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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, dropped a hint that lecturers cannot be compelled to return to classes in the event of an order by the National Industrial Court of Arbitration. ASUU National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known during a parley with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Osodeke, accompanied by ASUU executives, likened the …

The National Association of Nigerian Students has said its members will block the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday (today) as part of its protest against the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Reps to meet Buhari, Ngige, Adamu absent at parley The PUNCH had reported that students, on Monday, blocked the access …

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for collaborative partnerships that would build a framework of ideas to transform educational systems globally. He spoke at a time the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had been on strike for about eight months, following the failure of the Federal Government to meet the demands of its members. Buhari spoke on Monday while delivering …

Presidential bid of Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi and running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has received a boost with the endorsement of professionals under the aegis of Professionals for Obi-Datti Presidency (PODP). The group, in a statement,  yesterday, said the Obi-Datti ticket represents competence, integrity, prudence, accountability, transparency and inclusiveness, all of which, the country urgently needed if it must be …

Food prices in Nigeria are at their highest levels ever as the country faces its worst food inflation in 17 years, traders, consumers and producers across sectors of the food supply chains have told PREMIUM TIMES. Nigeria’s inflation rate surged to 20.52 per cent in August, the highest since September 2005. The figure rose from 19.64 per cent recorded in July, …

Nigerians are fed up with the inefficiencies and failures of government officials and other representatives and will reject the same if nothing is done to change the narrative in the 2023 general elections, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has warned. Obaseki, therefore called on political leaders across the country to step up and assuage the pains of Nigerians on …

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, alongside an ex-soldier, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. The judge, who handed down the verdict without an option of fine on Monday, said the sentence would run concurrently.  On count one, she convicted and sentenced Evans and Aduba …

Police commend peaceful protest as parents warn of EndSARS repeat. It was a hectic time for travellers and motorists plying  Lagos airport road , yesterday,  as leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) took over the Murtala Muhammed  International Airport (MMIA) Road, in protest against the seven-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). …

The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, AbdulRasheed Maina, has embarked on an indefinite hunger strike at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, a group, West African Coalition for Social and Civil Rights has alleged. According to the coalition, Maina’s action was to protest the refusal of the leadership of the Correctional Centre to comply with doctors’ directives to …

• Solidarity to celebrate Queen testament to brotherhood among countries, says Osinbajo• Prays King Charles does better than his mother• With no eye contact, William, Harry keep apart at funeral• Queen showed professionalism, dedication, says envoy Yesterday, 9/19, will go down in history as a day of ceremony and sorrow, as the United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen …