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BY OKHIDE EM’YA DAVID Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma Chapter, has suspended its 66 day-old strike action over unpaid salaries for several months and more than 1 year unpaid check-off dues and other sundry deductions from salaries in the institution. ASUU announced the suspension yesterday, following a Memorandum of Action (MoA), between it and …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the 1999 constitution falls short of the standard expected of a constitution. Mr Gbajabiamila described the document as a “hurried compromise.” He stated this at the Lagos centre of the special committee on constitution review zonal public hearing. The committee, chaired by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Wase, is conducting public hearing …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Tuesday, advocated the scrapping of the Senate with each zone having equal number of four representatives at the National Assembly. Mr Akeredolu made the call at the Akure Centre of the Southwest Zonal Public Hearing, organised by the House of Representatives Special Committee on Constitution Review. The governor, represented by his Deputy, Lucky …

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has described the death of National Examinations Council (NECO) Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, as profoundly sad and yet another blow to the people of Abia. The governor made this statement in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka in Aba on Tuesday. Obioma, who was the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the …

***Another militant group, NDRC, vows to use ‘maximum force’ if … ***Past IYC leaders meet in Warri over escalating tension ***Eradiri, NDDC interim administrator aide to meet Tompolo Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has initiated frantic moves to stop the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat of a catastrophe in the oil …

The family of the Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Godswill Obioma, has said the examination body’s boss died Monday afternoon after a brief illness. This was contained in a message the son of the late professor of educational measurement and evaluation, Godswill Obioma the 2nd, shared with the management of NECO on Tuesday morning. This was also confirmed by Mr …

“If my brother says the North is going, be sure the middle-belt is not going with you. You are on your own. We have served and sacrificed for this country. The war that occurred, the Middle-belt was used to fight while the North sat back to enjoy. The non-Hausa speaking part of the North has suffered the most from Boko …

The sit-at-home directive by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) turned bloody yesterday in parts of the Southeast. No fewer than three policemen were found dead in Enugu State. Two suspected IPOB members were feared dead in Ebonyi State. Commercial activities were grounded in the five Southeast states as well as parts of Delta and Rivers states as residents …

•Say dialogue, restructuring only ways to address Nigeria’s challenges The leadership of major socio-cultural groups from Southern and Middle Belt part of Nigeria yesterday charted a new path for the emergence of a new constitution for Nigeria. Their proposals, made at a dialogue session christened, ‘The ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-ethnic Peace Dialogue,’ in Abuja, came against the backdrop of …

• HURIWA accuses security agents of selective killingsThe Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major-General Farouk Yahaya, yesterday, said the military must develop novel plans, processes and strategies to meet the changing nature of the battle space. He also advocated strict adherence to traditions and doctrines to make the Nigerian military a more professional and formidable one that could meet the …