Author: Vreporters
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Subsidy Removal: NLC, TUC Leaders Give Insight into Strike Suspension
Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, yesterday gave insight into why they resolved to shelve the planned nationwide strike aimed at forcing the Federal Government to reverse the 200 per cent hike in the pump price of petrol. Rising from an emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting yesterday, the…
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Akpabio’s bid faces hiccups as senators-elect withdraw support
The race for the position of president of the Senate by former Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, has again, suffered a major blow, as senators-elect have reportedly withdrawn support, ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly next Tuesday. This is even as senator-elect from Kano State, Sumaila Kawu, warned President Bola Ahmed…
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Court Admits Ward Results From 342 LGs Tendered by Peter Obi
Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, who is insisting that he won the 2023 presidential election, on Tuesday, tendered in evidence, certified copies of collated ward results from 342 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in 17 States of the federation. The results, which were contained in Forms EC8B of the Independent National Electoral…
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Customs Clears Air On Viral Video of Boarder Reopening
The Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, Bamidele Makinde, on Tuesday, cleared the air over the reopening of the Idiroko border in Ogun State. Makinde said the border had been reopened since last year, contrary to a viral video which showed some residents of Idiroko jubilating over the border reopening.…
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TETFund Approves N130 Million Each For Polytechnics
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has approved N130m for each polytechnic as zonal intervention in its 2023 intervention line. The Director of Infrastructure of the Fund, Buhari Mika’Ilu, who confirmed the development at the TETFund/NBTE sensitisation workshop on the 2023 Zonal Intervention on Skills for Rectors and Directors of Skills in Beneficiary Polytechnics in…
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Don’t Force Candidates On Us-LP Lawmakers-Elect Tell Peter Obi, Datti
Daily Independent Indications have emerged about alleged ongoing frantic attempts by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25th Presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, forced elected Labour Party Senators and House of Representatives members of the 10th National Assembly to support candidates of his choice. Details of an alleged clandestine meeting held…
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Suspected Gunmen Shot UI Lecturer, Professor Ajewole Dead in Ibadan
Some suspected gunmen has gunned down a professor at the University of Ibadan,UI, Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident, according to report occurred on his way home last night. The deceased was a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the institution. According to a lecturer from the school who…
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UNILAG Student Shot Dead While Trying To Recover Stolen iPhone
A 23-year-old student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) simply identified as Adekunle, has been shot dead by a suspected armed robber while reportedly trying to recover a stolen iPhone. The deceased , was said to have been shot on Saturday along Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba axis of the state.It is…
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ASUU, ASUP Send Message To Tinubu
Punch Newspaper University and polytechnic workers have tasked President Bola Tinubu to fund education and meet their pending demands. Over the years, the three unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics alleged that the federal government did not meet their…
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Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Raping 27 Female Students
A Senegalese Koran teacher suspected of raping 27 of his female students was arrested on Monday after several weeks on the run, a police source told AFP. The man is accused of assaulting the students at his school in the holy city of Touba in central Senegal, a local police official said. The suspect went…