Again, varsities face lockdown as workers begin strike today

Again, varsities face lockdown as workers begin strike today

n, varsities face lockdown as workers begin strike today •Non-teaching staff shut varsities offices, gates, ministry mum as minister quits Wednesday The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has vowed to indefinitely shut down all activities in universities across the country from Monday (today) when they embark on an indefinite strike. A statement signed by […]

October 28, 2024 9

NEWS

PDP crisis: Damagum camp, anti-Wike govs may clash today

The 13 state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are headed for a possible showdown today (Monday) as they meet to discuss the party’s internal crisis, which took a deeper turn on Friday following the emergence of a factional PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Yayari Mohammed. Friday’s development marked a new twist in the clamour to remove the PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, who is an […]

October 14, 2024 7

POLITICS

BREAKING: Pro-Fubara, Wike lawmakers hold parallel sittings today

There is palpable tension in Rivers as the two factions of the State House of Assembly will have parallel sittings this morning. On Sunday night the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House loyal to the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara had in a letter by the Clerk, Dr G. M Gillis-West, invited a new commissioner-nominee, Emmanuel Frank-Fubara, to appear before it on Monday for screening and confirmation as a member box the State Executive […]

July 8, 2024 13

NEWS

Electricity tariff hike: Labour demands reversal as protests begin today

•NLC, TUC, others to picket NERC office, DisCos in 36 states The organised labour will on Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government. The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Olatunji Ambali and the National Deputy President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim, who confirmed the planned protests in separate interviews on Sunday, […]

May 13, 2024 16

POLITICS

Military-ruled Chad elects president today

Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, as a fix following violent repression. Voters will choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule in one of the world’s poorest countries, a crucial territory in the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert region. They have the chance to opt instead […]

May 6, 2024 10

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