Category: News
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Flash:ASUU to continue strike, fails to ease tension
Vanguard News After 196 days of being on industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to continue its lingering strike that has paralysed public universities in the country. This was arrived at after a heated and stormy National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union in Abuja.
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After 6 Months, ASUU May Embark On Indefinite Strike
The Leadership Newspaper The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began a meeting yesterday to decide on whether to continue its six-month strike or call it off. The crucial NEC parley, which reportedly started at 4pm, was expected to end at midnight. The union commenced the nationwide industrial action…
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Corps Member Gruesomely Attacked, Killed at Corpers’ Lodge
A 28-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), from Taraba State, Samaila Awudu, has been killed by suspected assassins at his lodge around the Adamawa State capital, Yola. Report has it that the tragic incident occurred at the Yolde Pate NYSC Corpers’ Lodge in Yola South Local Government Area where the deceased was…
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Strike: Tension as ASUU NEC meets 4pm
Punch Newspaper The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence its meeting by 4pm Today, The PUNCH reports. The NEC is the highest decision-making body of ASUU. The outcome of the NEC meeting will determine whether ASUU will call off its strike which began on Monday, February 14, 2022. “The…
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125 Candidates with high Scores Denied Admissions – JAMB
Punch Newspaper A total of 125 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations candidates who scored 300 and above in 2021 did not gain admission into tertiary institutions, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The figure is based on the admission statistics prepared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the period under review. Sunday…
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PDP in Disarray: Pro-Atiku forces move against Wike
Vanguard News …. As turmoil in Rivers, Abia, Oyo, Delta, Ogun, Edo, Kano, others compound party’s woes By Dayo Johnson, Deola Badru, James Ogunnaike, Ozioruva Aliu, Ugochukwu Alaribe & Shina Abubakar Apart from the internal crisis arising from the fallout of its presidential election primary, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s chances of victory in some…
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PDP crisis: Atiku faces fresh dilemma over Party Chairman, Ayu
The Nation Newspaper The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is facing fresh hurdles in the bid to resolve his differences with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as the various parties intensify preparations for the commencement of campaigns for the 2023 elections. The campaigns are due to take off on September 28…
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Controversy as Graduates, Other Unqualified Students Contest in NANS Election
Daily Nigerian The convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, scheduled to hold on Sunday at the Old Parade Ground, Abuja. Many of the aspirants eyeing the president’s seat and other offices are allegedly unqualified as they failed to meet constitutional requirements and election guidelines. DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that one of the presidential…
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Strike: ASUU NEC in Crucial Meeting
Vanguard News The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/ Monday morning decide on whether the union would continue its over six months strike that has left most public universities in the country shut down. However, feelers from sources in the union suggest that baring any last…
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NANS Sets To Get New Leadership
No fewer than 300 delegates will be representing their various institutions to elect new leaders who will steer the affairs of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS for the next one year. The delegates comprise of student leaders in public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the state of the federation and the…