Category: News
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Half-payment: ASUU awaits court ruling
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has decided that it will not embark on another strike over its salary cut but instead engage in peaceful consultation. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday after the National Executive Council meeting and signed by ASUU’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the union…
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Contempt of Court: EFCC Chair, Bawa Reacts To Judgement
Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, Abdurasheed Bawa, Monday said he has appealed the contempt of court ruling by an FCT court on him. It would be recalled that Justice Chizoba Oji, of the FCT High Court in a ruling held that Bawa disobeyed court order made on November 21, 2018, where it directed…
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Naira Gains at Parallel Market, Exchanges N800 Per Dollar
Peoples Gazette The naira has recovered some of its losses as it strengthened against the United States greenback, trading at N800 per dollar on Tuesday afternoon. Checks by Peoples Gazette with black market platform Aboki Forex indicated that the naira, which last weekend plunged to as low as N890 per dollar at the parallel market,…
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Half-salary: Paying ASUU Members on ‘Pro-rata’ Basis Unprecedented in History
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the decision of the government to pay members of the union on ‘pro-rata’ basis isis unprecedented in the history of university-oriented labour relations. The union, in a statement titled: “We Are Intellectuals, Not Casual Workers”, also said government’s action was in contravention of all known rules…
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Half-salary: ASUU Ends NEC Meeting
Vanguard News THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,ended its National Executive Committee, NEC meeting late Monday (yesterday), with a resolution not to embark on another strike action following the payment of half salaries to members by the federal government. Rather,the union, according to Vanguard source, resolved to wait for the outcome of the intervention…
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ASUU Strike: FG Inaugurates Joint Committee To Address IPPIS Peculiarities in Varsities
Federal Government has inaugurated a joint committee to address the peculiarities of Nigerian universities in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The joint committee comprises representatives of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and has three months to complete its assignment…
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Finally, U.S. Court Sentences Hushpuppi, Orders Him To Pay $1.7 million To Two Victims (Full Report)
After months of adjournment , a United States court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, sentenced popular internet fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi to over 135 months – over 11 years — in federal prison. The US District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered the 40-year-old convict to pay $1,732,841 in restitution…
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Naira Redesign: There Won’t Be Denomination Above N1,000 – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has debunked alleged plan to introduce N2,000 and N5,000 notes in the country. On the heels of plans to redesign a few currency notes, some Nigerians especially on social media had insinuated that N2,000, N5,000 notes would also be introduced by the apex bank. But the CBN Director of…
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Organ Harvesting: Ekweremadu’s Daughter, Sonia Appears in Court (Photos)
Sonia, the daughter of Nigerian lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, has appeared in court over the allegation of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to the Daily Mail, Sonia was accused alongside her father Ekweremadu, 60, her mother Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, and 50-year-old doctor Obinna Obeta of conspiracy…
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President Buhari Indicates Interest in Latest Concerns Raised by ASUU – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Right Honorable, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday appealed to the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to remain calm in view of their latest outcry over the reported half payment of their salaries by the Federal Government. In a statement he personally signed, and made available…