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Oct

17

2022

ASUU reveals real reason it called off eight-month strike

Education, Lifestyle, Metro, OpinionASUU, Education, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained why it called off its eight-month strike. ASUU National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the eight months strike was called off following a court order and appeals from Nigerians. Osodeke disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “As you have seen from our press release – although there were interventions by the Speaker (Gbajabiamila) and others – the major reason we are resuming is because we are obeying the industrial court’s judgement. The issues have not been fully resolved and no agreements signed. “We are resuming because we are a…

Oct

17

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Atiku’s aide hits Tinubu hard, says we cannot hand over sick nation to sick President

Health, Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Phrank Shaibu, Politics

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Phrank Shaibu has warned that it is dangerous to hand over a sick nation to a sick leader. He said that Nigeria was currently in a dire situation with every sector of the economy in deep decay and should not be handed nation to a sick president The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had while speaking at the 7th edition of Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KADInvest 7.0) on Saturday said the state…

Oct

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Reject Atiku, Obi, we will give you great future – Tinubu tells Ekiti residents

News2023, All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has told the people of Ekiti to reject the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and this of the Labour Party (LP) ), Peter Obi. Tinubu stated this while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of Abiodun Oyebanji as the governor of Ekiti State. While addressing the crowd, Tinubu told the people to turn a blind eye to both Atiku and Obi as people they did not know. “Another election is coming in February. They are coming. One will call himself Atiku, another will call himself Peter…

Oct

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dr. Samuel Uba Okorie: A breath of fresh air in Arochukwu.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Samuel Uba Okorie

The 2023 political dispensation has continued to be promising and hopeful for the electorates due to the array of options available to the people In the choices of candidates for the polls, Arochukwu appears to be very favored when providence threw Dr. Samuel Uba Okorie their way as the best option to drive away years of misrepresentation at the Abia State House of Assembly. The true change has come. There's an English adage that says, "The taste of the pudding is in the eating". As a man that is tested and trusted in areas of human relationships, a seasoned manager…

Oct

16

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari’s regime borrows N31tn, to leave N39.12tn debt for successor

Business, Economy, Opinion, PoliticsBudget, Business, Economy, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Politics

The National Assembly has approved or at least received budget estimates worth N93.453tn from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in eight years. Out of the N93.453tn budgeted from 2016 to 2023, a total of N67.4tn has been committed to recurrent expenditure, including the payment of salaries and emoluments of civil servants and legislators. This amounts to 72.1 per cent of the entire budget devoted to recurrent expenditure in the life of the Buhari regime. The administration met a debt of N12.12tn on June 30, 2015, but it increased it to N42.84tn by June 30, 2022, according to statistics obtained…