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Gbajabiamila commends ASUU on suspension of 8 months industrial action
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has commended the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for suspending its eight-month-old strike. Gbajabiamila said this in a statement he personally signed on Friday which was made available to WesternPost. The speaker appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for working to resolve the issues that caused the strike. According to him, the House…
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We are going to court to protect our interest in Dangote Cement – Kogi govt
The last has not been heard of the face-off over the ownership of the Obajana Cement Plant as the Kogi State government, resolved on Friday to drag Dangote Cement Plc to court and reclaim what rightfully belongs to the people. The decision to go to court was taken at an emergency meeting on Thursday night between key government officials, led…
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Obajana Cement and Gov Bello’s fairy tales, By Yemi Adebowale
Anybody listening to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on the Obajana Cement Plant’s dispute with Dangote Cement PLC would think there was a cement production company owned by the Kogi State Government and sold to Dangote Industries Limited in 2002. NO! There was never anything like that. The Kogi State Governor has been dishing out fairy tales about Obajana…
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Toriola: Another Nigerian glory, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Professor Toriola, a molecular cancer epidemiologist, reputed for revolutionary research on breast cancer, who earned his first medical degree at OAU, Ile-Ife, just got Nigeria another honour. “Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, a professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a William H. Danforth Washington…
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Ayu denies taking N1bn from member, warns Wike against dragging family into party feud
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has denied collecting N1 billion from any member of the party. Ayu was reacting to allegations made by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike during his media chat on Friday. Ayu, who was responding after the meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT), on Friday also asked Wike to stop…
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Beyond the ASUU strike, By Segun Ayobolu
So the protracted 8-month strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could be brought to an end with constructive engagement between the union and government and with both sides making comprises so that the crisis could be amicably resolved at last? If so, why the grandstanding on both sides all this while with the elephants engaged in a…
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Atiku to feature in Arewa Joint Committee town hall policy dialogue in Kaduna
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will be a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive session with presidential candidates on Saturday in Kaduna. This was contained in a statement by Atiku’s Media Aide, Paul Ibe. The event is meant to x-ray the policy positions of presidential candidates of six respective political…
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Akan Okon’s case frivolous, speculative, Umo Eno tells court
The Akwa Ibom State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Pastor Umo Eno has urged the Federal High Court in Uyo to dismiss the suit filed against him by Mr Akan Okon, describing it as “frivolous, tendentious and wholly speculative.” Seeking for the award of a substantive cost against the plaintiff, Pastor Eno is submitting that Mr Okon failed to…
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2023: Court nullifies Adamawa APC governorship primary
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola on Friday nullified the Adamawa governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which produced Sen. Aishatu Binani, as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 election. Ruling on the case filed by Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the court declared Binani’s candidature null and void. In his ruling, Justice Abdulaaziz Anka said the APC…
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States must approach development as sovereign to boost growth – Osinbajo
Effective collaboration between federal and state governments with the private sector is a sure catalyst for boosting economic growth, economic diversification and improved productivity, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo, who stated this on Friday at the closing of the maiden Gombe State Investment Summit, also noted that improving the business environment is critical to “the prosperity…
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