The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University chapter, has declared a total and indefinite strike over unmet demands. The strike was announced after a congress meeting on Wednesday. This is the first internal strike since the university was founded. Key grievances include the non-implementation of a 2021 Memorandum of Action, which outlined financial improvements for the institution. Among the unresolved issues are unpaid academic allowances, the lack of a training fund for academic staff, unfulfilled minimum wage adjustments, and the non-payment of promotional arrears for the years…
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Umuagi Ihioma/ Umuegbe Amaifeke Communities Lament Over 6 Months Blackout By EEDC In Imo
The People Of Umuagi Ihioma And Umuegbe Amaifeke Communities In Orlu LGA of Imo State, are currently battling with intense and excruciating electricity or power black out for over six months now. A prominent indigene of the area, Sir Livy Unigwe lamented that the EEDC transformer servicing both communities was said to have broken down for over five months ago. He disclosed that when the EEDC Orlu business office was approached by the communities for intervention, they were requested to pay arrears of bill amounting to N4.2million as the only condition…
Read MoreImo September 21 polls: Group Decries Imposition Of Councillorship Candidate On Ohii/Amakohia-Ubi/Ndegwu Ward 9
…Alleges:Candidate,not APC member, ln-law to Imo APC State Chair. An association going under the aegis of Omenwane Group has cried out over what it described as the alleged imposition of one Mr Anumodu Bartholomew Chinemere from Ndegwu as the Councillorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Ward 9 (Ohii/Amakohia-ubi/Ndegwu) in Owerri-West LGA of Imo State. The group raised suspicion over alleged possible role of Imo APC State Chairman, Dr MacDonald Ebere in the episode. Addressing newsmen in Owerri, recently, the group maintained that the state chairman allegedly single…
Read MoreImo LGA Polls: Nkwerre Ward 7 APC Leaders Reject Imposition Of Eburuaja As Councillorship Candidate, Seeks Uzodinma’s Intervention.
“Action, disobeys Gov’s instruction” …Nzekwe: Nominee never took part in ward consensus process. Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ward 7, Nkwerre LGA of Imo State have expressed deep concerns over what they described as deliberate attempt to cause disenchantment among party faithful in the ward through an alleged imposition of one Edward Eburuaja as the councillorship candidate of Ward 7 even when he did not participate in the process for the nomination of a consensus candidate as directed by Imo state Governor,Sen Hope Uzodinma. Led by…
Read MoreNo going back on price increase, hard decisions must be taken, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The newest hike, implemented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company’s (NNPCL) Retail Management, range from N855 to N897 per litre, depending on the location, from the previous N568-N617. Independent marketers have adjusted their prices to between N930 and N1,200 per litre of petrol. Since the removal of subsidy by Tinubu in May 2023, prices of petrol tripled, compounding the woes of Nigerians who power their vehicles and generating sets…
Read MoreRampaging Gunmen Attack Isiala Mbano LGA Headquarters, Obowo Police Div, Kill Security Men, Burn Buildings
Some yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night, attacked the council headquarters of the Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo State located in the Umuelemai community. The attack left the headquarters razed and some persons dead.The attack occurred as the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state announced that its primary election for Local Government chairmanship elections were taking place across the state, same day.Though the number of causalities were yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, however, pictures and video clips of the attack…
Read More2003 Imo Guber: It’s Worrisome, Courts Decide Election Winners Rather Than Voters–Achonu
…Vows to sustain Imo’s transformation struggle . The candidate of Labour Party,LP in the November 11, 2023 Imo governorship election, Senator Athan Nneji Achonu has expressed deep concerns over the way the Courts determine the outcome of electoral contests in Nigeria instead of the people. This is even as Senator Achonu insisted that he campaigned vigorously in 2023, braving insecurity and other odds, and won the support of Imolites during last year’s governorship poll, but regretted that somebody whom he alleged, was cruising in far away Abuja eventually claimed victory.…
Read MoreKIDNAPPINGS, BANDITRY: NANS Knocks NCC’s Inability To Track Criminals, Abductors In Nigeria.
…Okunomo:NIN-SIM Registration failed exercise Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make contact with their victims’ families. Consequently, the Senate President of the Nigerian Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Henry Okunomo has expressed deep worry that in this age of tech advancement and the height Nigeria has attained in technological development, kidnappers could make contact with a…
Read MoreEJimakor,IPOB Lawyer Fingers Sacked DSS’ Bichi,NIA DG,Rufai For Kanu’s Extraordinary Rendition
Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), has named two former top security officials as being responsible for Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021. In a statement released , yesterday,Tuesday,August 27 Ejimakor identified the recently replaced Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai, and the former Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, as the key figures behind Kanu’s rendition. Kanu, who had left Nigeria after being granted bail by Justice…
Read MoreEnd Bad Governance Protest Turn Violent
The End Bad Governance Protest held in some major states in Nigeria yesterday, August 1:Lagos,Abuja,Kano,Kaduna,Niger, Nasarawa,Rivers Gombe,Zamfara,Kebbi and other states witnessed the peaceful protests by hurting hungry Nigerians. Correspondent reports revealed that at least six people were reportedly killed while some sustained injuries in the ongoing protest in Suleja, Niger State. The victims were said to have been killed while security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters who mounted barricade on a section of Abuja-Kaduna highway. It was reported that some passengers and motorists were trapped on…
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