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The Federal Government has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the National Industrial Court over the union’s ongoing strike which is in its seventh month.In a statement, the Head of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, OLAJIDE OSHUNDUN, said the Federal Government took the decision after dialogue between it and ASUU failed.The government has requested that the National Industrial Court order ASUU...

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, has said elections can be won without politicians delving into negative comments against one another.He said such developments will bring the nation towards global disrepute. The Former Lagos Governor made this known at a lecture held in Lagos to discuss Nigeria’s democracy for 23 years....

Nigerian President, MUHAMMADU BUHARI has felicitated with the royal family after the news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, the president said the queen who was the longest reigning monarch was the only British Sovereign known to 90 percent of Nigeria’s population. ...

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died in Balmoral at age 96, after reigning for 70 years. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms. ...

To Education matters, the Minister of Education ADAMU ADAMU has said there is no problem with Nigerians trooping out of the country to acquire education.He made the statement in an interview on a monitored television programme, where he said that the bone of contention is making Nigerian universities attractive to foreign students, to balance the equation.ADAMU also disclosed that Nigerians do not have good reasons ...

Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have commenced a nationwide protest over crude oil theft.The protesters were seen carrying banners with inscriptions such as ‘Chasing Oil Thieves and Vandals Out Of Business and ‘Oil Theft Is Illegal’.Speaking at the march that started from the Unity Fountain in Abuja, PENGASSAN President, FESTUS OSIFO, said President MUHA...

The Federal Government has threatened to sanction foreign airlines in the country over their refusal to accept naira payment for flight tickets. The Minister of Aviation, HADI SIRIKA, made this known at a briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. He said intelligence reports indicated that some of the airlines refuse to sell in nai...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections. In a statement released on its official Facebook page, the electoral umpire urged interested and eligible persons to visit its designated portal. The statement added that the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-h...

Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU has listed what he described as efforts by the Federal Government to resolve the strike action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities, which has entered day 206 today. ADAMU, after a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities, says that the government had offered a 23.5 percent salary increase for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, e...

The Federal Government has set up a 14-man committee to review the recommendations of the Professor NIMI BRIGGS-led committee in charge of the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement between government and university unions. The Spokesman of the Ministry of Education, BEN GOONG, disclosed this to newsmen, after a meeting of the Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities....