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Lawan Tackles FG as Senate Intervenes in Govt, ASUU Impasse

13Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Lawan Tackles FG as Senate Intervenes in Govt, ASUU Impasse

Ahmed Lawan, President of the Nigerian Senate has reproached the Federal Government for committing to an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which it knows it will not fulfill. He disclosed that in a closed door meeting between the leadership of ASUU and the Senate in Abuja on Monday where the body presented its alternative payroll system, the Univeristy Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). He said,” Sometimes you wonder how somebody would sign some of the agreements and later say I cannot implement them. “Why did you sign in the first place?” “When we negotiate, we must negotiate in such a manner that the final product will be implementable.” The senate president urged ASUU to adopt compromise in its demands for the sake of students who ha...

SARS Disbandment only the First Step in Police Reform – Buhari

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria, Security

SARS Disbandment only the First Step in Police Reform – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation on Monday amid the persistent nationwide peaceful demonstration against brutality and highhandedness of operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. Buhari in a short clip posted on his official Twitter handle, @MBuhari, said the disbandment of SARS was only a first step to extensive police reforms, adding that major responsibility of the police was the protection of lives of the people. He added that his administration will ensure that all those responsible for wrongdoing are brought to justice. The President stated that an inquiry into the murder of a young man in Oyo State during the protests had been instigated. He said, “I will like to use this opportunity to say a word on the recent gen...

FG Approves Extension of New Electricity Tariffs Suspension by One Week

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Power

FG Approves Extension of New Electricity Tariffs Suspension by One Week

The Federal Government and the organised labour yesterday agreed to extend the suspension of the new electricity tariffs by one week. The decision was reached on Sunday during a meeting between the FG team and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. Recall that the government had on September 28 postponed the implementation of the new tariffs by two weeks to its review by the technical committee after a meeting with organised labour, which kicked against the spike in petroleum and electricity prices. The FG team led by the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha in a meeting with organised labour at the Presidential Villa banquet hall also agreed to distribute one million meters to reduce the metering gap in the country. The ...

Varsity Workers Won’t be Cowed into Enrolling on IPPIS – ASUU Tells FG

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Varsity Workers Won’t be Cowed into Enrolling on IPPIS – ASUU Tells FG

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), accused the Federal Government of engaging in blackmail of its workers into enrolling on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Dr Austen Sado, Chairman of the University of Port Harcourt Branch of ASUU, on Sunday said members of the union will not be pushed into enrolling on IPPIS despite some of its members not being paid salaries since February. Sado spoke in reaction to the order stopping the salaries of university workers who are yet to enroll on IPPIS. He said, “The directive to stop salaries clearly shows that there is something the Federal Government is not telling the people. “What they are doing now is just blackmail and threat to see how they would weaken our members to go and enroll (on IPPIS...

#EndSARS: SERAP Asks Commonwealth to Sanction Nigeria Over Attacks on Protesters

11Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Human Rights, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

#EndSARS: SERAP Asks Commonwealth to Sanction Nigeria Over Attacks on Protesters

Socio-Economic and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, to hold Nigerian authorities to account for persistent attacks on protesters demanding for an end to SARS. The group criticised many reports of human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria by security operatives. This was disclosed in a letter to Scotland by Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP’s Deputy Director who asked for suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth as a measure to induce the government to respect the values of human rights, transparency, accountability and the rule of law, Vanguard reports. According to the letter, SERAP said, “A government that attacks its own citizens for peaceful protests severely undermines its credibility as a democratic regi...

Ondo Decides: Akeredolu Tops as INEC Declares Results from 15 LGAs

11Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo Decides: Akeredolu Tops as INEC Declares Results from 15 LGAs

Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has maintained the lead in the Ondo State governorship election as results from 15 out of 18 Local Governments are announced. This is according to results announced by the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission at its collation centre in Akure. Candidate of the APC, Akeredolu won in 12 LGAs while Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled the highest votes in three LGAs. The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and Deputy governor of the state, is yet to win any LGA. The results show that out of the 17 political parties that are participating in the election, Akeredolu has 229,309 votes, Jegede has garnered 170,138 votes while Ajayi trails with 53,422 votes. Aker...

Ondo Election: Governor AKeredolu Leads After INEC Declared Results From 12 Local Governments

11Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo Election: Governor AKeredolu Leads After INEC Declared Results From 12 Local Governments

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has garnered the most votes cast in the Ondo State governorship election after Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared results from 12 local government areas collation centres. The incumbent governor leads his main opponent, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP with a margin of above 81,000 votes. The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, occupies the third spot. Results declared so far shows that Akeredolu who is seeking a second third in office so far has 189,489 votes while Jegede has 108,195 votes in the election.

Atiku Abubakar Berates Buhari Over 2021 Proposed Budget

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, Finance, News, Nigeria

Atiku Abubakar Berates Buhari Over 2021 Proposed Budget

Former Vice president Atiku Abubakar has taken a jibe 2021 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. He said the N13.08 trillion 2021 budget proposal contravened the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 presidential election faulted the budget proposal in a statement released on Friday, titled “The 2021 Budget Proposal Contravenes the Fiscal Responsibility Act”. He said the N5.21 trillion budget deficit amounted to over 3,5 per cent of Nigeria’s 2019 Gross Domestic Product, GDP. The statement part read, “I call on the President, to recall this budget, and recalibrate it to reflect the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, and the current economic realities ...

Ondo Decides: Jegede Votes, Refuses to Jump Queue

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ondo Decides: Jegede Votes, Refuses to Jump Queue

Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing Ondo State governorship election has cast his vote at his polling unit, joining other electorates in the queue before voting. Jegede said his refusal to jump the queue was to serve as an example to the good people of the state on the best way to behave. The PDP flagbearer and his wife arrived polling unit at Ward 2, Polling Unit 10, Akure South Local Government, at about 9:00am. The former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice while speaking to journalists said, “Don’t forget that I am a citizen of this state. The same blood that flows in my veins flows in their veins. It is only fair that we stay where we should be. “The truth is that so many people came here so early and it will be unfair for me ...

Sanwolu-Olu Grants Funke Akindele and Husband Pardon Over Breach of COVID-19 Regulations

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Justice, Lagos News, News, Rwanda

Sanwolu-Olu Grants Funke Akindele and Husband Pardon Over Breach of COVID-19 Regulations

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State has pardoned Nollywood actress, Mrs Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bello, who were both arrested and detained over breach of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. Sanwo-Olu also granted state pardon to 56 inmates from different prisons in the state. This was disclosed by Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State. Onigbanjo said the decision was reached based on the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, under the powers granted by Section 212 (1) & (2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The Attorney-General through a statement issued by Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Mr Kayode Oyekanmi, said the release of the inmate...