Category: News
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ASUU Counts Loses Over Economic Hardship
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, has disclosed the death of some of its members due to economic hardship alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions. The 1st zonal coordinator, ASUU, Abuja zone, Salahu Muhammed made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Muhammad said no fewer than…
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Just In: OAU Lion Kills Zookeeper During Feeding
A 9-year-old male lion on Monday killed a zookeeper while feeding the wild cats in their den at the Zoological garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The victim, identified as Mr Olabode Olawuyi, who was a Veterinary Technologist, was said to have has been in charge of the Zoological garden for over a decade.…
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UNILORIN Expels Seven Final Year Students, Seven Others Over Alleged Misconduct, Exam Malpractices
No fewer than seven final year students and seven other Undergraduates of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, have been expelled by the management of the institution over alleged misconduct and involvement in examination malpractices. The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. The names of nine of…
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EFCC Grills Former Kwara Governor
The former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is being quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over transactions running into billions of naira during his time as governor of the state. The former Kwara governor was seen arriving at the Ilorin office of the anti-graft agency on Monday morning. Channels Television gathered…
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BREAKING: FG begins Payment of ASUU Withheld Salaries
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt. Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology,…
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Inflation: Corps Members Cry Out Over Allege Hunger in Orientation Camps
Vanguard News The high cost of living in the country is not sparing members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who are currently undergoing the 2024 Batch A, Stream 1 orientation in different camps across the country, as the corps members are complaining about the soaring food prices in the Mammy Markets in those…
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Just In: Bandits Kill 12, Raze 17 Houses In Kaduna
No fewer than 12 people have been killed and nine others brutally injured by bandits who attacked Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A community leader, Moses Musa, told Channels Television that the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday very close to a…
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Unemployment: FG To Create National Job Centres
The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, has revealed the readiness of President Bola Tinubu’s led government to create national job centres to match available vacancies in industries and businesses with the available talent pool. The Ministry stated that it would play a key role in the delivery of…
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NLC Declares Two-day Nationwide Strike
The Nigerian Labour Congress has declared a two-day nationwide strike in protest against economic hardship. Joe Ajaero, NLC president, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday. Mr Ajaero stated that labour will down tools on February 27 and 28 in protest against economic hardship in the country. On February 8, the NLC and the…
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FG seals off SAbuja Store as crackdown on hoarding, price fixing begins
Twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu unveiled plans to tackle factors responsible for food crisis, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), sealed Sahad Store, a popular supermarket in the Garki area of Abuja. The management of the supermarket was accused of shortchanging customers by charging prices other than the price tag at the…