Category: News
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FG Reportedly Dragged ASUU To Court Over Lingering Strike
The Nigerian government has reportedly dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to court over lingering universities strike The raging dispute between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has kept many universities shut for more than seven months will shift to the Industrial court next Monday. ASUU had…
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ASUU Strike: Final Year Medical Student Turns Food Vendor in Sokoto
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the initiative in order to engage in…
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Why Russian President, Vladimir Putin Won’t Attend Queen Elizabeth’s Burial – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning on going to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in his daily press briefing on Friday. Although “Russians respected her for her wisdom,” Peskov said, Putin’s attendance at the Queen’s funeral “is not being considered”. Eulogies from global leaders and leading personalities all over the world…
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Kwara Man Kills 90-year-old Father To Dispossess Him of ATM Card
Operatives of Kwara State Police Command have arrested one Hassan Ibrahim for allegedly killing his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim, to dispossess him of his ATM card. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ajayi Okasanmi stated on Thursday in Ilorin that one Aishat Ibrahim reported to the police on Aug. 5 that the older Ibrahim missing.…
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200-level UI Student Wins N1 Million in Annual NCDMB Undergraduate Essay
A 200-Level Student of the University of Ibadan, UI, Ayotomiwa Elesho, 23, from Odogbolu Ogun State has clinched the N1 million prize of the 6th edition of the Annual National Undergraduate Essay Competition of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Also, 23-year-old Victor Sunday from Ebonyi State, a student of University of Nigeria,…
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PDP crisis: Ayu survives, Wike blows hot
Vanguard News The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyiochia Ayu, yesterday got a confidence vote after weeks of speculations about whether or not he should retain his seat. But the decision did not go down well with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who insisted that Ayu must step down. The party’s…
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Just In: Britain’s Longest-serving Monarch, Queen Elizabeth is Dead (Video)
Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has died at the age of 96. Her son, the Prince of Wales, automatically succeeds her as King, ruling over the UK and more than a dozen Commonwealth nations – a role for which the 73-year-old has spent a lifetime in preparation. The Queen died on Thursday 8 September…
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PDP NEC Passes Vote Of Confidence In Iyorchia Ayu
The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has passed a vote-of-confidence in Senator Iyorchia Ayu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down any time soon. A motion for the vote of confidence in the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) was moved by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,…
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5 Storey-building Under Construction Collapses in Ibadan, Seven Reportedly Killed
A five storey-building under construction has reportedly collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to Punch, the building which was said to be a hotel caved in, in the early hours of Thursday at Awosika area in Ibadan North Local Government Area. Seven injured persons were said to have been rescued from the rubble…
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ASUU Strike: FG Clears Air On Inauguration of ‘New Committee’
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has dismissed the inauguration of a new committee to solve the face-off between the federal government and the university-based staff unions, saying it was an unofficial meeting to review what happened on Tuesday. The media had been awash with the report of a new committee inaugurated Tuesday after a…