The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Thursday that the federal government was implementing the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with a loan of about $140 billion dollars. National President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who discussed this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of … Read more
Oyo State government has empowered 99 war veterans, disabled ex-servicemen and some widows of late ex-servicemen in its efforts to provide welfare for war veterans and the families of soldiers who died in the cause of serving their fatherland. The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni said this during the … Read more
Spain’s equality minister has tested positive for coronavirus and has been quarantined with her partner, deputy prime minister and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, a government statement said Thursday. “The minister (Irene Montero) is in a good condition and second deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias is also in quarantine due to the situation,” the statement said. … Read more
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire on Thursday says the Federal Government has not placed any travel ban on any country. Ehanire disclosed this in Abuja during a conference with the diplomatic community hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. about measures taken by the Federal Government to tackle the spread of Covid-19 … Read more
Spokesperson of the National Union of Benue State Students (NUBESS) Comrade Simeon AER, has come out to condemn in strong terms the incessant killing of students due to cult clashes especially in Benue State University. This is following the brutal killing of a Political Science student, (names withheld) by suspected cultists. The student was shot … Read more
One of the wives of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, visited him yesterday at his new abode in Awe town in Nasarawa State. Daily Trust reports that the wife of the dethroned emir arrived Awe at about 11.15 am along with three of the deposed emir’s children. She arrived in a white … Read more
The Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has insisted that the political empire of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos remains intact and strong. Obasa made this statement on Wednesday following reported insinuations of friction between him and Bayo Oshinowo, … Read more
Hollywood Actor, Tom Hank, and wife, Rita Hank tested positive to the ongoing novel Coronavirus. He posted on Instagram a picture of a medical glove in a waste bin and captioned it: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nVasnBNF5/ “Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body … Read more
The ASUU-LASU Chairman, Dr Ibrahim Bakare, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that academic activities were ongoing in the university as his chapter was yet to join the two-week warning strike. NAN reports that ASUU had on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over Federal Government’s refusal to pay lecturers … Read more
The Federal Government has declared the current two-week warning strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities illegal. ASUU declared a warning strike on Monday, on grounds that the government had yet to address issues raised in agreements it reached with the union from 2009 to 2019, including poor funding of the university … Read more
While Nigerians are uniting to fight a bill banning the importation and usage of generators, former aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed members of the National Assembly supporting the bill. The PDP chieftain in a tweet yesterday night described them as insane they and should be thrown into the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. … Read more
The family of Akeem Ibrahim are currently in a sad state as their son, was abducted by unknown Gunmen in the Cross River State capital, Calabar. Akeem Ibrahim who runs Amber Karaoke Lounge, and operates a fashion house, Just Akeeem Collections located along Marian Road, Calabar was whisked by a group of fiercely armed men … Read more
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has reacted to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ngige who declared the strike as ‘illegal’ on Wednesday berated ASSU for not following laid down procedures before taking such industrial action. While addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council … Read more
…. Says appointment was destined by God Following the dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano on Monday, Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday presented a letter of appointment to the new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero. In his remarks, Ado Bayero said his ascension … Read more
The dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect has again suffered heavy casualties as the Nigerian Air Force fighter stormed their hideouts in Bula Koroge on the fringes of the Sambisa forest in Borno State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola revealed this in a statement on wednesday According … Read more
The University of Ilorin has joined the warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) The decision of the institution’s branch of ASUU to join in the general nationwide warning strike is the first in 20 years in an interview monitored by Ekohotblog on wednesday, the Branch Chairman of ASUU, Professor … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said four children of the same family and their teacher who came from the United States have been quarantined for Coronavirus. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi at a news conference in Alausa, Lagos on Wednesday disclosed that another man from the United Kingdom was also quarantined. Abayomi disclosed … Read more
Following the toppled Emir’s appointment into the KADIPA board by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, the overthrown traditional ruler of Kano has been given another appointment by the Kaduna State government. Accroding to the statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Wednesday, the government named Sanusi as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University … Read more
A bill seeking to ban the importation of generators in the country has scaled the first reading in the Senate on wednesday in the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. A member of the Senate from Niger State, Senator Muhammad Bima, sponsored the bill titled ‘Generating Set (Prohibition/Ban) Bill, 2020.’ Another bill set … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) , UNILAG chapter in a unanimous decision has passed a vote of no confidence on the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin. In the pronouncement following a congress held at the University on Wednesday, the lecturers declared him a persona non grata. This follows the suspension … Read more