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The ongoing strike by lecturers in public universities, which began on 14 February, took a turn for the worse when their umbrella body, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared it total and indefinite on 29 August. A series of meetings between the Union and the Federal Government to resolve the impasse had always ended in a fiasco largely because sincerity …

ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige The suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been adjourned, The PUNCH reports. The matter came up before Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The PUNCH reports that The Federal …

A graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Osunleke Alaba, who recently returned his certificate to the institution requesting refund of his fees during his studentship, has received N500,000 start-up fund support from the alumni association. Mr Alaba, who graduated from the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, had complained about the “worthlessness” of his certificate following …

The First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has condoled with the government of the United Kingdom on the passing of their monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II Amechi described the late British monarch as a great friend of Nigeria, who he said played a very significant role in the country’s march towards independence. The foremost nationalists who …

I admire and respect the energy and passion of the Obidients and, like I said in an earlier write-up titled ‘Who Are These Obidients?’, I believe that they wish to effect a social and political revolution which those of us in the larger political parties have to be very wary of. I also believe that, if they stay together and …

Dangote Group on Sunday said its patrol team arrested one of its drivers over illegal haulage of timber. According to a statement made available to journalists by the firm’s Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Mr Anthony Chiejina, the driver and the truck were arrested in the North Central zone and handed over to policemen. The statement added, “The driver …

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has disclosed that about 500 consultants in various medical fields had left the service of government hospitals for practice abroad due to better conditions of service. The association’s President, Dr Victor Makanjuola, disclosed this on Sunday while fielding questions from journalists shortly after a briefing on the resolution reached at the end …

The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Osun State Chapter, has commended Governor Gboyega Oyetola and Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, for passing the Local Government Autonomy Bill into law. According to the union, Nigeria’s hydra-headed challenges of kidnapping, killings, unemployment, hunger, insurgency and drug abuse being perpetrated by some youths would be tackled with functional and responsive …

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos has extended the order stopping President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking licences of 53 broadcast stations  and shutting them down over alleged failure to renew their licenses. Justice Akintayo Aluko of the same court, had on  August 29,  2022 granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an …

Troops charged to work with other agencies for security. A suspected foreign logistics supplier to Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT)/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abatcha Bukar, has been arrested by troops on the frontline. Bukar was nabbed with assorted injections, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and N294,520 cash. The troops also rescued three more Chibok girls, who were on …