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Welcome To Ladun Liadi's Blog Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Asuu Strike: Varsities to reopen next month, says Ngige ACADEMIC activities in public varsities will resume next month, Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige has assured. His assurance followed the outcome of the Federal Government negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at last Thursday’s parley. According to the minister, parties will be back at the negotiating table today to resume discussions on the special assignment given to both sides at the last meeting. ASUU National Preside...

Share The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday issued a fresh Certificate of Return to Honourable Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe as the winner and duly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party to represent the Cross River North Senatorial District.  INEC action was in deference to last week judgement of the Court of Appeal which nullified the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Dr Stephen Odey who had since been sworn by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. In its unanimous judgment last week,  the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the lower court that the primaries ...

Share A yet to be identified man has died in a fatal accident that occurred along the Nnobi Ojoto Road on Tuesday, at 11:35 am. The accident took place at Nnobi-Ojoto in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State. Eyewitness account said that a total of six male adults were on board while two male adults who sustained varying degrees of injuries were taken to Our Lady’s Hospital Umuoji by sympathisers. Confirming the report, Florence Edor, the Anambra State FRSC Sector Public Enlightenment Officer (SPEO), disclosed this in a press release. She said that “an unidentified driver of a t...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said that the lingering dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government will be resolved at the end of Tuesday (Today) meeting. The minister’s optimism confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report that ASUU had agreed to suspend its strike if three major conditions were met. The conditions include, immediate payment of at least two months salary arrears while the remaining will be cleared by January, and payment of N70 billion as Earned Allowances and revitalization fund. Speakin...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke The Academic Staff Union of Universities and Federal Government on Tuesday resumed negotiations over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the lecturers. The PUNCH gathered that the two parties converged for a new meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The FG’s team was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while the lecturers were led into the meeting by their president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi. The two parties had met last Thursday for over five hours but the resolutions of the parley were not made public. The It also promised to pay the arr...