The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has kicked against the national honour expected to be conferred on Adamu Adamu, minister of education. It was reported that President Muhammadu Buhari listed 437 Nigerians to be honoured on October 11 — and Adamu was included. The minister is to be honoured with Commander of the Order of Niger (CON). Reacting in a statement on Monday, Giwa Temitope, NANS spokesperson, said the move “is a clear pointer to the fact that Nigerian students have been taken for a ride”. NANS blamed Adamu for the eight-month-long strike by the Academic Staff…
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The federal government has warned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against ignoring the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order to call off its industrial action. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, said the union is misleading Nigerians with its claim of filing an appeal against the order. He called on the union to respect the court and return to work, while negotiations are concluded on the remaining issues in contention. The minister spoke on Sunday in a statement signed by Olajide Oshundun, deputy director, press and public relations, ministry of labour and…
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, says the country may consider buying the newly-certified C919 passenger jet in China as an additional aircraft for the national carrier, Nigeria Air. Sirika disclosed this to Reuters on Saturday on the sidelines of the United Nations aviation agency’s triennial assembly in Montreal, Canada. According to Reuters, the Chinese government had on Friday, hailed the development of its first medium-haul passenger jet as the embodiment of the country’s drive towards self-sufficiency. It aims to challenge Western aircraft giants in the aviation industry with the plane. Speaking on the development, Sirika said the…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has accused President Mohammed Buhari of burying public education in the country, saying that it is ready to conduct its funeral. This was disclosed in a statement signed by NANS Coordinator and Spokesperson, Adegboye Olatunji and Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, respectively, on Monday. The student body said they would be hitting the streets again in the coming days. Part of the statement read: “It behooves us to call the attention of the general public and the international community on the brazen insult meted on the Nigerian students by the irresponsible administration…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned all the political parties in the country not to collect any donations from foreign countries. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this during an interview with Trust TV on Sunday. He explained that parties cannot receive financial support from foreign countries to sponsor their electioneering activities. According to him, if such support is received, it is necessary to transfer these funds to the election commission. Mahmood explained that all the registered political parties must disclose where they got their campaign funds and follow the rules set…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has busted a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a terse statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is now in custody. He said the agency recovered 13 million pills of Tramadol 225mg from the mansion. “Another VGC drug bust! As massive and beautiful as this mansion located in highbrow VGC Lekki Lagos (pictured here) looks, it’s not occupied by humans but used to warehouse over 13 million pills of Tramadol 225mg by another billionaire drug…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has condemned the killing of two herdsmen by mob in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the mob forcefully seized two herders allegedly linked to banditry and killed them. “The mob then lynched and burnt the herders, even though they had not been found complicit in the allegations,” he said. The governor, he said, strongly expressed concern over the extra-judicial killing of the herders. While appealing to families of the victims to remain calm, the governor…
IBRAHIM Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has promised that Nigeria would be safer before the end of his principal’s tenure in 2023. Gambari said today at the 20th convocation lecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna that this was possible based on the president’s consistent investment in sophisticated military equipment. “It is on record that he has provided the military with sophisticated equipment with which to perform their duty. “By the end of his tenure around May next year, Nigeria will be a safer, more secured country than when he assumed office as…
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is getting blamed for the stall in negotiations for the Tyson Fury vs Joshua British showdown. Hearn stands accused of employing delay tactics by holding onto the contract after revision by Bob Arum, who looks after Fury’s United States interests after the Gypsy King’s promoter Frank Warren did likewise over the weekend. “Eddie Hearn is stalling everything because he doesn’t want the fight to happen,” Arum told talkSPORT. “And why doesn’t he want the fight to happen? Because Joshua’s lost three out of his last five fights. “He figures to lose again…
The Honourable member representing Ondo West Constituency-1 in the state house of assembly,Hon. Tomide Akinribido,has felicitated the former governor of Ondo state, *Dr OLUSEGUN RAHMAN MIMIKO* on his birthday anniversary today. The lawmaker in a statement personally signed by him described the former governor as a true democrat and astute administrator, who practically replicated the legacies of Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the area of education reforms, quality health care, urban reforms and state-led infrastructural development in Ondo state among other intervention policies during his eight year stint as Governor. Hon. Tomide Akinribido also described Dr. Mimiko…