The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government have…
The Nigerian Association of resident doctors (NARD) is to embark on a warning strike on Wednesday over the failure of the federal government to meet its demands. The association disclosed this in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Meeting on Monday in Abuja. The communique signed by the NARD president, Orji…
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna central senatorial zone, has said that Kaduna state was plundered by fraudulent technocrats, thieving consultants and contractors domiciled under the administration of ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai. He said the humongous amount of money allegedly stolen during the El-Rufai administration must be recovered. An ad-hoc committee set up by…
Taraba State governor, Kefas Agbu, has sought the intervention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in patrolling his state’s border with Cameroon. This came as the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said illegal mining of mineral resources was directly linked with terrorism and armed banditry. Speaking during a visit to the NAF…
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday, deliver judgment on the disputed July 16 governorship poll in Osun state. A five-member panel of justices led by John Okoro fixed the date on Monday after all the parties involved adopted their written briefs in the matter. The Osun governorship election tribunal, in January, held that Gboyega Oyetola…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to release newly designed naira notes by December 15, 2022. The CBN governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele , disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the redesigned notes include N200, N500 and N1000 adding that the old notes would cease to be regarded as…
