Category: News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…