Category: News
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ASUU’s Faction, CONUA Condemns Strike Action
A faction of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, operating under the aegis of Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA, has distanced itself from the ongoing strike by the nation’s public university lecturers. CONUA,which broke away from ASUU,has asked to be counted out of the ongoing strike, insisting that it was not part of the…
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FG Kicks-off Training of Unskilled Nigerians
The Federal Government has kicked off the training programme for unskilled Nigerians aimed at equipping them with employable skills that would boost their socio-economic wellbeing. According to a press release by Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour, Olajide Oshundun, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who inaugurated the programme…
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ASUU NEC To Meet, Mulls Extension of Warning Strike
Punch Newspaper The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to hold its meeting in the first week of August, 2022, The PUNCH has reliably gathered. Our correspondent learnt that a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the strike which enters its 155th day on Tuesday (today),…
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End of ASUU Strike in Sight, as Striking Lecturers Likely To Get 100% Pay Rise
The Nation Newspaper An end to the strike by university teachers may be in sight. There were strong indications yesterday that they may get a 100 per cent pay rise. President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to wade into the protracted crisis. He may meet all those involved in the negotiation before opening talks with the…
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Suspended Polytechnic Lecturer Turns Bus Conductor in Rivers State (Video)
A former lecturer at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Zoe Solomon Tamunotonye, who was suspended over alleged sexual harassment has turned to commercial bus conductor, following the institution’s refusal to pay him salary for the past six months. In a video that went viral on social media, Tamunotonye was seen beckoning…
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Garrulous Singer, Portable Retracts “One Million Boys Founder ‘ Claim (Video)
Garrulous singer , Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has made a dramatic retraction of his earlier statement that he founded One Million Boys, a notorious cult group terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun states. In a video, which went viral on Monday, Portable was heard saying he formed the gang and another notorious group known as…
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Impeached Oyo Deputy Governor, Olaniyan Breaks Silence
The impeached Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Rauf Olaniyan, has faulted the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, over the constitution of the seven-man panel which recommended his removal from office. Olaniyan, in a statement on Monday by his lawyer, Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), alleged that the panel raised to investigate the allegations raised…
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Oyo Assembly Approves Appointment of New Deputy Governor
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor, following the impeachment ofRauf Olaniyan. The approval followed the nomination of Lawal to the lawmakers for consideration by Governor Seyi Makinde as replacement for Olaniyan. Mr Lawal, who is the Chairman of the State Housing Corporation…
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Varsity Commission, NUC Laments Effects of Prolong ASUU Strike
The National Universities Commission,NUC,has lamented the effects of the strike on the students,Nigeria’s economy as well as reputation of the nation’s public universities. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, speaking on Monday,at the opening session of the 2022 management retreat with vice chancellors of Nigerian universities, organised by the commission,tasked the vice chancellors to…
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Veteran Nollywood Actress Onayiga Is Dead
Veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs Oluwasolamipe Onayiga, who played the role of Ireti in Kunle Kunle Bantefa’s popular soap Fuji House of Commotion, is dead. She died on Monday after a brief illness. Her husband, Pastor Tosin Onayiga, confirmed the incident. He said she died around 3:45am on Monday. Details Shortly….