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I Have Three Children In Public Universities – Ngige

I Have Three Children In Public Universities – Ngige

November 23, 2020 11:04 am

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has restated the commitment of Federal Government to end the eight-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

He described as untrue, comments that government officials have been foot-draggers in the ongoing negotiations with the university lecturers because their children school abroad.

Ngige said, ‘I have three biological children in public schools. They are in public schools; they are not in private universities. Unlike ASUU members who have most of their children in private universities, three of mine are here. So, I am a very big stakeholder

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Ondo Gov, Akeredolu Approves 22 New Appointments

Akeredolu Sacks Attorney-General, Appoints Replacement

November 23, 2020 11:00 am

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Monday rejigged his cabinet following the removal of Adekola Olawoye, SAN, as the Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General of the State.

Following the removal of Olawoye, the governor replaced him with Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney General of the State.

According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Segun Ajiboye, in a statement issued, Titiloye’s name will be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for confirmation.

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Titiloye who was a former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar of Association, …

Strike: Nigerian Govt, Doctors Sign New Agreement

FG Criticised Over Plan To Import Petroleum From Niger Republic

November 23, 2020 1:26 am

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described as embarrassing Federal Government’s plan to import petroleum products from Niger Republic.

Onuesoke, a former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant said that the pronouncement sounded unbelievable to him because Nigeria has four refineries while Niger Republic has only one.

Recall that Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Niger Republic to import petroleum products from desert country.

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Reacting to the pronouncement while addressing aviation correspondents at the Murtala Mohammed …

We'll Follow Election Laws - Republican Lawmakers Tell Trump

We’ll Follow Election Laws – Republican Lawmakers Tell Trump

November 22, 2020 5:14 am

Republican Lawmakers from Michigan have told President Trump that they will still stick to the states’ election laws of awarding the state’s electors to the candidate that won the popular votes.

This follows a meeting they had with Trump where the president persuaded them to award him the state’s electors despite losing the state to Biden with 154,000 vote margin. Critics have accused the U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to leverage the power of the Oval Office to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as stating that his futile efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election could do …

Nigeria’s Future Lies In The North Central - Saraki

Nigeria’s Future Lies In The North Central – Saraki

November 22, 2020 5:12 am

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki Friday insisted that the North Central Region of Nigeria will determine the future of the country.

Senator Saraki, a former governor of Kwara state, while arguing that the region would further develop the country, said the mineral resource deposits in the region was a huge source of income in the future.

The former Senate President stated this when he was visited by the leaders of the North Central People’s Forum (NCPF) in his Abuja home also added that the North-Central region belongs to Nigeria and deserves every consideration others will get in the 2023 permutations.…

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

November 21, 2020 6:15 am

Members of Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) are set to protest the killing of their member by a security aide to the Speaker of House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

President of the Association, Benji Obute, made this known while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Thursday. He said the association will stage a protest at the National Assembly and the Police Headquarters today over the killing of Elechi Emmanuel.

Obute noted that all their members would converge at Area 1 today to start the protest, noting that no newspapers would be distributed until after the protest. He appealed to media houses …

U.S. Election - Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

U.S. Election: Romney Condemns Trump For Baseless Claims

November 21, 2020 6:04 am

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said that President Donald Trump is actively seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s historic victory in the 2020 presidential election. In a statement posted on Twitter, Romney condemned Trump for pressuring local GOP officials in states that he clearly lost to appoint pro-Trump electors and overrule the will of the people in a last-ditch effort to tilt the Electoral College in his favor and steal the election.

‘Having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the President has now resorted to overt pressure on …

#EndSARS - DJ Switch Is A Fraud - Nigerian Government

#EndSARS: DJ Switch Is A Fraud – Nigerian Government

November 20, 2020 5:47 am

Nigerian government through the Minister of Information and Culture has said the real intention of Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch in her footage on the Lekki toll gate shooting was to tarnish the image of the country. The government further demanded to know the alleged sponsors of the popular DJ.

DJ Switch who had live-streamed the shooting at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in October on Instagram have received a lot of condemnation from the government. The Defence Headquarters labelled videos of Massacre posted on social media as ‘photo-shopped.’

But DJ Switch’s live session amongst …

We Are Not Aware Of The Sale Of Government Assets - Senate

We Are Not Aware Of The Sale Of Government Assets – Senate

November 19, 2020 4:47 am

The Senate has disclosed that they are not aware of any plan to sell any national asset. The Chairman of the committee, Theodore Orji, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday, complaining that the relationship between the panel and the BPE has not been cozy. The lawmaker said the BPE boss ‘has refused to carry members of the panel along’.

On 2021 budget funding, the Senate committee on privatisation said the chamber is not aware of any planned agreement by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to sell or concession some national properties to help fund the 2021 budget. President Muhammadu …

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You’re On Your Own – Ebonyi Senators, Reps Reply Umahi

November 18, 2020 10:59 am

Ebonyi State National Assembly members, elected in the political party; the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have said they will not be defecting to the APC against.

The Chairman of South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State; David Umahi,  announced on Tuesday that he was joining the All Progressive Congress (APC). He based his decision on the  ‘marginalization’ of Igbos by the PDP.

He said the party PDP by now, should have stated, categorically, whether it would zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the South-East or not.

The Chairman added that there will be a mass exodus of leaders …

Supreme Court Rules In Suit Against Diri As Bayelsa Gov

Supreme Court Rules In Suit Against Diri As Bayelsa Gov

November 18, 2020 8:00 am

Douye Diri has been affirmed as the duly elected Governor of Bayelsa State, by a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, dismissed the six appeals filed against Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.

Justice Ngwuta, in his judgement, predicated the dismissal of the appeals on the withdrawal of the six appeals by lawyers of the appellants.

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The appeals dismissed were filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), Accord Party (AP) …

Insecurity: Government Doing Its Best – Buhari

ASUU Strike: FG Alone Can’t Finance UNIs In Nigeria – Buhari

November 18, 2020 7:58 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Federal Government alone can’t finance universities in Nigeria.

Buhari said the private sector must be involved in financing universities in the country because the burden is too much for the government alone.

Speaking at the 2020 convocation and 72nd foundation day celebration of the University of Ibadan on Tuesday, the President said universities should make themselves attractive to the private sector.

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The President was represented at the occasion by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed.

He charged …

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