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The possibility of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) calling off its indefinite industrial action is in sight. This is as Federal Government intends to broker peace by adopting the University Transparency Academic Solution (UTAS), the payment platform proposed by ASUU. Speaking on a Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment confirmed that government had agreed to try out UTAS since the union turned down the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Ngige a medical doctor said National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) had completed the first phase of UTAS assessment, expressing optimism…

A total of 76 persons reportedly died from yellow fever in three Nigerian states within 11 days, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. The affected states are Bauchi, Delta and Enugu states and the deaths occurred between November 1 and 11. While 74 suspected cases involving 35 deaths were reported from Delta State, 70 suspected cases with 33 deaths from Enugu and 78 suspected cases with eight deaths was also reported in Bauchi State. Three samples from Delta, one sample from Enugu and eight samples from Bauchi were confirmed as yellow fever from the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test conducted at…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 156 new COVID-19 infections and one death in the country. In its Twitter handle on Friday, NCDC stated “On the 13th of November 2020, 156 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.” According to the health agency, “The 156 new cases are reported from 11 states- Lagos (70), FCT (22), Kaduna (18), Rivers (15), Plateau (11), Ogun (10), Bauchi (3), Katsina (3), Kano (2), Ekiti (1) and Osun (1).” For the caseloads, it tweeted “Till date, 64884 cases have been confirmed, 60936 cases have been discharged and 1163 deaths have…

Tragedy struck as no fewer than18 persons perished in a river when their boat capsized at Zango Majiya village, Itas-Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday, November 13 when one Nuhu Kaila of Zango Majiya village ferried 23 people who were heading to their farms. The boat was overcrowded forcing it to have capsized. Confirming the incident to newsmen, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the spokesperson of the state police command, said medical doctors in the state certified 18 persons dead while five were rescued. Wakili said upon receiving the report of…

From January to October 2020, banks in the country guaranteed 28,830 loans worth N3.6 billion to farmers under Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF), Central Bank of Nigeria stated. The CBN said the loan values had grown in the past 10 months to 26,830 loans worth N3.6 billion. The loans in the ACGSF from January to October were: 1,923 loans worth N572.3 million was guaranteed for livestock farmers. 531 loans worth N135.5 million for fishery. 5,925 loans worth N541.6 million were guaranteed for mixed farming. 16,976 loans worth N1.9 billion for food crops farming. 1,942 loans worth N345.5 million for…

Gernot Rohr’s men roared into a four-goal lead at Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, but were ultimately forced to settle for a point Nigeria surrendered a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 against Sierra Leone in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game on Friday evening. Alex Iwobi’s double and strikes from Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze handed the Super Eagles an impressive first-half lead before a brace from Al-Hadji Kamara and efforts from Kwame Quee and Mustapha Bundu ensured the game ended in a draw. As a result, Nigeria remain on top of the Group L standings with seven points from…

The Federal government says it is planning to borrow $750 million from the World bank for to assist in stimulating the local economies of some states in Nigeria. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, stated this at the inauguration ceremony of the Federal Steering Committees of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) in Abuja on Friday, November 13. Ahmed said the government “is in the process of accessing a World Bank loan of $750 million on behalf of the states, to stimulate the local economy and support vulnerable household’s consumption.” On the civil unrest…

The 14th Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General has joined the league of more than 429 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN in the country. He is Uwemedimo Nwoko who had served briefly as Commissioner for Justice under Governor Godswill Akpabio and is now serving under Governor Udom Emmanuel. Nwoko joins the rank of the late Akpan Ekong Bassey, Paul Usoro, Assam Assam, Mrs Ufot, Solomon Umoh, Uko Udom, Offiong Offiong, Professor Enefiok Udoh, among others from Akwa Ibom. He had been screened by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, a body charged with the responsibility of screening and conferring…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 5, 2020 for pending bye-elections in the country. In a statement released on Friday, November 13, Festus Okoye, the spokesperson of the electoral body, said the 15 bye-elections would hold across 11 states. The commission had suspended the elections as a result of the violence that broke out during the #EndSARS protests. Read the statement below

President-elect Joe Biden has narrowly won Arizona, major U.S. media outlets projected on Friday, capturing the state’s 11 electoral votes and consolidating his lead over his Republican rival and incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr. Biden, a Democrat, has won Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold, CNN reported. To win the race to the White House, the winner has to garner at least 270 electoral votes out of the 538-member Electoral College votes. But, Biden has garnered 77,920,048 of 50.8 per cent of the total votes while Trump polled 72,609,925 votes or 47.4 per cent. The State’s 11 Electoral College…