Former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on leaders across the North Central geo-political zone to push for the development, peace and unity of the region. Saraki, who said this when the executives and a cross-section of members of the North Central Peoples’ Forum paid him a courtesy visit at his home in Maitama, Abuja, emphasised that the development of the North Central zone is in the interest of the entire nation. the former Senate President said: “If it is about development for our people, you have my support. This initiative aimed at development is long…
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FIFA has lifted its suspension of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), giving the national governing body full membership rights and allowing its teams to return to international competition. It comes after the TTFA last month voted to stop court action being taken against FIFA and recognise a normalisation committee appointed by football’s world governing body in March to run the TTFA’s affairs. In light of this and an October Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal ruling which went in FIFA’s favour, the suspension has been lifted “with immediate effect”. FIFA suspended the TTFA in September for “grave violations”…
The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Friday in Ibadan described the settlement of decade-long ownership tussle of the jointly owned the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso as a landmark achievement of the Seyi Makinde-led administration in the Pacesetter State. The Union admonished Osun State to take this development with magnanimity and see it as ‘no victor, no vanquished’ in order for the two States; Oyo and Osun to safeguard the future of the institution, more importantly, its current and potential students. The NUJ in a statement specially released by its Chairman, Ademola Babalola…
The lingering crisis surrounding the ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, appears to have been finally laid to rest after the National University Commission transferred its full ownership to Oyo State. Under the new arrangement, the Osun State Government is to take over the College of Health Sciences in Osogbo. The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission Professor Abubakar Rasheed stated this at a media briefing in Abuja. Professor Rasheed said both Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State signed a memorandum of Agreement to the development. The NUC boss expressed…
The Federal Government on Friday offered leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities N65 billion for Earned Academic Allowance and revitalisation. The government also agreed to pay the striking lecturers through the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System) until ASUU’s University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) was ready for usage. These are some of the agreements reached at the resumed meeting between the leadership of ASUU and the federal government team on Friday. At the end of the seven- hour meeting, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige told reporters that the Accountant-General of the Federation ( AGF) has…
Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti has directed all newly-admitted students for the 2019/2020 academic session to resume on Monday, 23rd November. In a statement by the Head, Directorate of Information, Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, the university said the resumption includes pre-degree, diploma and 100 level students of the university. Olofinmuagun noted the students are expected complete their registration exercise and resume for other academic activities. “All returning students are hereby advised to take personal COVID-19 precautions by ensuring that they have their face masks and hand sanitizers with them at all times on campus. “The Vice Chancellor, Professor Edward Olanipekun, has…
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Friday said Nigerians have the democratic right in 2023 to vote out the present crop of federal legislators if they are tired of them. Lawan, who stated this while declaring open a retreat for top management staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission, stated that Nigerians are free to replace the current members of the National Assembly with new members during the next general election in 2023. He said: “If you don’t like the set of members in the Ninth National Assembly, change all of us in 2023.…
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed identity of a security detail attached to his convoy who shot an Abuja vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke dead on Thursday at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja. The Speaker identified the security detail as Abdullahi Hassan. Hassan, he said, has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for investigation as well as administrative and judicial actions. Details shortly…
The Air Component of “Operation Hadarin Daji” has neutralised no fewer than 17 armed bandits and destroyed their camp in the Dunya Forest area of Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday, said the airstrikes were executed on Thursday following credible intelligence on the presence of the bandits in the forest. Enenche said the intelligence and confirmatory surveillance missions revealed that dozens of bandits linked to Ansaru terrorist group had established a camp at the location where they also kept scores of rustled cattle. He said an appropriate force package of Nigerian…
HUNDREDS of artisans in Ondo State on Thursday staged a protest against alleged diversion of COVID-19 Survival Fund meant for them in the state. The protesters specifically accused the Chairman of the Ondo State Micro-Credit Agency, Mrs Kosemani Kolawole, who is said to be the coordinator of the survival fund in the state, of inputting names of her church members as artisans into the list of the beneficiaries. They alleged that only few of their 4,500 members received alerts of N30,000. Speaking, one of the protesters, Mr Onile Adams, said they were worried how the funds was released to some…