The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its strike. The union announce the suspension of the 65- day strike in a statement on Wednesday The Polytechnic lecturers have been on industrial action for more over the failure of the federal government to meet their demands some of which include non-implementation of the 2014…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked those agitating for the disintegration of the country to shelve the idea and work for unity. Speaking during his investiture as a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), by the Ogun chapter on Wednesday, the elder statesman said it is better for the country to remain as…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended its two months old nationwide strike. JUSUN had, on April 6, embarked on a nationwide strike in protest of the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. However, the union resolved to suspend the industrial action during its national executive council (NEC) meeting, which held on…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that Twitter must be registered as a business entity in Nigeria before the ban imposed on the social media by the federal government can be lifted. He also disclosed that the management of Twitter has reached out for a “high-level discussion” to resolve the…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos A lecturer with the Department of Theatre Arts of the University of Jos, Dr. Dan Ella, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence at Haske quarters in Laminga community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Nigerians against the resort to using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the banned microblogging platform, Twitter. The party in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, warned that many private investments have already been scammed as a result of using VPN. The statement signed by the…
