The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by twelve weeks, the president of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said on Monday. Details later….
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Traditional rulers and other stakeholders in the oil rich Ugboland in Ilaje council area of Ondo state have embraced peace after over four years of crisis. Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu who brokered the peace in the community said that no meaningful development took place where there is disunity. Consequently, a peace deal was sealed with the inuaguration of a 56-member Ugbo Development Congress (UDC) headed by Mr. Benson Obayelu and the Ugboland Council of Obas as well as Council of Chiefs. Leaders of Ugboland who spoke at the inauguration ceremony held at Ugbo, agreed that their age long…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has enjoined Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), to exercise their franchise in the coming general election. The governor, who spoke at the weekend at a thanksgiving service for the third session of the Fourth Synod and Investiture of Diocesan Distinguished Fellows and Royal Fellows, held at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Okun-Owa Ijebu, in Odogbolu Local Government, noted that it had become imperative for eligible voters to get their PVCs so as not to be disenfranchised. He said: “The Holy Bible says when the righteous rule, the people rejoice. Let us get our…
As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ends on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. It was gathered that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the union had earlier given the go-ahead to the national leadership to call out members on indefinite strike if nothing tangible was achieved during the eight weeks of their warning strike. The union had earlier gone on…
Arsenal took a huge step towards securing Champions League football next season as they saw off an ill-disciplined Leeds United, with the 10-man visitors dropping into the Premier League relegation zone. It was a fourth successive win for Mikel Arteta’s side and one that puts them firmly in the driving seat for a top-four spot before Thursday’s north London derby at Tottenham. Eddie Nketiah pounced on Meslier’s loose touch to open the scoring and then finished a swift move to double the Gunners’ lead before Ayling’s rash challenge left Leeds a man down for more than an hour. The Elland…
The installation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the Aare Baasofin of Yorubaland (the Supreme Lawmaker of Yorubaland) remains intact, The PUNCH has learnt. This was confirmed by the Oyomesi led by the traditional Prime Minister of Oyo, High Chief Olayinka Ayoola, on Sunday. Gbajabiamila’s installation had earlier been suspended following the death of Alaafin Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. The chieftaincy conferment ceremony, which was planned to take place on Friday, May 27, 2022, was part of activities to mark the lawmaker’s 60th birthday. But the Oyomesi, on Sunday, confirmed that the installation will…
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has jumped into Nigeria’s political arena to contest the 2023 presidential poll. Perfecting his plans to join the presidential race, the former minister of Agriculture under the Goodluck Jonathan administration on Saturday obtained the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for N100 million. A coalition of 28 groups comprising Nigerians in Diaspora One Nigeria Group, Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, Youth Arise Movement, women groups, farmers, people with disabilities and other civil society organizations, were said to have contributed the N100m fee…
A former member of House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has announced plan to quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Jibrin, who represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State, was lately an ardent supporter of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential aspiration. The former federal lawmaker, who took to his verified Twitter handle on Saturday evening, said he has done his best for APC and it was time to move on, promising to announce his new political party in the next 24 hours. Jibrin wrote: “I have done my best for APC. Its time to move on. I will announce…
CITING high cost of aviation fuel now selling for N700 per litre, domestic carriers said they will shut down flights effective Monday May 9, 2022. Speaking through their umbrella body, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the association said they could no longer operator under difficult cost regime. In a statement issued on Friday, the carriers said : It is with a great sense of responsibility and patriotism that the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have carried on deploying and subsidizing their services to our highly esteemed Nigerian flying public in the last four Months, despite the steady and astronomical hike in…
The Federal Government has approved the 2022 intervention funds for public tertiary institutions across the country. Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of the Committee of Vice – Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) at the headquarters of the agency in Abuja. Echono said a meeting of all beneficiary institutions will hold on May 9, 2022 to discuss some of the proposed reforms that have been approved for implementation. He assured the vice – chancellors of the agency’s commitment to sustain the ongoing reforms in the sector, with increased emphasis…