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ASUU strike: You are very shameless Minister – Aisha Yesufu blasts education Minister for walking out on students during meeting

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Popular Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has berated the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for walking out on students during a meeting on Tuesday. It was reported that the minister had an impromptu meeting with some members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, on Tuesday following the lingering strike embarked upon by the […]

2023 Presidency: Sowore joins race

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Nigerian human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has officially joined the presidential race ahead of the 2023 general elections. Sowore disclosed the development in a post on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday morning. According to SaharaReporters, Sowore is expected to contest on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC). Recall that the activist, while […]

Gov Darius Ishaku under attack for allegedly appointing only Christians as principal officers in TSU

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has kicked against the decision made by the Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, to appoint only Christians as principal officers of the Taraba State University (TSU). The Islamic rights group also questioned the Ishaku’s alleged lopsided appointments of permanent secretaries which, which according to them, favoured Christians only. MURIC, in […]

Presidency: Jonathan’s Govt tried to bend electoral system against Buhari

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Nigeria’s Presidency has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration worked assiduously to bend the electoral system in its bid to scuttle the victory of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) during the 2015 presidential election. The Presidency disclosed its position in a statement signed on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President […]

ASUU vows not to call off one month strike, as it dismisses NANS planned protest

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not call off the one-month warning strike it began on February 14. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, while on Channels TV Monday, emphasized that the union would not be backing down on the strike as the Federal government has consistently failed to keep […]

256 fleeing Nigerian nationals from Ukraine received in different Nigerian embassies

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Officials of the Nigerian embassy in Romania, said they have received 130 Nigerians safely in Bucharest in the last one day where they have been provided accommodation and will be documented, while the government finalises arrangements to bring them back home. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this disclosed in a statement signed by […]

Court rejects Abba Kyari’s bail application

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

The Abuja Federal High Court,, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo has rejected a bail application filed by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The court held in a ruling on Monday, that the application has been overtaken by events. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had on Monday February 14 declared Kyari wanted “over […]

2023: Atiku hints on contesting for President, says Nigeria will be safe in his hands

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Nigeria’s former Vice President, has said Nigerians would be safe in his hands if he becomes President in 2023. The former Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP said he understands the country’s challenges; hence Nigerians would be in safe hands if he becomes President. He spoke at the South-West edition of the Atiku […]

2023: Buhari’s assent to electoral bill will make no difference – Pastor Giwa

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022Ayo Fashanu

Following the signing into law of the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, the Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Pastor Adewale Giwa, has stated that the move will not make any impact on the country’s political space. According to Giwa, the 2023 elections will […]

NANS urge FG, ASUU to end long time feud, in best interest of students

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022Ayo Fashanu

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to amicably settle the lingering crisis between them leading to incessant strikes in the education sector in the best interest of the Nigerian students. Addressing a press conference at the secretariat of the […]

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ASUU strike: You are very shameless Minister – Aisha Yesufu blasts education Minister for walking out on students during meeting

2023 Presidency: Sowore joins race

Gov Darius Ishaku under attack for allegedly appointing only Christians as principal officers in TSU

Presidency: Jonathan’s Govt tried to bend electoral system against Buhari

ASUU vows not to call off one month strike, as it dismisses NANS planned protest

256 fleeing Nigerian nationals from Ukraine received in different Nigerian embassies

Court rejects Abba Kyari’s bail application

2023: Atiku hints on contesting for President, says Nigeria will be safe in his hands

2023: Buhari’s assent to electoral bill will make no difference – Pastor Giwa

NANS urge FG, ASUU to end long time feud, in best interest of students

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