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  • What Tinubu Will Do, If He Losses APC Presidential Primary Election, Babachir

    What Tinubu Will Do, If He Losses APC Presidential Primary Election, Babachir

    A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal , Wednesday said that if the national leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, loses in the forthcoming presidential election, he (Tinubu) would go home. Lawal stated this in Abuja, immediately after a support group submitted Tinubu’s presidential expression…

  • President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Gambari, Ngige, Others Set To Meet ASUU

    The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, alongside the Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, will be hosting a meeting between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities as well as all other registered Trade Unions in Nigerian universities on Thursday. Others to be present at the meeting are…

  • Polytechnic Lecturers Declare 2-Week Warning Strike

    The Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnics, ASUP, has declared a two-week warning strike starting from Monday, May 16. The declaration of strike came after the expiration of the one month ultimatum by ASUP to the Federal Government on April 4, which expired on May 4. Addressing journalists on Wednesday on the status of its…

  • One Killed, as Gunmen Robbed JAMB Officials in Lagos Hotel

    One Killed, as Gunmen Robbed JAMB Officials in Lagos Hotel

    A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some gunmen who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that…

  • Strike: No going back – ASUU President Says

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Osedeke said…

  • 2023: President Buhari Issues Fresh Directive To Minister Eying Presidency

    President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. The President singled out the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers seeking to be Governors, Senators and House of Representatives members were busy trying to…

  • [JUST IN] Electoral Act: Appeal Court sets aside judgment voiding Section 84(12)

    [JUST IN] Electoral Act: Appeal Court sets aside judgment voiding Section 84(12)

    Punch Newspaper The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday set aside the judgment of Justice Evelyn Anyadike of a Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The Appellate Court in a judgment by a three-member panel headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka…

  • Tesla Chief, Elon Musk Hints On Bringing Donald Trump Back To Twitter

    Elon Musk on Tuesday said he would lift Twitter’s ban on former US president Donald Trump if Musk’s deal to buy the global messaging platform is successful. “I would reverse the permanent ban,” the billionaire said at a Financial Times conference, noting that he doesn’t own Twitter yet, so “this is not like a thing…

  • ASUU Strike: UI Students Write President Muhammadu Buhari

    ASUU Strike: UI Students Write President Muhammadu Buhari

    The Students’ Union of the University of Ibadan,UI, Oyo State, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU . The Union’s appeal letter to the President on Tuesday was titled ‘The Federal University System in Shambles; An Appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR’, and…

  • EnterpriseNGR Concludes Plan To Unveil Internship Opportunity For Nigerian Youths

    A professional advocacy group championing the transformation of Nigeria to the premier financial services center in Africa, EnterpriseNGR, has concluded plans to unveil its Youth of Enterprise internship. The Internship Programme, according to a statement on Tuesday, is designed to help address national youth unemployment and enhance Nigeria’s future productive capacity. The Chief Executive Officer…