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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described Wednesday’s court judgment ordering lecturers to return to classrooms granted the Federal Government as declaration of war on its members.  Chairman of the Ebonyi State University chapter, of ASUU, Dr. Ikechuku Igwenyi, who spoke against the backdrop of the ruling by Nigeria Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in the suit instituted by …

Four employees of AOG, an investment group linked to a bribery scandal in Nigeria, held joint Credit Suisse accounts with political figures from West and Central Africa.The account holders included Umaru Ali Shinkafi, a former Nigerian spy chief and associate of military ruler Sani Abacha.The opening dates and maximum balances on the accounts mirror the rise of AOG subsidiary Addax …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the express prosecution of human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola for allegedly assaulting her female Police Orderly, Inspector Teju Moses. The IGP condemned the grievous assault by the same woman she was detailed to protect. Abiola, a legal practitioner is to be prosecuted along with …

The government says the measure is to cut wastage and eliminate duplication of functions. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved a restructuring that will reduce the number of government’s ministries, departments and agencies by over 31 per cent. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Andrew Emwanta, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing reporters after the State Executive Council Meeting. The measure, Mr …

The National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its seven-month-old strike. But ASUU in a swift reaction said it would appeal the ruling today, just as the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, expressed satisfaction with the order of the court, saying students had been the major victims …

Alongside insecurity, environmental degradation is forcibly displacing farmers, causing scarcity and consequent unprecedented food inflation. Once cropland, the broad strip of land Umaru Tanko had cultivated in the past years has now turned arid sand. It is useless for rice and wheat cultivation that is common among farmers in Jega, an agrarian commodity market town in Kebbi State, a part …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is waiting for its lawyers for professional advice, following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order restraining it from continuing with strike. The President of the Union, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The union had …

Mr Wike’s group is demanding Mr Ayu’s resignation in order to achieve a “regional balance” in the PDP, since both the chairman and Atiku are from the north. A group of PDP members, led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly withdrawn participation in the presidential campaign committee of the party for the 2023 elections. The group’s position …

In commemoration of the International Day of Peace 2022, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the 3rd has disclosed that it is not possible for any religion to supersede another religion in Nigeria as God who created the different religion’s in Nigeria did not make mistake. Rather, Sultan Abubakar disclosed that adherent’s of different religion’s should learn to accommodate …

Mr. President,Heads of State and Government,Mr. Secretary-General,Distinguished delegates,Ladies and gentlemen,On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of the 77th Session of this August Assembly. I assure you of the full support and cooperation of the Nigerian delegation during your tenure.I commend your predecessor, H.E Abdullah Shahid, for the many …