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Sep

12

2022

Court postpones FG’s lawsuit against striking uni. professors

Education, PoliticsASUU, Education, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The National Industrial Tribunal of Nigeria (NICN), a Court laden with the responsibility for settling labor disputes on Monday, adjourned the lawsuit filed by the federal government challenging the ongoing strike of the Union of Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). The judge, PI Hamman, adjourned the lawsuit until September 16 to receive further subpoenas. In Monday’s proceedings, the Socioeconomic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap), sought to join the lawsuit as an interested party. SERAP’s lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, said his client had filed a similar lawsuit asking the court to force the federal government to honor its 2009 agreement with the striking university…

Sep

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

My Commitment to the less privileged will be prioritized – Mazi Jonas Chibuike

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, Chibuike Jonas, Comr Amos Kalu, Metro, Nigeria, Politics

The Abia 2023 Gubernatorial Candidate of Action Democratic Party, ADP, Mazi Jonas Chibuike has re-emphasized the need for leaders and well-privileged citizens to take the welfare of the widows, motherless ones, physically challenged people, handicapped individuals among us as a priority that must be given every attention it deserves because that is the only way they can belong and not feel abandoned by the society because their condition was not a product of their choosing. The former Arochukwu Local Government Boss made this call when he recently marked his birthday as a special gift from God that we all must…

Sep

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dr. Samuel Uba Okorie harps on commitment as panacea for truth.

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Opinion, Politics, Samuel Uba Okorie

Dr. Samuel Uba Okorie My Brothers, Sisters, Friends, Fellow Constituents, Comrades! I will speak on a very few thing today.. Commitment - Samuel Uba Okorie Richard Nixon, the 37th American President said: “Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth”. So what is the Truth? The Truth is Dr. Samuel Uba Okorie, is a better candidate of all the others Abam is presenting. My honour lies in speaking this truth without fear or favour.…

Sep

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: PANDEF threatens chaos, should next president emerge from the North

News, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, PANDEF, Politics

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has vowed that it will mobilize Nigerians to reject the emergence of another northern president in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The National Publicity Secretary PANDEF, Ken Robinson, made this known when the Leadership of the organization paid the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo a consultative visit on Tuesday in Abuja. PANDEF planned to organize people from Niger Delta creeks to clampdown on the alleged injustice against Southern Nigeria. He said that under the current administration some sections of the country have been treated as if they do not…

Sep

06

2022

By Chimamanda

ASUU responds to Osuntokun over ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy

Education, PoliticsASUU, Education, Nigeria, Politics

In a massive response approach, the surprising Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has taken on its critics, including Jide Osuntokun, professor emeritus and former Nigerian ambassador to Germany, and ThisDay newspaper columnist Yemi Adebowale. The various rebuttals, put forward by members of the newly formed union’s Rapid Response Team, accused critics of lacking the necessary understanding of the structure and functioning of Nigerian universities. They said that the government’s “No Work, No Pay” policy being pushed by the government is inconsistent with the nature of the lecturers’ work. According to the authors of the rejoinders, Ade Adejumo of Ladoke…