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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the directive of the National Universities Commissions to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities should be shut to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The NUC gave the directive in a letter on Tuesday addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and Directors of Inter-university Centres. The …

Deltan Live Matters, a political pressure group, Friday, told Chief E.K Clark and PANDEF to focus on things that would promote unity among the various ethnic groups in the region rather than trying to instigate an inter-ethnic crisis. The group in a statement by its Global Coordinator, Mr Christian Moses Abeh, said: “Reading the Press Statement from PANDEF one will …

Nigerians, especially bank customers, were gripped with confusion and uncertainty over whether today’s deadline by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the phasing out of the old naira notes still remains or it has been suspended following the Supreme Court injunction obtained by some northern governors. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday ruled that the deadline should be suspended pending …

*NANS, NAPTAN laud move The Federal Government has ordered all universities in the country to go on break from February 22 to March 14 to enable students to participate in the general elections starting in two weeks’ time. The government’s order was contained in a circular signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Dr Chris …

…Commission now joined in 1,241 cases The Independent National Electoral Commission has given the National Universities Commission conditions for picking academic staff as election officers in the forthcoming elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stressed that without the involvement of tertiary institutions, especially the universities, the Commission would find it extremely difficult to conduct credible elections. He stated this …

• Ask Buhari to sack Emefiele, Kyari, Sylva• NMDPRA directs filling station to accept PoS Trade Union Congress (TUC) will begin to mobilise its members, students and civil society allies for appropriate response against current scarcity of naira notes if the situation does not improve by weekend. President of TUC, Festus Osifo, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, while speaking on …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – The police in Edo State have vowed to deal decisively with any political party and its supporters that will attempt to truncate the success of the forthcoming general elections in the state. Ed State commissioner of police, CP Mohammed Dankwara handed down the warning during the signing of 2023 elections peace accord held at …

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council to oversee the 2023 transition program. The president also signed the Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. A key feature of the Presidential Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 is the institutionalization of a legal framework that would …

There are indications that the Integrity Group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also known as G-5, will disclose their stance on presidential candidates few hours to the February 25, 2023 presidential election. G-5 governors The group of five governors, led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State had failed to publicly endorse any of the presidential candidates in January as …

European Union (EU) leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday where they are expected to be joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. After addressing EU summits repeatedly by video link in recent months, Zelensky’s visit would be his first trip to the Belgian capital since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. This is where he could raise topics like more and …