The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused some members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s executive council of peddling lies against the union in the course of their negotiation. The union expressed disappointment over alleged lies told by the Minister…
Electricity workers call off strike after shutting down national grid
After shutting down the national grid for more than five hours and plunging the entire country into darkness, the leadership of National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE) yesterday announced a suspension of its strike by two weeks. LEADERSHIP…
Resolve ASUU strike in 2 weeks, Buhari directs Adamu
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to end the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and industrial action by three other university-based unions. The President gave the directive during a meeting with some…
2023: APC rakes in N21.93b from 22 presidential, 105 governorship, 1,198 NASS aspirants
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is in good “business”. After six days of sales of expression of interest and nomination forms to various categories of aspirants, the party on Friday raked in a total of N21.9305 billion. The sum…
Anambra Decides: Voters bemoan faulty card reader at Ngige’s polling unit
Scores of voters could not vote as of 11:46 am in the Anambra governorship poll as the Biometric Voters accreditation System at Alor Ward 1 in the Idemili South LGA of the state was not functioning. According to the presiding…
Doctors’ Strike: FG to begin implementing demands Monday
The Federal Government says it will begin implementing an agreement it signed with Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday in efforts to end the indefinite strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Labour and employment minister…
FG’ll reopen talks with striking resident doctors, says Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Sunday said the federal government will soon engage the leadership of the striking National Association of Resident Doctors in a fresh talk with a view to ending the ongoing strike. He…
Ngige to striking doctors: We’ll invoke no work, no pay rule
Labour Minister Chris Ngige yesterday threatened to invoke the no work, no pay rule against striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if they refuse to go back to their duty posts. Ngige, who is a medical…
ASUU’s unending strike actions – Ehi Braimah
After what seemed like eternity, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its nine-month old strike. At a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, Biodun Ogunyemi, President of ASUU, announced a “conditional suspension” of the…
Peter Obi annoyingly stingy, his frugality legendary: Ex-Minister, Prof ABC Nwosu
The former Federal Minister of Health and an elder statesman, Prof ABC Nwosu, has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, as one who is not only annoyingly stingy but…