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…
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PDP 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 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 MoreASUU Shuns Appeal To End Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other industry based unions, have turned down the appeal by the federal government to resume duties while negotiations are ongoing to meet up with their demands. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday, pleaded with the unions to go back to work when he spoke at the National Productivity Day Celebration, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. But, at the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari-led meeting between the federal government team, ASUU and other registered Trade Unions in Nigerian universities, as…
Read MoreKaduna Lawmaker Caught On His Way To Supply Bandits With AK-47
The Mobile Policemen of 47 MPF Squad have caught a Councilor elected for Kinkiba Ward of Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Abdul Adamu Kinkiba on his way to supply Bandits with AK-47. It was learnt that Mr Kinkiba was arrested with an AK-47 rifle on his way to deliver the same to Bandits in one of the deadly forests in the State. Kinkiba was arrested by the Mobile Policemen of 47 MPF Squad operating along Galadimawa axis of Giwa local government area of the State when he was…
Read MoreCourt Awards N200m Judgment Against Nigerian Army For Killing Imo Businessman
Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo state, on Thursday awarded a N200m court judgment against the Nigerian army for killing a businessman, Noel Chigbu. Delivering the judgment, the jurist agreed with the applicant’s request that the Nigerian soldiers were liable for the killing of the businessman at Amakaohia flyover in Owerri on April 30, 2021. Though counsel to the application, Brigadier Gen. G. O Anyalebechi(Rtd) demanded N1bn in compensation for the killing of the businessman, the court settled for N200m. Briefing our correspondent after the…
Read MorePDP NEC Throws 2023 Presidential Contest Open
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) has finally thrown open the contest for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. PDP’s position was made known during the party’s NEC meeting, Wednesday, in Abuja. Also, ahead of the party’s National Convention to elect the party’s presidential candidate, the NEC appointed former President of the Senate, David Mark to Chair the Convention Committee.
Read MorePetrol marketers warns of looming fuel scarcity
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis. To avoid this, the petrol marketers association asked the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay its members their outstanding bridging claims amounting to over N500 billion. The IPMAN chairman in Kano State, Bashir Danmalam, made the remarks while addressing a news conference in Kano State on Monday. He said the failure of the NMDPRA to pay the the bridging claims, otherwise known as transportation…
Read MoreN1.79bn fraud: Court arraigns Stella Oduah
A former Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Adaeze Oduah has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja to take her plea in the alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges brought against her by the Federal Government. She is to be arraigned before Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, alongside two other women and four companies. Among the companies is the construction giant, China Civil Engineering Corporation CCECC. Already, the Federal Government’s lawyer, Dr Hassan Liman, SAN, has also arrived in court. About five Senior Advocates of Nigeria are also in court to defend…
Read MoreTown Union vows to fight drug sale and abuse
Newly elected President-General of Ndiokwu Federated Union, Elder Chidi Uneze, has vowed to rid the community of all points of sale of illicit drugs just as he stated that dealers in banned drugs and substances in the community would be reported to law enforcement agencies for prosecution. Elder Chidi Uneze, who made the vow shortly after his election as President-General Ndiokwu Federated Union, Ndiokwu Lorji, Aboh Mbaise LGA of Imo State, said the leadership of the union would work with relevant government agencies to make Ndiokwu Lorji drug-free, and warned…
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