As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to call off its eight months old strike, another round of industrial action is brewing in the university system. The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has vowed to resist the payment of their salaries through UTAS, the platform developed by ASUU. Besides, the N40 billion announced by the Federal Government to pay the earned allowance to all university-based unions is already tearing the university system apart. SSANU has also warned against preferential treatment in the disbursement of the fund; saying that the money should not be released to…
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At least, 105 persons contracted HIV during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ogun State, the state government has said. This has been attributed to low use of condom, poverty, low literacy level, stigma and discrimination as well as risky sexual behaviour. Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, while disclosing this at a press conference to mark this year’s World AIDS Day, revealed that about 20,827 persons live with HIV in Ogun State. With the figure, Coker said Ogun has the highest cases of HIV in the South West. The Commissioner, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Hospital Management Board, Dr…
Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has disagreed with his Tottenham counterpart, Jose Mourinho, that they are not in the title race after the Portuguese coach described his side as “just a pony”. Spurs remain top of the Premier League after a 0-0 draw between the two sides at Stamford Bridge. Although Spurs maintained their position at the top of the table, after the game Mourinho claimed Chelsea were bigger contenders and his side were heavy underdogs. But Lampard refused to buy Mourinho’s comments and sees Tottenham as a legitimate challenger for the title. When told about Mourinho’s comments, Lampard replied: “It’s…
Tottenham Hotspur, Jose Mourinho, has insisted his team is not equipped to win the title despite moving back to the top of the Premier League. Mourinho, speaking after Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Chelsea, branded Spurs as “ponies” in the championship race. When Mourinho managed the Blues in 2014, he famously described his side as a “little horse” in the title race. And despite Tottenham starting their second successive week at the top of the table, the Portuguese said: “We are not even in the race. We are not a horse. “I don’t know what the word is. We are the…
Troops of Operation Fire Ball have eliminated five Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition as well as bags of assorted grains in recent attacks on their hideouts in Borno. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in statement on Sunday. He said the troops of Army Super Camp 11 Gamboru-Ngala, on Nov. 27, overran the terrorists’ hideout at Garal and Bulankesa Villages. He said that the troops eliminated two terrorists in the encounter while others fled in disarray with fatal injuries. Onyeuko said that troops deployed in Pulka also raided a terrorists’…
As reactions continue to pour in over the killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, CDNDC, Sunday, demanded the sack of Service Chiefs and Heads of Department of State Security and Nigeria Police Force. The demand was made in a statement signed by the Convener, CDNDC, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, where the group called on the government to immediately put a stop to the ongoing deradicalisation programme and halt freeing of the so-called repentant Boko Haram members and prosecute them. The Statement…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condemned the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Garin Kwashebe, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The forum, in a statement by its Chairman and the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, described the attack as morally reprehensible. He said that the attack brought back ugly memories of several dastardly attacks on soft targets in the state. Fayemi noted that the farmers were attacked while harvesting their produce totally oblivious of the danger that awaits them in…
A security source on Saturday claimed that no ransom was paid for the release of the wife of Chief Olugbenga Ale, the Chief of Staff to the Ondo State governor. Mrs Ale and one other person were kidnapped on Thursday evening on Ondo-Akure Expressway at Owena area in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state while travelling from Lagos to Akure. It was gathered that the victims were rescued on Saturday morning by men of the Ondo State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps, in collaboration with local hunters and vigilantes in the area. A security source disclosed…
The nation’s power grid has collapsed again, plunging parts of the country into a total blackout for hours on Sunday. Two of the power distribution companies in the country, Kaduna Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company, announced the national grid collapse on Sunday afternoon. Kaduna Electric, in a message to its customers via its Twitter handle, said, “We regret to inform you that the loss of power supply in our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid. The collapse occurred at about 11:26 am this morning. “Supply…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has revealed that it will cost the ministry N81m to cut the grass and clear the weed that have taken over the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. He stated this recently while speaking during the one-day seminar organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter. According to him, the ministry approached the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for assessment in the stadium, which was built in 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 acres) of land. Open Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare SPORTS Sports…