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Share A group, Ibadan progressive Association, United States of America chapter, (IPAUSA) has distributed food items to 150 sweepers in Ibadan, Oyo state capital on Saturday. According to the vice president of the group , Ajibike Isaac, the distribution was an attempt to give succour to the needy in the society. He added that the group also embarked on the project to celebrate a festive season in America, called “Thanks giving Holiday”. “Since we are members of the USA chapter, we embarke...

Share The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the 2020 budget of N453.2 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the period ending March 31, 2021. The approval was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on NDDC by the Committee of Supply at plenary, which was presented by NDDC Chairman, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Out of the N453.200 billion, N27.389 billion is for Personnel Expenditure, N13.937 billion is for Overhead Expenditu...

ASUU Strike: FG, ASUU mum after another meeting The meeting was expected to lead to the call off of the strike but apparently ended without meeting that objective. 3 min read The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday declined to disclose the outcome of their meeting over the nine-month long strike by Nigerian university teachers. The meeting was expected to lead to the call off of the strike but apparently ended without meeting that o...

Share President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, has it that in a short remark shortly after the release was announced, President Buhari expressed the nation’s appreciation for the steps take...

Share No fewer than 344 kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State have been set freed by Boko Haram. BBC Hausa reported that the abducted students have been released and they are on their way to Katsina from Zamfara State. Secretary to the State Government, Dr Mustapha Inuwa confirmed the released of the students. He told the BBC Hausa that the kidnapped students were released to officials of the state government in the company of security agencies in T...

Share Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and the Governor of Zamfara Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle have reacted to a statement credited to the acting National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr Yekini Nabena, alleging that a Northwest governor is behind banditry in the region. Governor Tambuwal said that Mr Nabena must prove his allegation or be investigated. Governor Matawalle in his reaction congratulated parents of the released children and expressed regret towards Nabena’s comm...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Federal Government and the leadership of the striking University lecturers has held another round of negotiations over their lingering industrial action. The meeting which took place behind closed doors at Conference Room of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on Thursday in Abuja, ended with no words from both sides on it’s outcome. Both parties after holding discussions for over three hours, left the venue of the meeting without uttering a word to anxious journ...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government on Thursday met again in Abuja to continue talks over the strike embarked upon by the academics. The ASUU strike has paralysed government universities since March. The academics are seeking a revamp of their salary structure and increased funding for universities, among other demands. At Thursday’s meeting, the federal government was represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige and the Executive...

Share The wives of the Ogun and Oyo state governors on Tuesday reiterated the need for the society to be committed to ensuring the increase in rate of domestic violence is nipped, emphasising the need to put more focus on empowering survivors of domestic violence. Mrs Bamidele Abiodun and her Oyo state counterpart, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, made the call in Ibadan during the official launch of a nongovernmental, women-based organisation, the Women in Shelter Environment, (W.I.S.E), adding that ...

Strike: FG, ASUU keep mum after five-hour meeting Adelani Adepegba,Abuja The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, kept mum on the outcome of a closed-door meeting called to resolve the lingering strike which had grounded academic activities in the universities. The five-hour meeting, which started about 5:13 pm, and ended around 10 p.m, was re-convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, after it was earlier postpone...