By Farooq A. Kperogi I am intentionally appropriating, and extending the semantic boundaries of, the term “blasphemy” for this piece because it seems to be the only term that inflames enough passions to get Nigerians to talk, listen, or act. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, has “blasphemed” the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria, and even decency with his stratospheric pillaging of the nation’s resources. One of the consequences of his theft is the closure of our public universities. He should be “beaten,” “stoned,”…
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Rector Of Federal Polytechnic Nekede Bags Engineering Fellowship Award
The award-winning Rector of the foremost Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Engr. Dr. Michael Arimanwa, has bagged a prestigious award as Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (FNICE). The event which took place last Thursday at the Executive Hall of the International Conference Centre, Abuja, attracted the who-is-who in the engineering profession in Nigeria. The Rector, who is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, earned the award based on his enviable track record of excellence in the engineering profession, having earned both his M.SC and Ph.D in Structural…
Read MoreIndustrial Court Stops Illegal NUJ Election In Imo, Demands Verification List Of Membership
The lingering leadership tussle in the Imo state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists is gradually coming to an end as the National Industrial Court sitting in Owerri, yesterday, barred the Nigeria Union of Journalists from conducting election in the state, pending the determination of the matter instituted with suit number OW/NICN/01/2019 in respect of the inconclusive 2018 election. The court also ordered for a membership verification exercise, aimed at sanitizing the system and separating the wheat from the chaff. The verification exercise as ordered by the court entails that,…
Read MoreNANS Wades Into Lingering ASUU Strike, Proposes Peaceful Protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has proposed a nationwide peaceful protest in support of the lingering strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the refusal of the federal government to implement the agreement it reached with the union, two years ago. The agreement borders on payment of staff salaries and emoluments as well as adequate funding of the universities. In a statement issued in Owerri on Wednesday May 25 signed by the deputy zonal co-coordinator of NANS South East zone, Comrade Ejike…
Read MoreTETFUND: IMSU White Paper: We’ll Go To Court If Mbata Secures APC Ticket For Owerri Senate
…Petitions Party’s screening committee …Insists on implementation of White Paper The controversy elicited by the ambition of Prince Alex Mbata, the Ngwoma, Obube born C.E.O of ABM Global and former Pro-chancellor of Imo State University during Rochas Okorocha’s tenure as governorr of Imo state, to secure the Owerri zone senatorial ticket on the platform of the All Progressive Congress APC, has assumed a different dimension, as a human rights group known as Every Child Education Advancement Foundation, ECEA, has threatened to seek redress in court, if Prince Alex Mbata under …
Read MoreEFCC Trying To Stop My Presidential Ambition -Okorocha
He Jumped Bail, Ignored Several Invitations From Us – EFCC Imo state ex-Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has cried out that officials of Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are holding him hostage in his house in Maitaima, Abuja, just as he was getting set to depart to Transcorp Hilton, venue for the governing Party’s Presidential screening exercise. Okorocha, who governed Imo for eight years and is currently the Senator representing Imo West District in the National Assembly has been at loggerheads with the Anti-graft agency…
Read MorePDP Primaries: Gov. Ugwuanyi Wins Enugu North Senatorial District Ticket Amid Jubilation
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has won the Enugu North Senatorial District Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov. Ugwuanyi was declared winner of the peaceful and transparent senatorial primary election amid jubilation by the Chairman of the five-man Electoral Panel from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Prince Vin Yandev Amabei. Prince Amabei disclosed that Gov. Ugwuanyi scored 299 valid votes cast to defeat three other aspirants in the ballot paper, namely Mr. Okanya Celestine, Chief Eze Godwin…
Read MoreNegative Effects Of Continued ASUU Strike
By Gerald Njoku It is incontrovertible to state that the continued ASUU strike in the country has placed the nation’s education system on a momentous crossroad. The recent extension of the warning strike by the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) by another twelve weeks has again dashed the hopes of parents, students and all stakeholders in the education system of the much anticipated resolution of the crisis between ASUU and the federal government. This crisis in the education system has continued to frustrate the ambitions…
Read MoreMariupol Fighters Finally Surrender
By Alex Nwahiri The Ukrainian forces holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks, today surrendered to the Russian authorities to allow the wounded soldiers and civilians, receive urgent medical attention. A statement from the garrison commander of the troops in the Azovstal steelworks explained, that the garrison was obeying orders to save the lives of troops and get the wounded to the hospital. Journalists who covered the evacuation, reported seeing dozens of buses carrying both the fighters and the wounded, to a medical facility in the Russian controlled town of Novoazovsk…
Read MoreOnyeagucha’s Purported Warning To Onyewuchi: A Mere Rhetorics Of Over-Floating Dejection!
…He lacks Authority to Issue Warning. By Frank Nwaete Next Tuesday, MAY 24, the PDP SENATORIAL PRIMARIES would have been held. Incumbent Dist. Sen. Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi (Ebubedike) who is seeking re-election to consolidate on his great achievements, having done tremendously well, has been toast of Owerri Zone People, is on top of the game! The massive followership and genuine support, Sen. Onyewuchi has continued to enjoy, is ceaselessly rattling other Aspirants Chiefly among who is Barr.Uche Onyeagucha. Barr.Uche Onyeagucha and his team have unfortunately resorted to throwing sands at…
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