The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has convened a meeting with the vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and management of Federal universities in line with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The meeting is expected to hold on September 6, 2022, at the NUC secretariat in Abuja. This was convened in […]
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Nigeria ranks 2nd globally on highest price Consumers of household kerosene, also known as cooking kerosene, paid 99 per cent more to purchase a gallon of the product in the last one year. This is according to data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The statistics agency said the average retail price per gallon […]
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Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governors were on a felicitation visit to the vice-president as he recovered from the leg surgery done in July. The vice president expressed his appreciation to the […]
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Delta Airlines, United States’ longest serving flight operator in Nigeria, said it will from October 4, 2022, suspend flight operations between JFK airport, New York and Lagos. The airline which is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier, disclosed this in a statement. The airline which resumed operations on […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has done much for the education sector, especially, to the universities, which should enable the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reconsider its position on industrial strike. Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, said this in a presentation to the Senate Committee (Tertiary Institutions and TETfund) during […]
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University teachers under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have said that their declaration of indefinite strike after over six months of warning and roll over strikes, was meant to save public universities. In a statement, late Monday night, by its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union said that it was compelled […]
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A three-storey building collapsed at a popular GSM market located at Beirut Road in Kano state on Tuesday. The incident occurred at about 3:20pm when the building, which is under construction, collapsed on traders, food vendors and customers present at the time. According to eyewitnesses, many people are currently trapped in the rubbles while three […]
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila The was anger among members of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Tuesday when the office of the Accountant General of the Federation failed for the second day to provide records of revenue remittances by agencies of government to the committee looking into the 2023-2025 Medium Term […]
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The police in Lagos have arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly raping his friend’s wife in their bedroom in Surulere, Lagos. The incident happened at about 2:00 a.m. on 22 August. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly burgled the apartment of the victim and unlawfully had sexual intercourse with her. The victim said that […]
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Barely two days after resuming office as the new Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, CP Kolo Yusuf, has led an operation that resulted in the rescue of a five-month-old baby and eleven other kidnapped victims in the bandit-prone state. Kolo said his action is in line with the Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali […]
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