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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 comments. Governor Tambuwal in a statement he personally signed and released on Friday stated that, “M...

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 journalists who waited for the outcome. Earlier, while welcoming the delegation of ASUU to the meeting, t...

  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 Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed. In his openi...

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 Violence has become a menace that needs to be tackled. That domestic violence seems to be on the ris...

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 postponed twice. After the parley, the government team and ASUU did not release any statement on the agreeme...