Category: News
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Why 2022 Admission Processing May Be Delayed, Vice Chancellors
Punch Newspaper The Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, has said the 2022 admission processes for universities may be delayed due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Ochefu stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. According to the scribe, the committee is also…
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ASUU, Other Unions Turn Down FG’s Plea To Reopen Varsities
Vanguard The tripartite plus meeting convened by the Federal Government with the striking university based unions last night ended without any concrete agreement for the workers to go back to work. In fact, the four university based unions that are on strike rebuffed all the government plea for them to suspend the strike while efforts…
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Strike: FG Meets ASUU, Other Unions
The Federal Government on Thursday met with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions. The meeting was chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and had in attendance the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the Minister of Labour and…
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‘There Will Be News “, Says Emefiele After Meeting President Buhari
Nation Newspaper Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has told reporters “there will be news” after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Emefiele’s visit to the Villa came a day after Buhari directed all appointees with elective ambitions in 2023 to resign on or before Monday, May 16, 2022. Though the…
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Female Student Lynched to Death in Sokoto Over Alleged Blasphemy (Graphic Video)
A female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Yakubu Deborah has been lynched by fellow students over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad on Thursday. Deborah, a second year student allegedly shared the offensive message in a school Whatsapp group. Sources told DAILY NIGERIAN that the blasphemous message drew the ire of the students, who…
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Strike: President Buhari Sends Message To ASUU, Nigerian Students
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off its ongoing strike. He made the appeal at the 19th National productivity day and conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit award held on Thursday. The President equally urged students in public…
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2023:Bayelsa APC Chairman Speaks On Alleged Defection of Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan
Punch Newspaper The Bayelsa State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dennis Otiotio, has said that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is officially not yet a member of the APC in the state. He said this in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Thursday morning. According to him, Jonathan could only join the APC…
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2023: Resign Now, Buhari Orders CBN Governor, Others Nursing Political Ambitions
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the resignation of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, and other political appointees seeking elective positions in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The order was given in a circular issued by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Emefiele was copied in the circular…
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PDP Shuns Zoning, Throws Presidential Ticket Open
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown open its ticket for the 2023 presidential election, shunning calls for zoning. The party also appointed former Senate President, Senator David Mark, as the Chairman of, the National Convention Organising Committee, scheduled for May 28 and May 29 to elect the party’s presidential candidate, the News Agency of…
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Resignation Directive: How Buhari Shocked Ministers at FEC
The Nation Newspaper Ministers were caught napping yesterday shortly before the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s bombshell that ministers eyeing political offices, who have obtained nomination forms, must resign. Speaking calmly, the President did not mince words. He showed a bit of anger. What followed was pin-drop…