ASUU: FG OKAYS 23.5 PERCENT SALARY INCREMENT FOR STRIKING VARSITY LECTURERS

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors.

ASUU: OF HALF-SALARY, PRO-RATA, SIX AND HALF-A-DOZEN DICHOTOMY

By Bolanle Bolawole

When we thought the dust had settled on the eight-month-long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), President Muhammadu Buhari’s fumbling and wobbling administration came up with its pro-rata as opposed to half-pay nonsensical dichotomy. In this instance, what is the difference between half-salary and the pro-rata payment the ASUU members received last October? For lecturers who had gone without pay for eight months, especially those of them with no other visible or viable means of livelihood other than their monthly salary, the semantics of half-pay and pro-rata is not only frustrating, it is also the last thing they had expected from a government alive to its responsibilities, especially to our youth who have wasted, in one stretch, close to two academic sessions that cannot be totally regained, no matter what the lecturers do to try to cover lost ground.

ASUU: SOKOTO VARSITY URGED TO SUSPEND SOLIDARITY STRIKE

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

Students of Sokoto State have appealed to staff of the State-owned University, the Sokoto State University, to urgently call off their solidarity strike action in the interest of the future of the state.

ASWHAN, OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS ADOPT A 'LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND’ ALLIANCE

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

UN Women, in collaboration with UNAIDS, NACA and Association of Women Living with HIV (ASWHAN), and other partners, convened The International Women's Month Economic Empowerment Summit to mark the IWD 2024 Celebrations.

At 2024 Tech Innovation Expo: MINISTER ASSURES OF FG'S COMMITMENT OF 0.5% GDP TO STI DEVT

By Ifeoma Onyenokwe (Science & Tech Reporter, in Abuja)

The Federal Government is committed to dedicating 0.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to funding of Research and Innovation to quicken the technological advancement of the Nigeria.

AT 61TH BIRTHDAY, ANYIM PROMISES TO WORK FOR UNITY, GLORY OF NIGERIA

By Emmanuel Oloniruha

Former President of the Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim, has pledged to work for the glory of Nigeria and strive towards sustaining her unity in the remaining part of his life.

At Bishop's Plenary Meeting: AKUME REAFFIRMS FG’s PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH

By Our Reporter

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume CON, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with the Catholic Church in advancing national development, peace, and social cohesion.

AT GLASGOW, EKWEREMADU SAYS PROPOSED GREEN GRID NIGERIA'S BIGGEST TAKE-AWAY

• * Says Nigeria Still Many Years Away
• Wants Climate Change Bill Signed Into Law

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, and Member of the Paris-based Climate Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says the proposed Green Grid remains Nigeria’s greatest takeaway from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, as the country stood to benefit immensely from the energy superhighway.

Ekweremadu stated this while interacting with reporters on the sidelines of the Climate Conference held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

“I think the greatest takeaway from this COP26 is the launch of the Green Grid because, for us as Africans, we see an opportunity to contribute to world development and also to benefit thereof. With the Green Grid energy superhighway, it is most likely that there will be energy sufficiency across the globe.

“So, I am happy also that Nigeria has indicated an interest in being part of it. I am a member of the Climate Parliament. We deliberated on it and everybody was excited that Nigeria and Kenya in Africa are going to partner with the rest of the world, including the United States of America, to drive this initiative, which is going to be a mega revolution”.

Ekweremadu regretted that Nigeria had not given the environment adequate attention in terms of funding as well as policy and legal frameworks. He, however, expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Climate Change Bill already passed by the National Assembly to avail the country of the needed quality legal framework to attract funds and better manage climate change.

“Nigeria has not shown sufficient interest and commitment in terms of budgetary provisions to the Ministry of Environment and its agencies as well as funding projects and policies in the environmental sector. So, COP26 is an opportunity for those of us here to attract investments, opportunities, and supports from our global partners and the international community to drive some of these initiatives because climate change is real.

“Before we can get funding or support, you must have the necessary and well-articulated legal framework for us to drive these policies. So, I am happy that we have been able to pass the Climate Change Bill, which is awaiting the President’s assent.

“Hopefully, the assent will be accelerated now that the President is here and saw what is happening in different parts of the world and he must have interacted with his colleague Heads of States and Governments.

“On our part as the legislature, we are also going to put pressure on the executive to ensure immediate implementation, making sure that all the necessary agencies that have to be set up are established immediately so that they will be able to take off.

“We are many years behind as far as this environment and climate issues are concerned. Therefore, we need to fast-track the processes and policies to see some improvements in this sector”, he concluded. NNL.

At GOCOP Confab: NCC BOSS, UMAR DANBATTA, SAYS TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL 2023 ELECTIONS

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said telecom infrastructure is very critical to successful 2023 elections. Therefore, every Nigerian in every community should join hands in protecting it for the benefit of the country.

AT ICPC SUMMIT, BUHARI VOWS TO SANCTION CORRUPT PUBLIC SERVANTS

• * Honours Three Nigerians For Integrity, Exemplary Conduct

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Federal Government will sanction those who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers, President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja.

AT LAST, ASUU SUSPENDS 8 MONTHS STRIKE

• * As President Buhari Allegedly Promises To Address ASUU's Core Grievances

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

After exactly eight months of prolonged industrial action which had paralyzed academic activities in most federal and state-owned Universities in Nigeria, the tertiary institution lecturers under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Friday, suspended it's strike.

AT LAST, FG REDEEMS PLEDGE TO 1994 AFCON WINNERS

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The Federal Government has finally redeemed the outstanding allocation of houses to the 22 victorious members of the Nigeria Super Eagles who won the 1994 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tunisia at the National Housing Estate located in Minna, Niger state.

AT LAST, PILATE COULD NOT REMOVE CAESAR

By Jude Ogechi Eze

"Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy." — Thurgood Marshall

At Strategic Workshop In Niger: WOMEN RESOLVES TO CANVASS FOR REMOVAL OF HINDRANCES AGAINST THEIR POLITICAL SUCCESS

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

One day Strategic Blueprint Development Workshop has ended in Minna, Niger state capital with participants who are mostly women resolving that though the state Governor has encouraged women participation in politics existing socio-economic and cultural hindrances needed to be checked for women to actively achieve full potentials in politics.

AT TIA AWARDS, NCC BOSS, UMAR DANBATTA, COMMITS TO ENHANCING DIGITAL ECONOMY

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

As Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently won double awards at the 2022 Tech Innovation Awards (TIA), the telecom regulator has promised to ensure it brings full benefits of the digital economy to Nigerians for the overall development of the country.

ATIKU LOSES PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, ABDULAHI NYAKO, AMIDST CAMPAIGN CRISIS

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has lost his Private Secretary, Barr. Abdulahi Nyako.

It is understood that Nyako passed away in the early hours of Thursday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

ATIKU ON ARISE NEWS TV, SAYS 90% OF NORTHERN VOTERS NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• * Speaks On 2023 Polls, Buhari, Tinubu, Obi, Wike, Okowa

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Flagbearer in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the evident threat to the success of his presidential quest by the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr Peter Obi, through his 'OBI-DIENT' political movement, saying that Obi has neither the structure nor the political capacity to defeat him in the next year's presidential poll.

Atiku To Tinubu: GO AND LEARN LESSONS FROM THE REFORM APPROACH OF ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT, JAVIER MILEI

By Kingsley Eghagha (Politics Reporter, in Abuja)

Nigeria's former Vice President (1999-2007) and a major opposition leader, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to go and learn lessons on how Argentina's President, Javier Milei, is implementing profound socio-economic reforms that are running around the fortunes of his poor country for good.

ATIKU VISITS IBB IN MINNA, HOLDS CLOSED MEETING WITH HIM

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, visited former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and also held a closed door meeting with him at his hilltop residence, Minna, Niger state capital.

ATIKU'S DAUGHTER DENIES REVALIDATING HER APC MEMBERSHIP

By Lazarus Modibbo (Adamawa State Correspondent)

The daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dr. Fatima, has denied the purported revalidation of her membership of the All Progressive Congress APC in Jada, her Local Government Area, in Adamawa.