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ASUU strike: Committee of VCs asks Buhari to pay professors N800,000 salary
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has set up a sustainable peace team to resolve the lingering impasse between President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The former secretary general of CVCNU, Prof. Michael Faborode, and the co-coordinator of the team confirmed this on Tuesday through ‘The Sustainable Peace Team Working Paper’. He…
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Tinubu hails Iwuanyawu at 80, Boss Mustapha at 66
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has congratulated Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu and Boss Mustapha on the occasion of their birthdays. The newspaper publisher clocked 80, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation was celebrating his 66th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman wished both men long life. “Today,…
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FG suspends Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project over insecurity
Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has announced the suspension of the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern rail line. Sambo said this while inspecting the project in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The minister said the rehabilitation project was suspended due to insecurity and vandalism of railway property along the corridor. He said the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo in US, engages Kamala Harris, World Bank executives
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is currently in the United States on working visit met his counterpart, Kamala Harris and World Bank Group President, David Malpass and other executives on Saturday. During the engagements he discussed bilateral issues between America and Nigeria with Kamala Harris. In the meeting with the World Bank President, Osinbajo discussed Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan and…
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EFCC debunks reports Bawa travelled with Tunde Ayeni
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says reports its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa travelled out of the country with former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Mr. Tunde Ayeni are false. The EFCC in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the story was published “o push a certain malodorous agenda”. “The attention of the…
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Igbo missed out in APC, terribly in PDP-Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi said his loss at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election, was the will of God. He, however, said while the South East missed out of Igbo presidency in the APC, it suffered even more in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on an interview with Arise TV Umahi said with the kind…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo meets Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, seeks support for Nigeria’s energy transition
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Washington met with top officials of United States Treasury including the Secretary, Janet Yellen. Osinbajo sought the support of the US Government for Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan and for Nigeria’s participation as a G7 Climate Partnership Country.
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Why UAE barred stranded Nigerians from entering Dubai
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given reasons why immigration in the United Arab Emirates barred some Nigerians from entering Dubai. A video has gone viral on social media, where some Nigerians alleged they were stopped from entering Dubai. In a statement by spokesperson, Francisca K. Omayuli on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the affected Nigerians entered the…
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FG launches delivery tracker to monitor performance in MDAs
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Presidential Delivery Tracks and Central Delivery Coordinating Unit Website. The PDT/CDCU device is developed to track, review and periodically report the activities of MDAs, performance of ministers, permanent secretaries and others in the delivery of the ministerial mandates assigned to them. At launch at the presidential villa in Abuja, the Secretary to the Government…
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Buhari mourns Gorbachev, says he changed the world
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the last leader of the former Soviet Union, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, as “a courageous reformer who will be remembered for years to come because of his immeasurable contributions to world peace and openness in his own once rigidly closed society.” Reacting to the death of Gorbachev at 91 on Tuesday, President Buhari said: “The late…
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