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Hope is dimming on the quick resolution of the labour dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the former registered parallel unions in the academic community on Tuesday. The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA. Public analysts are skeptical that the government’s action could lead to the re-opening of the public universities that had been shut for more than eight months. Read also ASUU appeals against National Industrial Court judgement ASUU strike: FG Dangles carrots to assuage Varsity teachers At…

As aftermath of Mechanic Village mayhem, Uyo Local Government has set a nine-member committee to investigate the root causes of the fracas with a view to forestalling future occurrence. Speaking with Straightnews on Tuesday, Ekanem Ekanem, the Chairman of Mechanic Village Management Committee said the committee was set up and inaugurated by the council during a meeting with Mechanic Village management committee. He stated that the committee had visited the scene of the incident to ascertain the extent of damage done during the fracas last Friday. Already, the Mechanic village remains shut after the incident that led to damage of…

One of Akwa Ibom finest soldiers has explained why he chose the profession of defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria. Otu Etim Akpan, a retired Warrant Officer 1 of the Nigerian Army from Abak, says of all professions in the world; the most captivating for him is the military. In a chance encounter with Straightnews on Saturday, Akpan reflected on his career in the military. His story: Places of service:  I served in 6 Battalion Nigerian Army, Ibagwa Abak, 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, Ohafia and other places. Why I joined the Army:  In those days, it was a pride for…

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced an increase in the salaries of civil servants in Lagos State. Speaking to a large crowd of workers at the Office of the Head of Service (HoS) in Alausa, Ikeja, the Governor stated that the announcement was coming at a time that the country and, more importantly, Lagos was preparing for the 2023 general election. “Last month (September), I instructed the Head of Service, the Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pensions to work out modalities for a salary increase for the over 100,000 public service workforce,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said. Read also Gov Sanwo-Olu Plans…

Big Brother housemate, Phyna, winner of season 7 of the popular TV show, got N50 million and newest G5T SUV from Innoson Motors on Tuesday. Excited Phyna who collected a key from a representative of Innoson is driving home with the newest Innoson G5T SUV, with likely a 5-seater model. Dressed in high-flowing black gown with hand glove, the Federal Polytechnic Auchi graduate had earlier collected a cheque of N50 million from BBNaija host, Ebuka Uchendu. Read also Phyna Grabs N100m Prize after winning BBNaija season 7 BBNaija final : Phyna, Bryann, Daniella, Others Go for N100m Prize BBNaija S6:…

The 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi has accused Nigerian security agents of clandestine arrest of Labour Party’s supporters in Lagos State. Reacting to Saturday’s reported attack on Obi Flag Boys in Oshodi area of Lagos State allegedly by supporters of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Obi condemned the act, saying it is a breach of people’s constitutional rights. Obi in a series of tweets on his Twitter page on Tuesday accused Nigerian security agents of silently attacking and arresting his supporters who are members of his #Obidient Movement. Read also 2023: Supporters go Gaga…

The Edo State Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), David Imuse has berated the Edo State Government over what it calls ‘forceful demolition of more than 80 buildings at the airport road axis in Benin City.’ Imuse, a retired Colonel while briefing newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Benin city, the state capital, said the demolition was a resumption of Godwin Obaseki’s policy “of demolishing public and private properties of innocent citizens, his perceived enemies and members of the opposition party in the State. “As a party, we condemn in strong terms these illegal demolitions by the jittery and rudderless PDP-led…

The Akwa Ibom Governorship Candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP), Obong Bassey Albert Akpan has told the people ‘‘I want to assure you that deliverance has come,” telling them to weep no more. Akpan who spoke at Qua Iboe Church grounds, Eket during the presentation of flags to three Senatorial and nine House of Representatives candidates in the state on October 3, 2022, bemoaned a situation ‘‘where the people have been denied dividends of democracy which is their patrimony.’’ The Senator who is representing Akwa Ibom North East in the Red Chambers noted “In the last seven and a half…

US reality star, Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a $1.26 million fine after unlawfully pushing a cryptocurrency on Instagram without revealing that she was paid to do so, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday. The agency accused Kardashian, who has 331 million followers on Instagram — making her one of the top ten most followed people on the global social network — of failing to disclose that she was paid $250,000 to post about EMAX tokens, the crypto asset security being offered by EthereumMax. The fine includes a penalty of $1 million plus $260,000, representing the amount Kardashian…

Akwa Ibom and other Nigerian State governments will start accessing the World Bank’s $750 million facility by December 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide stated. Speaking with journalists on the sideline of the stage play in Abuja, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President, Ease of Doing Business/PEBEC Secretary, at the weekend, stated that access to the fund will begin in December, although the programme will fully kick off in January 2023. This was even as the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) staged an Independence Day play: The Future Is Here to promote the effective use of the various…