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ASUU Strike: Ngige gives reason why FG can’t meet ASUU’s demand
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has stated the reason why the government cannot meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to Ngige the government cannot meet the Union’s request due to the present economic situation in the country as ASUU is demanding N110 billion for revitalisation of tertiary institutions amongst other requests. Ngige, who stated this on Wednesday night while briefing journalists immediately after a closed-door meeting with ASUU members in Abuja, reiterated that government had offered only N20 billion it can afford. “This government is not against revitalisation but this government…
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“We are ending estimated Electricity billing” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that its government is making moves to end the era of estimated electricity billing in the country. In a series of tweets shared via the President’s official Twitter handle, he stated that funding has been made available to DisCos to give out meters to consumers at no cost. He said the meters will be sourced from local manufacturers and in-country stock. According to the president, it is to ensure that Nigerians only pay for the electricity they consume. See his tweet below; “Under the first phase of the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, we are making…
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Niger State Governor’s aide, Muawiyah Yusuf Muye mocks #EndSARS frontliner Modupe Odele over seized passport
Muawiyah Yusuf Muye, a Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has mocked #EndSARS frontliner and lawyer, Modupe Odele over reports of her seized passport. Odele had attempted to leave the country for her birthday celebration but was prevented from leaving as her passport was seized. According to her, she was told she was under investigation. Reacting to this, Muye stated that she must prove that the Army killed innocent protesters He tweeted; “You claim to be a foreign-trained lawyer, you gained an invincible power some days ago, you claim they seized your passport…
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Strike – We are ready to resume – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said its members are ready to end the seven months strike only when lecturers’ demands are met. Prof Moyo Ajao, Chairperson of ASUU in UNILORIN who spoke at a press briefing on Wednesday said lecturers are ready to return to their duty post but they won’t work on an empty stomach. Represented by the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Ade Adejumo, Ajao said lecturers will return to work when the government releases their withheld salaries, remit the check-off dues of the union to the rightful owner. “We are ready to suspend…
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Nigerian woman becomes Minnesota state’s lawmaker in the US
A Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. Agbaje will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party. Agbaje won by a landslide, polling 17,396 votes or 74.7 percent of the total ballots cast to defeat her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky of the Republican Party who polled 4,128 votes, representing 17.7 percent of the total. The 35-year-old Nigerian woman graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., with a degree in political science and holds…
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“We are not a military state” – Oby Ezekwesili tells Buhari after reportedly seizing passport of EndSARS supporter
Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has called out President Muhammadu Buhari to remind him that the country is not a military state. This comes after one of the front liners of the EndSARS protester, Miss Modupe Odele’s Passport was reportedly seized by the NAIA Comptroller of Immigration on the order of the Nigerian Army without an Order granted by a court. Accounts of some EndSARS promoters were also reportedly frozen. In a series of tweets she shared via her Twitter handle, Oby said that if all these moves by the government are to silence the youths , then it…
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No Govt has provided jobs for youths like Buhari’s administration – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said no past administration has provided jobs for Nigerian youths the way the President Muhammadu Buhari- led administration has done. Speaking at a meeting of the Northern Governors Forum with traditional rulers on the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest on Monday, November 2, he said that several initiatives by President Buhari which are targeted at creating jobs for the youths and alleviating poverty among women and vulnerable groups and remain the best in the history of the country. “No government in the history of this country has ever methodically and seriously put…
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FG seeks NASS approval for $1.2 Billion Agriculture loan
The federal government of Nigeria has approached the National Assembly to seek the approval of $1.2 billion agricultural loan from Brazil. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made this known on Tuesday when she appeared before the lawmakers to defend her ministry’s 2021 budget figures. The Minister told members of the House of Representatives that government plans to use the loan to further improve the nation’s agricultural sector in order to boost government revenue. She added that the federal government plans to acquire 100,000 hectares of land in each of the 36 states for food production…
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ASUU strike: FG dismisses claim of Lecturers eight months unpaid salary
The Federal government has dismissed claims by university lecturers that they have not been paid for eight months, insisting such claims are unfair. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Nwajiuba said some lecturers got excess salaries and had to refund it to the government. There have been some controversies surrounding the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) into the educational system as ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi had accused the federal government of withholding the salaries of lecturers for eight months. Reacting to this, the Minister of State for Education Emeka Nwajiuba said; “I think it is…
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Landlord threatening to eject Nigerian embassy in Hungary over owed rent – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has disclosed that the Nigerian embassy in Hungary is under threat of being ejected over owed rent. While defending the ministry’s 2021 budget at the house of representatives in Abuja on Tuesday November 3, Onyeama stated that such complaints are always received from several missions around the world. He further revealed that the country owes a lot, as plans are being put in place to cut down the number of international organizations Nigeria belongs to. Onyeama said; “Just on Monday, the ambassador in Hungary called to say they are going to throw them out…
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SARS Officials threw me from a two-storey Building – Petitioner tells Judicial panel
Another petitioner, Ndukwe Ekekwe has narrated his ordeal in the hands of operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Speaking on Tuesday before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the brutality and inhumane operations of the defunct police unit, Ekekwe said he was randomly arrested without any valid reason, beaten up and then transferred to SARS office in Ikeja on February 16, 2018. Ekekwe also revealed that he was stabbed at different parts of his body by the officers, and later taken to his shop at Alaba where they…
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“It is possible Hoodlums wearing Army Uniform behind Lekki Shooting” – AGF, Malami
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has raised a possibility that the October 20 shooting of #EndSARS protesters in Lekki was done by hoodlums and not soldiers, and that investigation needs to be carried out to determine who shot the protesters.Speaking during a press conference, Malami said that it would be pre-emptive to say that there has even been a shooting and that the possibility the act was done by hoodlums should be considered. “You cannot rule out the possibility of perhaps hoodlums that set in to create a scene… could equally partake in the process,” Malami said.
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