The International Criminal Court in The Hague | File photo: Reuters A free media is pivotal to the success and sustainability of any democracy. Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) says, “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes, freedom to hold opinions without interference and to […]
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Hints by the Federal Government that it might reconsider its position on the ‘‘no-work-no-pay’’ policy against aggrieved university teachers surely raises some hope of resolving the lingering impasse between the two bodies. However, given the reported threat by the Federal Government to proscribe the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over persistent disagreements and considering […]
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Federal Government’s team and the National Executive of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at one of their meetings As court moves suit hearing to Friday SERAP seeks to join suit Falana: FG employing delay tactics Drop charges against ASUU, groups tell FG Amid breakdown in talks, efforts to reopen public universities in the […]
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Photo/faceboo/rotimiaketi Election opportunity to turn Nigeria’s fortune for good, says CAN president Keyamo: Tinubu strong, healthy, not withdrawing from presidential race Obi moves to sign performance agreement as NLC promises 12m votes PDP crisis: Wike keeps party leaders guessing FRSC bans officers from piloting political convoy ahead of campaigns The dust is yet to settle […]
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By Kene Obiezu Death, man’s ultimate end, has in its power the ability to drag men hither and thither, even to those places they would rather not go. The reason many people are terrified of death is not just that during those final moments many fears bind themselves together to deliver a sucker-punch at the […]
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Spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 elections, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has said that regardless of where Asiwaju Bola Tinubu comes from in Nigeria, he is “qualified” to run for the highest office in the land. He was speaking on the renewed controversy surrounding the former Lagos State […]
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Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said on Monday, that Nigeria needs an experienced politician to take over the reign of governance from President Muhammadu Buhari as his tenure ends in 2023. He advised Nigerians to do away with ethnoreligious politics in the 21st century in order to build a united country. Speaking to journalists […]
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Allegation untrue – Obi’s aide The Director of Media and Public Affairs and Official Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, alleged that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, was planning to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire some supporters dressed in the APC caps and […]
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Passes vote of no confidence on Ngige, Adamu The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West zone, on Monday, announced the commencement of a protest on the Lagos-Shagamu Expressway. According to the association, the protest was organised as a result of the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The body also noted […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, was a total failure as Minister of Transportation, saying he brought nothing to his state. Also, he took a swipe at Amaechi, saying the Rivers State Government did not give state burial to late four-time Minister Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, and Amechi did nothing when […]
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