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FG/ASUU IMPASSE: GBAJABIAMILA ASKS BOTH PARTIES TO SHIFT GROUND Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asked the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shift grounds towards ending the prolonged strike by the university lecturers. Gbajabiamila said this while addressing ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, and top members of the union, minister of state for education and other stakeholders during a conciliatory meeting held on Tuesday. The speaker who described the strike as a national embarrassment,, stressed that,“We are not here to rehash the problem, we all know what the issues are. Government…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s name has been Missing in the final list of contestants published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Lawan and Bashir Machina have been locked in a long drawn battle over the ticket of the ruling party for Yobe North which Lawan currently represents. Meanwhile,former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, made the list as the APC candidate for Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. A Federal High Court in Abuja, earlier in the week had ordered INEC to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognized candidates produced by the Dan Orbih faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as qualified standard bearers of the party in the forthcoming 2023 elections. Recall that the party has been engulfed in supremacy battle between Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction and the faction led by the party National Vice Chairman South South, Dan Orbih, leading to the conduct of parallel primaries in May this year. The parallel primaries resulted in litigations and a high court ruling recognized those that emerged from Orbih’s faction primaries. However, Obaseki-led camp had appealed the judgement and…

The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS),Retired Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the party to beat in the 2023 general election pointing out that, the party has all it takes to win. Buratai said this at APC Progressives Young Leaders Summit of held in Abuja on Monday. He advised Nigerian youths to mobilise the electorate to vote for candidates that will secure their future and ensure the country’s development in the election. According to him,“You must mobilise the electorate to ensure that they come out en mass to vote for the right candidate and…

The NigerIa police force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has emphasized the position of the law on serious assault as enshrined on Section 356 (2) of the Criminal Code Act of Southern Nigeria. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi was reacting to a video trending on social media where unidentified individuals were seen grievously assaulting a police officer and attempting to disarm the him by dragging his loaded AK47 rifle. However, some media platforms deliberately misquoted him as endorsing violence by uniformed officers against members of the public. The force PRO who made this known in a statement available to pointNews,stated that,…

Osun state police has arrested a man identified as Opeyemi Olufemi who burgled the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) and stole over N620,000 church offering inside a box including prayer requests papers. According to the police,the suspect, Olufemi, was said to have broken the offering box inside the Church located at Ikeji, Arakeji in Osun State and had already succeeded as he was escaping with the prayer requests papers kept inside the box with the money. However, the suspect while riding on a motorcycle with a school bag, he was intercepted by Policemen on stop and search duties along Igbara Odo/Akure…

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has said the way out of rail and road insecurity in Nigeria is forrelevant security agencies to embracepresent- day technology and rapid response. The minister said he came up with this solution after studying several submissions and recommendations presented to him. The Honourable Minister made this remark on a courtesy visit to the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Amina J. Mohammed at the United Nations Headquarters complex in New York, United State of America.Worthy of note, is that,he Minister is a lead speaker on financing Nigeria Power and Transport infrastructure at…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu has appointed Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello as the National Youth Coordinator of the presidential campaign council. The appointment came 10 days to the commencement of presidential campaign. The presidential campaign kicks off on September 28, 2022. The letter titled: “Appointment as National Youth Coordinator for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council was was issued by Tinubu to Bello. The letter read: council is pleased to formally convey to you, the appointment as National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. “This appointment is fitting and appropriate, given your impressive political…

Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, has described the death of his twin brother, Kehinde, as devastating and a great loss. His brother, Kehinde Afolabi who is the Managing Director/CEO of Ken Dallas Hotel, died on Saturday, September 17, 2022 in Lagos. SIFAX Group boss, In a statement on Sunday, stated that, the deceased is a caring family man and consummate businessman adding that,he is a key part of his life for over 60 years and they enjoyed a special relationship that stood the test of time. According to him,“It’s quite unfortunate that Kehinde would depart so soon. “We…

Osun state Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that over voting took place in only six polling units contrary to 749 claimed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as contained in the governor’s petition. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Sunday, Adeleke condemned Governor Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, APC, for embarking on media trial after submitting their petition at the Election Petition Tribunal. Senator Adeleke explained that his defence at the Tribunal disproved Gboyega Oyetola’s claim of over-voting in 750 polling units as created by the incomplete data of BVAS based on the unsynchronised BVAS report…