Category: News
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ASUU Strike: FG Reacts To NLC’s Planned Solidarity Protest
The Federal Government has reacted to the proposed protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.…
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Confusion as Pastors, Bishops Show Up at Unveiling of Shettima as Tinubu’s Running Mate
Punch Newspaper Journalists assigned to cover the official presentation of former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, watched in amusement as pastors and Bishops from different Christian denominations showed up at the venue. Their presence seemed to cause a…
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Moment INEC Presents Certificate of Return To Osun Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke (Video)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a certificate of return to Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the just concluded Osun State governorship election. Adeleke received the certificate of return on Wednesday at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo.
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INEC Reacts To Popular Singer, Davido’s Enquiry on Issuance of Certificate of Return To Osun Governor-elect, Adeleke
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the enquiry made by a popular singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, the nephew to Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, over the timeframe for the issuance of a Certificate of Return of the last Saturday’s governorship election in the state which Adeleke won. Senator…
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American Legal Website Claims Surge on Website Following Upload of Tinubu’s Money Laundering Case File
An American legal website, PlainSite.org, on Tuesday in a tweet, said its website experienced a surge resulting from files about Bola Tinubu’s drug money forfeiture case dockets. The website have uploaded dockets of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Tinubu’s drug money forfeiture case files in the United States (US). The files from 1993 recently…
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APC Muslim Youths Reject Shettima as Tinubu’s Running Mate
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Muslim youths have rejected the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election. They want Tinubu to replace the former governor of Borno with a Christian political leader or cleric from the North without any delay to enhance the party’s…
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ASUU Strike: Buhari Orders Ngige To Hands-off Negotiation, as Planned Protest Gets Boost
The Nation Newspaper University teachers won a major battle yesterday: the government is ready to meet most of their demands. Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu got marching orders from President Muhammadu Buhari to end the industrial actions by university-based unions. The President also directed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, to…
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Strike : We Won’t Back Down – ASUU President, Osodeke
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that it will not back down on the strike by members of the union across the country, which is currently in its fifth month. ASUU National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Lecturers in government-owned universities…
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President Buhari Orders Minister of Education To End Prolonged ASUU Strike in 2-week
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to resolve the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The President gave the directive Tuesday after receiving briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the ongoing efforts…
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Party’s Primaries: Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Akpabio, Others Risk Jail Terms
Some top Nigerian politicians like the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio and others who obtained more than one nomination form, risk two years’ imprisonment under the Electoral Act, 2022. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, disclosed this on Tuesday. Igini stated this while featuring…