silence Over Fire Incident on Campus
The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG has broken its silence over fire incident that affected the Alumni Association Building in the school premises. Viral videos which emerged on the Internet showed a fire incident close to the Guaranteed Trust Bank building in the school. But according to a statement by the school’s communication…
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What Will Do in Five Months To Stabilize Naira Against Dollar – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it injected $7.6 billion into the economy in five months through foreign exchange sales to authorised dealers. The apex bank said this in its monthly economic reports for May 2022. According to the report, CBN said it intervened in the FX markets to stabilise the value of the…
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Tension in Offa Poly of Delay in Appointment of Substantive Rector
There is palpable tension at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Fedpoffa, in Kwara State over the delay in the appointment of a new Rector for the institution by the Federal Ministry of Education. It’s gathered that the tenure of the erstwhile Rector, Dr Lateef Olatunji, ended since January 12, 2022 and since then Dr Larongbe Afolabi…
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SERAP, Five Varsity Students Drag President Buhari To Court Over Lingering ASUU Strike
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.” Joined in the suit as Defendants…
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19-year-old Student Commits Suicide in Osun
The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the compound with a…
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PDP crisis: Wike hits Ayu again as Makinde Tackles Atiku
The Nation Newspaper Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike declared yesterday that the recent vote of confidence passed in the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, by the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) amounts to nothing. Wike said the action of the PDP NEC would not save Ayu in any way. He…
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Pipeline Contract: Dokubo Blows Hot, Cautions Tompolo, Soldiers
Former Niger-Delta warlord and Founder, Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has cautioned the leader of moribund Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, MEND, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who the Federal Government awarded a pipeline surveillance contract, last month, and soldiers working with him, to keep away from oil pipelines in his Kalabari…
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Strike: UNIBEN Staff Commits Suicide Over Unpaid Salaries
A member of staff of the University of Benin, Prince Carter Oshodin, has committed suicide on Friday over his dire financial situation. Oshodin, who had not been paid his salary for months due to the strike action embarked by university unions, was a data entry personnel at the university. It was gathered that the Non-Academic…