The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid. The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had been on strike if the Federal Government failed to […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, disclosed what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. Mr Gbajabiamila stated that the former President, at the meeting, assured Tinubu of victory in 2023. Though details of the closed-door meeting […]
The Federal Government has asked students to take the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to take legal action for compensation for the time lost since the varsity teachers began their latest round of strike. Education Minister Adamu Adamu said this on Thursday while fielding questions from reporters at the 47th Session of […]
France on Thursday denied accusations by Mali’s foreign minister that the French army has provided support to Islamist groups and violated Malian airspace. Mali’s relations with Paris have been deteriorating since a junta took power in an August 2020 coup, eventually culminating in the withdrawal of French troops that was completed on Monday after […]
The absence of the governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and some key members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Yola has reflected how the crisis rocking the party is weakening the presidential movement of the presidential candidate of the party in 2023, Atiku Abubakar. The PDP […]
The Nigerian electricity workers have suspended their nationwide strike, which led to a total blackout in different parts of the country. The electricity workers under the joint umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC) agreed to suspend the industrial action, following […]
Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022. The airline’s decision was due to the inability to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. Recall that the airline had in a leaked letter to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said it would reduce its […]
British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has confirmed he wants to buy a stake in Manchester United, to take full control of the club in the future. Ineos founder Ratcliffe is keen to speak to the club’s American owners, the Glazer family, about purchasing a stake in United. “If the club is for sale, Jim […]
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday described the positions of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the controversial $418 million Paris Club contractors’ fee as “fraudulent and self-serving.” The NGF Chairman and governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed the position of the forum in […]
Anambra Police Command has arrested the suspended transition committee chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area Mbazulike Iloka over the death of his wife. Anambra Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu confirmed the development to TheNation on Wednesday. He said the Command, through the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), was conducting further investigations to know what […]
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