Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (right); All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Chief Olusegun Osoba during Tinubu’s visit to Obasanjo in Abeokuta… yesterday. George, Fani-Kayode differ on Tinubu’s visit Nnamani dissociates self from Atiku gang-up, explains why he spoke out for Tinubu PDP stakeholders rue crisis […]
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out a suit seeking nullification of submission of name of Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the recent July 16 election. The judge struck down the suit on the ground that the plaintiff lacked […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) on Thursday explained why a meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee renegotiating the 2009 agreements with university unions ended without any agreement reached. The lecturers explained that the meeting ended in deadlock because the committee presented “award of a Recommended Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS),prepared by the […]
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The insistence by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on being paid six months salaries of the strike period is stalling the negotiations between the Federal Government and the lecturers. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this on Thursday while appearing on the weekly Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team, at the […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that its leadership stopped the Monday sit-at-home and not the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma. The group pointed out that Uzodimma does not have the capacity to stop any sit-at-home ordered by IPOB. The Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Thursday, said […]
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IPOB members protesting in Canada The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over alleged indiscriminate arrests of members and innocent Igbo people by security agents at Lagos and Abuja airports. According to a statement by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, Igbo passengers have been subjected to humiliating searches at airports and later arrested […]
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Last weekend, Orijin, the custodian of culture was the toast of the Big Brother Naija Saturday night party themed Orijinal Ankara party. Saturday night parties are the highlights of Big Brother Naija weekends and Orijin delivered with melodious afrobeat music, flamboyant fashion, and its unique taste. The Level Up housemates partied away decked in stylish […]
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Education minister Adamu Adamu has denied getting a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in two weeks. Adamu told State House Correspondents on Thursday that Buhari instead told him to resolve the issues within the shortest possible time, contrary to what the Minister […]
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On-going work on Lagos Blue Line Rail project in Marina as the final T-beam is launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Sanwo-Olu commits contractor to December deadline ‘Two sets of light train coaches arrive October’ Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, flagged off the engineering procedure of the 27-kilometre Lagos Blue Line Rail mass transit. “The […]
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Allegations unfounded, delay caused by body’s administrative error, says APC Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Governor Kayode Fayemi over his alleged failure to pay the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) fees of students who sat for the recently-released WASC results, thereby causing delay in the release of results of […]
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