November 17, 2021

ASUU Hasn't Told Me About Planned Strike - Ngige

ASUU: Government Alone Cannot Fund Education – Ngige

November 17, 2021 12:57 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has asserted that education cannot be funded by the government alone.

Ngige said this on Tuesday when he made an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York while responding to questions about the looming industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

He said; ‘The state of education here is not anything to cheer about, I agree. The standard has fallen, I agree. But education cannot be funded by Government alone’.

‘I know that because I schooled here in …

2 Killed, Many Injured As Gunmen Attack Taraba Community

November 17, 2021 12:32 am

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed no fewer than two persons in a fresh attack on Rafinkada village of Wukari Local Government Council of Taraba State.

Several persons were confirmed to have sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries in the bloody attack.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that properties worth millions of Naira were also destroyed by the attackers even as the reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained.

Residents of the community told reporters on Tuesday that the attackers invaded the community when the people were deeply asleep.

Stressing how they were forced out …

FG Paying Lip Services To Security Challenges – Gov Ortom

November 17, 2021 12:01 am

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has accused the Federal Government of not taking the fight against insecurity seriously noting that the Government was only paying lips service to the security challenges bedevilling the country.

Governor Ortom made the claim while speaking with journalists on Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 in Abuja. He said that Nigerians are currently under siege and if urgent steps are not taken, terrorists would overrun the country in no distant time.

According to him, no fewer than 1,700 person’s have been killed in Benue State since the state of insecurity under the Buhari administration deteriorated, stressing that …