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  • EVEN WARS HAVE RULES: ASUU V FG by Olatunde Olayinka Damilola

    Preamble Laws would not exist, if orderliness was bestowed on man by nature. In fact, the state of nature abinitio, was gifted to us with so much brute, individualism and social cannibalism, such that it avails all man to live by himself in a form structure of his own. A state Thomas Hobbes mirrored as…

  • Uniosun VC Canvases For Review of Varsities Autonomy, Faults ASUU President

    Uniosun VC Canvases For Review of Varsities Autonomy, Faults ASUU President

    The Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, (Uniosun), Professor Clement Adeboye has canvassed the need for the Federal Government to review the autonomy granted universities in the country with a view to ensure efficiency in the system. This is as he described statement credited to the President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel…

  • Just In: Wike, Ortom, Ikpeazu Return To Nigeria, Speak on Meeting With Tinubu, Others (Video)

    Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, his Benue state counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom and Ikpeazu of Abia were on Friday returned to the country after having series of meetings with some political bigwigs outside the country. The trio who are serving as governors in their respective states met along side other members of the Peoples…

  • Nigeria’s GDP Improves by 3.54% in Q2 2022

    The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, grew by 3.54 per cent in the second quarter of 2022 on a year-on-year basis. This is contained in a statement issued by Prince Semiu Adeniran, the Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on the Nigerian…

  • Amidst ASUU Strike, Education Minister Jets Out of Nigeria

    Punch Newspaper Amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the minister of education, Adamu Adamu is said to be out of the country, The PUNCH reliably learnt. A highly reliable source disclosed this in an interview with Punch correspondent on Thursday in Abuja. Though the source did not disclose the country…

  • U.S. Gives Update on Trial of Hushpuppi

    The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, says the September 21, 2022 sentence date for alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, remains unchanged. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, made this known on Friday in response to an email inquiry by Channels Television. Since Hushpuppi’s conviction…

  • Shettima Reacts To Choice of Dressing To NBA Conference (Video)

    The vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has reacted to his choice of dressing to the Nigeria Bar Association conference on Monday adding that, he deliberately wore sneakers to the colourful event. Shettima had become a trending topic on social media and even the subject of a ‘challenge’ over his choice…

  • Just In: Striking Varsity Union Conditionally Suspends Strike

    Just In: Striking Varsity Union Conditionally Suspends Strike

    One of the striking varsity unions, the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has conditionally suspended its strike for three months. The action was hinged on the earlier suspension of the strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and Allied Institutions (NASU). Ibeji Nwokoma, the…

  • Naira gains Marginally at Investors and Exporters Window

    Naira gains Marginally at Investors and Exporters Window

    The Naira on Thursday appreciated after a three-day loss against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented an increase of 0.08 per cent, compared with N431 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.75 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate…

  • Strike: Why ASUU Rejects Proposed N10,000 by Parents – Osodeke

    Strike: Why ASUU Rejects Proposed N10,000 by Parents – Osodeke

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the proposed payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent under the aegis of the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) to support the Federal Government in funding universities. In a recent interview, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, spokesman of NAPTAN, said the action was taken…