The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday supported the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU)’s insistence on the payment of the withheld salaries of its members as a condition for ending its over six-month-old strike. The umbrella union said it was unfair for the Federal Government to invoke a no-work, no pay rule on university teachers, who were not the architects of the lingering strike. Urging the government to “tone down its rhetorics and be more accommodating”, the NLC warned that its threat to embark on a nationwide strike over the lockdown of the universities had not been ruled out. Head of Information…
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The Nigerian military has continued its ongoing onslaught against terrorists in North East, with the bombing of the enclave of ISWAP leader, Fiya Ba Yuram, in Sambisa forest, Borno State, over the weekend. Fiya Ba Yuram took over the leadership of the ISWAP insurgent group last year. According to PR Nigeria, the raid at Fiya Ba Yuram’s enclave followed a credible and actionable intelligence by the Air Component of Operation of Hadin Kai that terrorists were gathering for an undisclosed mission. Air strikes were then authorised and carried out on the location, following the intelligence. He said: “An assessment of…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that every negative thing now happens in the Nigeria of today. Atiku said since 1999, Nigeria had never experienced this level of poverty, insecurity and unemployment. The former Vice President stated this at the ongoing 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos. Atiku said, “Since the return of democracy in 1998/99, Nigeria has never found itself in such a very very critical point in our history. “Today, we have had all the negative indices. Today, we are all disunited in the nation. We have…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to hand universities under the control of the Federal Government to state governments if elected the president in the 2023 general elections. The former Vice President stated this on Monday while as a panelist at the ongoing 2022 Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) Annual General Conference held at the Eko Atlantic City in Lagos State. According to a Channels TV report, Atiku said that the Federal Government does not have enough resources to maintain all the universities, while he also argued that universities were previously under regional government,…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has expressed optimism that the 2023 general election would be centred on the capacity of candidates not their connection. The former Anambra State governor stated this on Monday at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association currently holding at the Eko Hotels, Lagos. Obi said, “Remember, the election we are going to have next year will not be about tribe, not religion, not connection, not entitlements but about character, competence, capacity, and commitment to deliver.” The event had the presence of several dignitaries including the Peoples Democratic Party,…
The First Lady of the United States of America, Dr Jill Biden has left isolation after testing negative for the coronavirus on Sunday. Dr Biden tested positive for COVID-19 last Tuesday and her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander said she was suffering from mild symptoms. She had then been isolated in South Carolina while her family extended summer vacation in Delaware. But, Alexander, in a statement yesterday, revealed that the First Lady has recovered from the virus following her five days in isolation. Her office said she received two negative results from the tests conducted in isolation and joined her family.…
Kess and Pharmsavi have been evicted from the BBNaija Level up show. They became the 5th and 6th housemates to evicted from the Big Brother House respectively. The duo was among the seven housemates the Head of House (HoH) Eloswag nominated for possible eviction. But he is not leaving the show empty-handed, thanks to sponsors and his tenacity in the various Arena Games thus far. He will take home N1million courtesy of Oraimo amongst other things such as the delivery of every new Oraimo product for a year, VIP tickets to Oraimo’s December event and an all-expenses paid trip to…
The Federal Government has said that the Lekki Deep Seaport project would create 112,000 jobs to Nigerians upon its completion. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said this on Sunday in Jalingo, Taraba State capital while addressing journalists. Sambo said that the port, which is second in Nigeria after Onne Deep-Sea port would bring more tonnage and revenue to the port and the country. He further said that the project would impact positively on the nation’s economy. The minister said, “The Lekki Deep Sea Port project is the second after Onne Deep Sea Port in Nigeria. It is significant because…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended its ultimatum to embark on strike by two weeks. NARD had on July 30 served the federal government a two-week ultimatum to implement the agreement reached on the welfare of its members. At the expiration of the deadline on August 14, the association shifted its decision till after its extraordinary NEC meeting. Addressing journalists after the meeting on Sunday in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, Godiya Ishaya, NARD president, said the association has decided to extend the ultimatum by two weeks. According to him, the decision is a “show of goodwill” from the association after…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Osun State identified as Kazeem Kekere has been killed by gunmen in Apomu in Isokan Local Government Area (LGA). It was gathered that Kazeem, who is also the Branch Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Apomu headquarters of Isokan LGA, was shot dead on Saturday night. It was learnt that he had been using his position to canvass support for the APC during the gubernatorial election and allegedly deprived other political parties avenue to use vehicles in his garage. A source in the community told our correspondent that Kazeem…