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ASUU agreed to end Strike today – Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has revealed that it has delivered on offers made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister made it known that at its last meeting, the union agreed to call off the nine-month-old strike before December 9. Ngige in his statement on Tuesday noted that ASUU wrongly informed the public that the government agreed to pay all withheld salaries before it will resume work. He stressed that the timelines attached to the various offers made to the union had been complied with. The minister further stated that he had reached…
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EndSARS: I was disgusted by the CNN and BBC coverage, they ignored the killing of policemen – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disgust over the CNN and BBC coverage of the EndSARS protests. Speaking at the meeting with state governors at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday December 8, he said the coverage failed to depict the killing of policemen, the burning of police stations and prisons that were opened. “I was disgusted by the coverage, which did not give attention to the policemen that were killed, the stations that were burnt, and prisons that were opened. (They said we are all at fault. We don’t have the sympathy of anyone. We are on our own)…
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Sponsors of the EndSARS protest have plans to completely bring down the country’s economy to give way for a military take over – Northern Youth Group alleges
The Northern Youth leaders Forum (NYLF) has warned against the ongoing second wave of the EndSARS protest. According to them, they had obtained from a credible source that sponsors of the protest have strategies at hand to bring down completely the Nigerian economy in order to give way for a military take over. NYLF Chairman, Elliot Afiyo, made the allegation while addressing newsmen in Yola, the Adamawa state capital on Tuesday, December 8. He said the protest should not be allowed to take place in any of the northern states and Abuja as the youths will not hesitate to violently…
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EndSARS: If you come out to protest violently, we have the power to use our fire arms – IGP Adamu
The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has warned against any form of violent Protest in the ongoing second wave of the EndSARS protests. Speaking on Tuesday, December 8, at the Enugu state police command where he had gone to inspect the level of destruction recorded at the command after the peaceful EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums, he warned that if any one has in mind to protest violently, police officials will not hesitate to take those involved with maximum force. According to him, the law permits them to use fire arms in such situations. He said; “The violent protest…
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ASUU does not care about the challenges facing the country – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment with the Academic Staff Union of Universities over their persistent strike. According to the president, the union has failed to consider the challenges facing the country. Speaking during his meeting with the 36 state governors in the presidential villa on Tuesday, he said he is amazed that the union will stay out of classroom for this long. He further called for the need for the elites to understand the challenges facing the country. A statement released by his media aide, Garba Shehu, after the meeting, quoted the President as saying; “Lecturers had not taken…
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I can never come to your house for reconciliation – Gani Adams replies Obasanjo
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to last Wednesday’s statement credited to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that his (Adams’) past ways negated his (Obasanjo’s) principles and standards. Media reports stated last week that a reconciliatory meeting between Obasanjo and Adams held in the Lagos residence of a notable leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. Adams, who is also the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, was arrested during Obasanjo administration in September 2001 by the police for alleged violence in some parts of the country linked to his group. But…
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“Nigeria does not engage in religious freedom violation or religious persecution – Lai Mohammed replies U.S Govt
The Federal Government has denied allegations by the United States of engaging in systematic and egregious religious freedom violations. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said Nigeria did not have a policy of religious persecution. The minister described the allegation as a case of an honest disagreement between the two nations on the causes of violence in Nigeria. “Nigeria does not engage in religious freedom violation, neither does it have a policy of religious persecution. “Victims of insecurity and terrorism in the country are adherents of Christianity, Islam, and…
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Woman allegedly burns her stepdaughter’s face with hot knife in Abuja
A woman has been accused of inflicting bodily harm on her young stepdaughter and subjecting the young girl to other forms of physical and mental abuse. The victim is identified as Husnah Habib, a class 4 student of Islamic school, Sheikh Abubakar Gummi Academy located in Asokoro, Abuja. According to the video posted today by Hausa Blogger, Northern Hisbiscus, the young girl came to school on Tuesday morning, December 8, with burn wounds on her face and hand. Narrating her ordeal in the video, the young girl said that the stepmother put a kitchen knife on fire and when it became hot, she placed it…
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Borders to be Reopened soon- President Buhari
President Buhari has said that the Nigerian land borders that have been closed since August 2019, will soon be reopened. The President stated this when he met with the 36 state governors in the statehouse Abuja yesterday, December 8th. At the meeting, President Buhari briefed the governors on the measures his administration is taking to curtail the deplorable state of insecurity. The President informed the state governors that his government has invested heavily in weapons and equipment for the military and that his administration will continue to support the military in its fight against criminality. Regarding the closed borders, the President said…
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PDP calls on INEC to deregister APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party. The call was made on Tuesday via Twitter by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan following the decision of the APC to dissolve its ward, state, zonal and national structures. There had been reports that the APC at its NEC meeting held on Tuesday approved the dissolution of all of its party structures across the different levels. Reacting to the move, PDP called on INEC to deregister the party and declare all its legislative seats…
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Davido loses personal bodyguard
Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan, Davido’s personal bodyguard is dead. He died on Tuesday, December 8th after battling with an undisclosed illness. Members of the DMW crew and other celebrities have taken to social media to mourn the death of the 36-year-old. Teejay is survived by a wife and children. May his soul rest in peace
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“Women are not rehabilitation centres for badly raised men” – Betty Akeredolu reacts to reconciliation of Channels TV staff with his wife
Ondo state first lady, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has reacted to reports of the reconciliation of Channels TV reporter, Pius Angbo and his wife, Dr. Ifeyinwa. Dr. Ifeyinwa over the weekend shared a video online in which she accused her husband Pius, a Channels TV correspondent based in Benue, of constantly violating her in their six years of marriage. On Monday, December 7, Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, intervened and reconciled the couple. Reacting to the development via her social media handle, Mrs. Akeredolu said it is the responsibility of mothers to raise their sons to respect women adding that wives are…
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