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How I Solved Dispute With ASUU In One Night – Jonathan

1Sep

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

How I Solved Dispute With ASUU In One Night – Jonathan

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has recalled how he ended a four-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in a single night. Jonathan disclosed this in Abuja during the 70th birthday celebration of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, put together by Kukah Centre. According to the former president, it required his intervention and determination to resolve the contending issues with the university lecturers. He stated that he had to get involved after several committees set up to resolve the issues failed to achieve any result. See Also: ASUU Strike: FG convenes Meeting Of Varsity Councils, VCs He said, “Now we are talking about ASUU strike, during my time too, ASUU had four months of strike, different committee...

How Buhari, Amaechi Interfered In 2019 Rivers Election – Wike

1Sep

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News, Nigeria

How Buhari, Amaechi Interfered In 2019 Rivers Election – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, meddled in the 2019 governorship poll in the State. The accusation was made during the flag-off ceremony of the construction of internal roads in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Council of the state, performed by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Wike said: “I heard Mr. President say, yesterday, that he will not interfere (in the 2023 election). He told the governors he will not interfere. In the other one (2019), you interfered by sending people to come and finish us in Rivers State. “Thank you, Mr. President, for saying you will not interfere or intimidate anybody, which means there’s no way for your party. “Of course, he interfered, the last...

Bishop Kukah Speaks Truth To Power – Atiku

31Aug

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News, Nigeria

Bishop Kukah Speaks Truth To Power – Atiku

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has lauded the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Kukah, on the occasion of his 70th birthday on August 31. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate disclosed this in a statement issued by spokesman, Paul Ibe. He described Bishop Kukah as a remarkable public intellectual, stressing that his contributions to the country’s democracy were immeasurable. He said, “Bishop Kukah is widely misunderstood because he speaks truth to power; a task that often attracts adversaries in our kind of society.” See Also: Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC According to Atiku, religious leaders are the moral compass and conscience of the people. “They have the obligation to t...

ASUU Strike: FG convenes Meeting Of Varsity Councils, VCs

31Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG convenes Meeting Of Varsity Councils, VCs

The Federal Government has convened a meeting of pro-chancellors, vice-chancellors and chairmen of government councils of federal universities in Abuja on September 6 as part of an attempt to find a solution to the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The meeting was called on the instance of the National Universities Commission, NUC. The invitation letter which was signed by Chris Maiyaki, NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, stated that participants would review steps taken by the government to resolve the strike. This comes after ASUU declared an indefinite strike after repeatedly rolling over its strike. Recall that ASUU commenced strike on February 14, 2022, over disputes with the federal government bothering on the renegotiati...

Appeal Court Rules on Delta PDP Gov Candidate

30Aug

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Appeal Court Rules on Delta PDP Gov Candidate

The Abuja court of appeal has upheld the nomination of Sherrif Oborevwori as the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The court overturned the judgement of a federal high court in Abuja that asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize David Edevbie as the authentic candidate of the PDP for the guber poll. Recall that Oborevwori, speaker of the Delta house of assembly, had polled 590 votes to defeat his closes rival, Edevbie, the commissioner for finance during the James Ibori administration, who got 113 votes. Edevbie had rejected the outcome of the election and headed to the court to seek redress over alleged discrepancies in Oborevwori’s certificates. Delivering judgement, the court of appeal held that the a...

30Aug

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Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Embarks On Indefinite Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared a comprehensive and indefinite industrial action. The union’s National Executive Council had convened a meeting on Sunday to deliberate the government’s failure to meet their demands. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting titled, ‘ASUU strikes are to save public universities,’ and signed by ASUU National President, Prof, Emmanuel Osodeke, noted the disappointment of NEC at the insincerity of the government. It read, ‘‘In view of the foregoing, and following extensive deliberations on government’s response to the resolution of 14th February 2022, so far, NEC concluded that the demands of the union had not been satisfactorily addressed. Consequently, NEC resolved to transmute the roll-over strike to a compr...

I Prioritise Transparency, Social Justice, Osinbajo Says

29Aug

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Nigeria

I Prioritise Transparency, Social Justice, Osinbajo Says

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that he places a high premium on the virtues of integrity, transparency and social justice. This was contained in a statement issued by Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande, on Sunday in Abuja. According to the statement, the vice-president interacted with a group of Harvard Business School students, numbering about a dozen, who paid him a visit at the Presidential Villa. The students, some of whom are Nigerians and are currently on an African excursion, asked questions bothering on leadership, faith, spirituality, government policies in education, health, and economy among others. He said, “Just looking at these values, there is a great deal of unanimity about what is the right thing to do. “The question is whether or not you will...

29Aug

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Elections, News, Nigeria

I Have No Anointed Candidate – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he has no preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 elections but instead has a national agenda. His comment comes in the wake of recent meetings and engagements with presidential aspirants from different political parties across the country. He stated this on Sunday in Niger State after closed-door meetings with former Presidents, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar at their residents in Minna. Obasanjo said, “I don’t have a special candidate for the 2023 presidential election but rather, I have a National Agenda,” Recall that the former President had met with Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Bola Tinubu and other notable Nige...

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

28Aug

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

Ahead of the commencement of campaigns, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cautioned politicians against the use of masquerades, religious centres and public facilities for campaigns. The electoral body warned political office seekers to conform to the provisions of the Electoral Act to avoid being sanctioned as stipulated by the Act. Campaigns are scheduled to commence on September 28 for presidential and National Assembly ahead of the general election in February 2023. This was disclosed by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, in an interview with Punch. Okoye said, “Section 92 of the Electoral Act makes it mandatory that a political campaign or slogan shall not be tainted ...

ASUU Strike: Emulate Jonathan, Osodeke Tells FG

28Aug

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Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Emulate Jonathan, Osodeke Tells FG

Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has asked the Federal Government to refer to the example set by former President Goodluck Jonathan in putting an end to the ongoing strike. Recall that ASUU had on February 14, 2022, embarked on industrial action over government’s failure to implement the agreements reached with the union. Proffering a solution to the lingering strike, Osodeke, in an interview with AIT, recalled that President Jonathan held a 14-hour meeting with the union to find a solution to their dispute. The ASUU President asked the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to set up a committee of passionate individuals who have a genuine desire for the progress of the country. He said, “Government should for once g...