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The National Executive Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence a two-day meeting at the University of Lagos, Akoka, today, to finalise the union’s decision on an impending strike. ASUU will make the final decision on the strike – to be reached by voting – known at the end of the meeting on Sunday, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum yesterday gave an indication that the 2023 presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be determined by consensus, saying the party will rely on President Muhammadu Buhari, its governors and other party leaders “to decide on who emerges as the presidential flag-bearer of the party.” Speaking while welcoming members of the Pro-Osinbajo …

Four of the oil companies accused by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, of importing substandard petrol have all in writing denied the allegation, thus creating more confusion in the drive to unmask shippers of the bad fuel. In their separate publications, the four companies – MRS, Emadeb, Brittania-U and Oando – …

…VP recalls how talents like Enyeama, Fasuba, Chukwumerije, others emerged from NUGA …Says all Nigeria University Games show that every part of Nigeria is valuable -VP Ahead of the commencement of the 2022 tournament of the Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA), Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, today received the games’ torch of unity, and recalled the exploits of great athletes …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar chapter, has sensitised students of the institution over the planned strike by the union if the federal government fails to meet their demands. Dr John Edor, Chairman of the union in UNICAL, who organised a forum on Thursday in Calabar, sensitised the students on the demands of ASUU and why …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ordered that producers and providers of consumable products be held accountable for substandard services and products sold by them. The President order came on the heels of the outcry over the importation of adulterated fuel that has caused damage to car engines. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and …

Nearly 1.4 million children under the age of five years in North-east Nigeria are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the coming years as a result of the ongoing insurgency crisis by non-state armed groups, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN-OCHA, has said. The UN’s interim resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, …

Nigerian fuel retailer, MRS Oil Nigeria, on Wednesday stirred controversy when it announced that the petrol it received from Litasco, the Swiss trading arm of Russia’s Lukoil, was substandard. MRS said it received the oil through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the end of January and 37,000 tonnes were delivered to multiple retailers in the country. “NNPC through their trading …

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors on Tuesday in a letter responding to a report that faulted his handling of cases during his tenure as Munich archbishop from 1977 to 1982. In an almost 1,000-word letter released on Feb. 8, the 94-year-old retired pope said that his pain was all the greater as he had “borne great responsibility …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – A group, South East Patriots (SEP), at a press conference in Abuja during the week, handed Bar Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor a stiff warning not to consider putting himself forward in the 2023 Presidential elections. The group said that even though the Civil War ended over 50 years ago, the South East …