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2023: President Buhari Holds Valedictory Session With 10 Minsters Who Tender Resignation Letters (Photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a valedictory session with ten ministers that tendered their resignation letters to pursue their political ambition in the 2023 elections. President Buhari also promised to fill as soon as possible the vacuum created by the departure of the ministers. Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this…
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2023: SDP Clears Air On Purported Automatic Ticket For Tinubu, Others
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, says no automatic ticket for All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Bola Tinubu and other aspirants willing to contest for elective positions in 2023 on the party’s platform. The Acting National Chairman of SDP, Supo Shonibare, who stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, however, said the party…
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Buhari Ready To Resolve ASUU Strike ‘Once and For All’- Presidency
Senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina has said his principal is ready to resolve the lingering strikes by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “once and for all”. Adesina made the remarks while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that the varsity…
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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…