We By Correspondent in Abuja. As University students in Nigeria are earger to return to classes, following the conditional suspension of the 8 months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government has tendered apology to them and their parents over the prolonged strike by the union. This is contained in a…
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday dismissed her Finance Minister, forcing Kwasi Kwarteng to carry the can for turmoil sparked by her right-wing economic platform as restive Conservatives plotted her own demise. The chancellor of the exchequer was dismissed in person by Truss after he rushed back early from international meetings in Washington, multiple…
By Correspondent in Abeokuta. A 39-year-old man, Mfon Jeremiah, a resident of FIRRO Estate off Adesan,Mowe has been arrested by men of the Police Command in Ogun state for allegedly impregnating his 13 year-old-biological daughter(name withheld). According to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO,for the Police Command in the state,SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,in a statement on…
Photo credit: NCC. BY MEDIA TEAM. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission,NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has said telecom infrastructure is very critical to successful 2023 elections, therefore, every Nigerian in every community should join hands in protecting them for the benefit of the country. This is contained in a statement signed by…
Lagos. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalists, Mr. Dare Akogu on Thursday by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force in an effort to coerce him to retract an allegation of corruption he reportedly made against an official of the State Government. In a statement issued…
Prof.Emmanuel Osodeke,ASUU President. Photo credit: Content 101. By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has officially announced the suspension of its eight months old strike that paralysed activities at most universities in Nigeria. The National President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who made the official pronouncement…
Stethoscope. Photo credit: Wikipedia. By Correspondent in Lokoja. The hope of Isaac Alaba David, an indigent student from central Senatorial district of Kogi State, to study medicine and surgery at the Federal University of Lokoja,FUL, started on a happy note with the Board of Trustees of Ebira Education Trust Fund, BTEETF,supporting the realisation of his…
Hon.Arome Ibrahim. By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. The Board Chairman, kogi State Office for Disability Affairs, Hon. Arome Ibrahim,had apoealed to government, cooperate organizations and well to do individuals to come to the aid of people with disabilities, PwDs,who are victims of flood in the state. Ibrahim made the appeal in a statement he made…
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee told Channels TV early Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting…
