Author: Vreporters
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End COEASU Strike Within 14-day or Risk Nationwide Mass Protest – NANCES Tells FG
National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) has issued 14-day Ultimatum to the federal government to meet the demands of striking Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) within 14 days or risk nationwide mass protest. The displeased students issued the ultimatum yesterday, in Abuja, adding that the College of Education lecturers have…
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ASUU Gives FG Condition To End Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has challenged the federal government to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform for it to call off the ongoing strike. ASUU national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, who said this while speaking on Channels Television on Monday night, said the strike will continue unless government…
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Two Names Popped Up, as Tinubu Set To Announce Substantive Running Mate in Few Days
Punch Newspaper The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress for the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may in the next few days name either Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State or his predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate, investigations by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. With about 12 days to the July…
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Adoption of UTAS Critical To Resolving Strike— ASUU
Vanguard News The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the adoption of a transparent payment platform University Transparency and Accountability Solutions,UTAS, is critical to resolving the current strike action by the Union. According to ASUU, UTAS has been proven to be a flawless payment platform but lamented that the deep-rooted penchant for…
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JAMB Issues Warning To tertiary Institutions Against Change of Courses for Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday warned tertiary institutions against transferring of candidates from one course to another in their respective institutions adding that such process can only be effected with the consent of the candidates concerned. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, made this known in the bulletin he made available…
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Ife Leaders React To Alleged Planned Protest Against Inauguration of Bamire as OAU VC
Leaders of Ile-Ife, on Monday,have reacted to the alleged plan protest against the inauguration of Professor Simeon Bamire as the 12th substantive Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University. Recall that some aggrieved indigenes had after the announcement of the Vice Chancellor in March protested against the decision on the ground that qualified Ife Indigenes were…
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Strikes in Universities Fuelled by Politicians, Thieving Civil Servants – Varsity Union Leaders
Sunday Sun Some union leaders have said that the strikes in the universities are fuelled by Nigerian politicians and thieving civil servants, accusing the former of being an “insincere,” bunch constantly frittering away the nation’s resources. The politicians, they maintained, have their hands on the cookie jar, funnelling money off to train their children in…
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EFCC Breaks Silence Over ‘Invasion’ of Rochas Okorocha’s Residence in Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arrived at the Maitama, Abuja home of a former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to effect his arrest. A statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the move followed the refusal of the former governor to honour invitations after jumping the…
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Alleged N80 Billion Fraud: FG Suspends Accountant General of Federation
Federal government through the Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning under the leadership of Mrs Zainab Ahmed has suspended the embattled Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris. The suspension letter marked HMFBNP/AGF/SUSPENSION/5/2022 and dated 18th May, 2022 said the suspension became necessary “to allow for proper and unhindered investigation in to the serious…
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2023: 13 Lawmakers Who May Not Return To 10th Assembly
The Nation Newspaper Going by the timetable released for next year’s general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties have until June 3, 2022, to pick candidates for presidential and National Assembly elections. Many members of the House of Representatives that are contesting for other positions may not be returning to the…