Nigerians have expressed deep concern, frustration and anger as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday extended its strike by another 12 weeks. Also, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will tomorrow begin a national strike over the ...
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N500bn Demand: Prepare For Worst Fuel Scarcity, IPMAN Tells Nigerians
…As Stakeholders Promise 6m Litres Of Aviation Fuel The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis unless the federal government prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, ...
Read More »PDP NEC/NWC Clear Disqualified Aspirants From Akwa Ibom
…As ‘System’ Jittery Over Alleged Bribery Activities Akwa Ibom State Governor cannot sponsor court cases against the Party through Uche Secondus and turn around to dictate for Leadership, says an NEC member. Governor Udom Emmanuel’s desperate efforts to lobby the ...
Read More »Adulterated Fufu – The Killer Food In Town, Beware!
FUFU processed from Cassava stuff, which used to serve as staple food for most homes in Nigeria today is becoming a silent killer due to unhealthy practices arising from attempt to cut corners and make more profit. To get more ...
Read More »Federalised Police: Time To Do It Is Now
The Long-Term Cure For Nigeria’s Current Security Challenges To be sure, the history of sub-national policing in Nigeria is bitter and rotten. Pristine policing, in several parts of the territory that makes up the present Nigeria, were attached to royal ...
Read More »Native Doctor, Others Held For Kidnapping
Police in Enugu State have arrested a popular native doctor, Aneke-Ikenga, and two others for alleged kidnapping. The suspects aged between 27 and 36 were alleged to have kidnapped one Amechi Oguama on October 20, 2021, collected a N10 million ...
Read More »ASUU Ends Warning Strike, Decides Next Line Of Action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will decide on the next course of action after the expiration of its warning strike. The members of the union were still holding a crucial meeting in Abuja yesterday over ...
Read More »FG Takes Over Management Of University Of Medical Sciences Uburu – PMB
The Federal Government will take over the management of the University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi State, as a Federal Medical University. President Muhammadu Buhari made the pronouncement at a state dinner in his honour on Thursday, in response to ...
Read More »AfDB President Joins Nigeria Presidential Race
There is apprehension in the All Progressives Congress over the decision of president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, to contest the 2023 presidential poll under the party’s platform. LEADERSHIP Sunday gathered that some big wigs of ...
Read More »ASUU STRIKE: FG Approves Intervention Funds For Tertiary Institutions
The federal government has approved the 2022 intervention funds for public higher institutions across the country. The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sunday Echono, made this known while receiving in his office, the Committee of Vice ...
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