Category: News
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Ballon d’Or Award: 4 African Footballers, 26 Others Make List of Nominees (Full List)
Four African footballers are among the nominnees of the 30-man shortlisted for the 2022 Ballon d’Or award. The shortlisted footballers are ; Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City) and Sebastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Borussia Dortmund). The organizers of the awards, France Football, released the final shortlist on…
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FG Doesn’t Run Out of Cash To Fulfill Our Demands – ASUU President, Osodeke
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof.Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the Federal Government doesn’t run out of cash to fulfil its demands alleging that, the political will to change the ugly narrative of the nation’s education sector is what the government lacks. Osodeke reiterated that ASUU did not tell the…
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Again, Buhari urges ASUU to call off Strike
President Muhammadu Buhari has again appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off the ongoing strike. Mr Buhari made the call on Friday in Maiduguri at the maiden Special Convocation Ceremony and conferment of Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Maiduguri on Muhammadu Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy…
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How Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital hid details of N3.07 billion COVID-19 awarded contracts
The ICIR ON May 30, The ICIR wrote to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to request details of money released to support the Federal Teaching Hospitals in the country as part of COVID-19 interventions during the pandemic. The move was to establish the exact sum earmarked for each teaching hospital in the…
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No One Should Call My Name, If They Lost Forthcoming Elections – Governor Wike
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has denied suing the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, noting that no one should call his name if the person loses the forthcoming election. Reacting to the suit during the commissioning of House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt, on Friday, Wike said he was focused…
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What Our Members Are Doing Since Commencement of Strike – ASUU President, Osodeke
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, through its President, Professor Victor Osodeke on Thursday, (yesterday) said some of its members in Nigerian public Universities have left the country to pursue their careers abroad as the Federal Government fails to nip it in the bud the lingering crisis in that’s paralyzed academic activities in the…
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FG hasn’t informed ASUU of cash crunch – Osodeke
Punch Newspaper Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the government has not at any time indicated that it does not have money to fund the union’s demands and university education. The union was reacting to recent comments by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo; and Ebonyi State Governor,…
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Wike Drags Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP To Court Over Conduct of Presidential Primary Election
Punch Newspaper Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dragged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held was in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022. In the suit…
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Just In: Two Months After, COEASU Suspends Strike
Lecturers under the aegis of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU have suspended their ongoing strike for a period of 60 days. According to The PUNCH, The decision was taken at the National Executive Council meeting which was held in Abuja. The PUNCH reports that COEASU had embarked on a strike on June…
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Unknown Individuals Stole N31 Million Cash From Govt House in Katsina
The Katsina State Government said some yet-to-be-identified individuals stole millions of naira at the account section of the State Government House. The Director-General to the governor on New Media, Alhaji Al-Amin Isah, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Thursday. Although Isah couldn’t disclose the amount stolen, he said that some of the…