Category: News
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SSANU, FG’s Committee Meet Friday
Punch Newspaper The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and National Association of Academic Technologists are set to meet with the Federal Government’s negotiation team led by Prof. Nimi Briggs on Friday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources in the Federal Ministry of Education confirmed the plan to our correspondent on…
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Strike: NANS Begins Mobilisation For NLC’s Nationwide Strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has began mobilisation in preparation for a nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) over the failure of the Federal Government to resolve the lingering strike embark upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. NANS reiterated its stand to join forces with the labour centres comprising the…
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FG can end ASUU strike within 48 hours if… – TUC
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has claimed that President Muhammad Buhari-led government can resolve the major issues that led to the total shutdown of tertiary education in Nigeria, and reopen the schools within 48hours if truly serious with governance. TUC noted that for a Federal government that used about N1.4 billion to buy…
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Two NAF Fighter Jets Killed Notorious Boko Haram Commander, Aminu Duniya, Other Terrorists in Niger
PR Nigeria Multiple airstrikes by two Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter jets on Saturday killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Niger State. A notorious Boko Haram Commander, Aminu Duniya, is among those feared dead in the raid by the military fighter aircraft. The terrorists were neutralized after intelligence revealed that they had assembled at…
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Latest Updates on Kenya Election
With more than a third of the results from Kenya’s presidential election now confirmed, the two main candidates are running neck and neck. Deputy President William Ruto has taken a slight lead over ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga Deputy – 51% against 48%. The head of the electoral commission has admitted that announcing the result of…
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I’m Behind Legal Battle Against Atiku – Ex-PDP Presidential Aspirant
Vanguard News Amid confusion over the identity of the person who took the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to court, a former presidential aspirant on the party’s platform, Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, has said he is behind the suit and not the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. His…
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FG Approves 33 Private Varsities in 16 Months
Punch Newspaper Data obtained from the National Universities Commission on Friday revealed that a total of 33 private universities were approved by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari[retd.] within 16 months. The period under review is January 2021 and April 2022. Sunday PUNCH reports that while 21 of the private universities were…
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Tension in Osun as police, soldiers exchange gunfire
There was tension in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Saturday as policemen and soldiers confronted were involved in an exchange of gunfire. The incident that happened in Ajegunle/Old Garage area, created anxiety as traders scampered for safety. Findings showed that some soldiers beat up a policeman over a cause, yet to be ascertained, hence…
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Recently Crowned Miss MAPOLY Killed Days After Abduction
Recently crowned as most beautiful female student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh, has been reportedly killed by her abductors. Report has it that, the deceased, Odeh, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022. Odeh, an ND2 student of Mass Communication was said to have been kidnapped on her…
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Ngige Frustrating FG’s Efforts To Resolve ASUU Strike – Parent-teacher Association Chair
The PUNCH Newspaper The National President, Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, Haruna Danjuma, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE about the lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has gone on for almost six months How would you assess the response from the Federal Government as regards the demands of the Academic Staff Union…