Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have begun a nationwide strike today (Monday) over alleged unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of salaries by the Federal Government.Last Monday, the unions threatened to shut down hostels and power supply in universities across
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The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party took on a different dimension on Saturday after the National Working Committee of the opposition party accused the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, of desperately seeking to replace its National Chairman, Julius Abure.The allegation was a response to an
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Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the last general elections, said Nigerians must vehemently condemn the decision of the accountant-general’s office to hold a workshop in London, saying that “the decision is not only unacceptable but also deeply troubling on multiple levels.”Obi said this in a statement on
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In the early hours of Saturday, terrorists launched a fresh attack on the Dogon-noma community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and abducted 15 women and a man.The attack came barely three days after one person was killed, and eight women were kidnapped in the Banono Angwaku community of
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A Middle Belt group, the Middle Belt Patriots, has urged state governors to reject pressure from the federal government to cede lands in their states to herders for grazing, adding that yielding to such demands will worsen the security situation in the region and indeed other parts of the country.In
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that the “Ounje Eko” food markets will begin sales of food items at discounted prices in the five divisions of the state on Sunday, March 17.Sanwo-Olu had stated that the food markets would operate exclusively on Sundays from 11am to 4pm across
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Gunmen kidnapped the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Mr. Tony Aziegbemi, on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aziegbemi was kidnapped at a spot close to his residence at the Government Reservation Area in Benin City.His abduction happened less than a month after the
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA.The Head of Public Relations and Protocol in the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.With the appointment, Ilori became the agency’s first female Director-General
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaAbout a month ago, Southern California witnessed a heart-wrenching incident as six individuals, including the Group Chief Executive of one of Nigeria's largest banks, lost their lives in a fatal helicopter crash. The somber news reverberated across local and international media outlets, casting a pall of sorrow over the
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The Tinubu-led Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme indefinitely.Speaking during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer, said the unveiling of the scheme has been postponed as some corrections are being made
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