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The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with the FG’s team was headed …

•UN backs project to narrow gender gap •Tips women-led digital businesses in Nigeria to expand new markets Sometime in 2016 a young Nigerian woman, Damilola Olokesusi sat down to think about how to make transportation one less thing to worry about for corporate workers in Lagos. The thinking manifested in Shuttlers, a technology-driven transportation start-up which eventually launched in 2017 …

• Wike’s camp properly briefed about postponement, a shift in venue to Abuja – Atiku team• No comment from Wike, Obi after a midnight meeting• Away from the norm, Wike commissions project by himself despite inviting the Bauchi governor• Says he’s not interested in becoming Minister• Crisis in Kwankwaso’s NNPP as Shekarau considers exit With time running fast to the commencement …

*PEBEC proposes $750m World Bank-backed program for sub-nationals starting next year State Governments and their agencies have a significant role to play in ensuring an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), made this assertion at a virtual meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) where a presentation of the State Action on Business …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government will sustain programmes and policies to equip youths with the right skills and knowledge to be globally-competitive and contribute their quota to the development of society. Obaseki said this on Tuesday, while delivering his welcome address at the Edo Youth Development Policy Inaugural Dialogue Session, as part of events to …

A Fulani professional group, Coalition of Fulbe Professionals in Africa, Monday, distanced itself from a statement credited to one Alhaji Alhasan Salah, said to be National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, embarking on a campaign of calumny against the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. The group described the move as “politically sponsored.” The organisation called on …

The Media Office of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed news of the purported resignation of Sen. Iyiochia Ayu, as reckless, malicious and a figment of the imagination of the authors. Ayu’s Special Adviser on Media & Communication, Simon Imobo-Tswam, issued the rebuttal in a statement he issued, in Abuja, on Monday. Imobo-Tswam alleged that the …

Scores of traders at the popular Uwelu International spare parts market in Benin on Monday shutdown the Ugbowo axis of Benin-Lagos expressway to protest the deplorable condition of the Uwelu road. The traders shut their shops at the market to barricade the ever-busy highway, which caused gridlock on the only gateway into the ancient city. The development left many passengers …

Mr Wike said the Rivers PDP elders worked against him because they lost in their bids to secure the state governorship ticket. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said some elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state worked against him to ensure he did not become running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He said they did …

• Defies interest rate hike, rattles analysts• Surges to 19.6 per cent, highest since 2005• ‘Figures reflection of more scary future’• Okon: Civil servants most hit, purchasing power very weak• Suspend telecoms, beverage tax, says Uwaleke• ‘Reign in N19.7 trillion Ways & Means loan to FG’• Galloping inflation recipe for recession, higher unemployment, economists insist Nigeria’s inflation rate has defied …