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The Academic Staff Union of Universities may suspend its eight-month strike action after the Nigerian Government met its key demands. The government agreed to exempt university workers from the new Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The government also agreed to pay all outstanding salaries with the old payment system. See Also Sahara Reporters Nigerian Government Exempts ASUU From IPPIS, Offers N65bn As Earned Allowances, Revitalisation Fund 0 Comments 4 Hours Ago At the meeting with the government’s delegates on Friday, ASUU insisted that their demands must be met before the strike would be suspended. Announcing the outcome of the meeting in a tweet, ASUU also said the Nigerian Government had agreed to pay additional N15bn Revitalisation Fund. “The negotiation between FG and #ASUU today yielded very good results.  “The government has agreed to use the old platform before #IPPIS to pay all withheld salaries.  “#UTAS is still undergoing ...

Gunmen have killed former Rivers State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Ebenezer Kalabo Amah, the state police have confirmed. Amah was kidnapped by the gunmen and killed shortly afterwards. Spokesperson for the police in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident, said the deceased’s vehicle was recovered the same day while his body was seen at Peter Odili Road on Thursday, a report by PUNCH said. Omoni said, “Yes I can confirm. He was kidnapped in Woji on the 17th. That same day, the police recovered his vehicle. While we were searching for him, we got information that his body was dumped somewhere at Peter Odili Road. “So the following day on the 18th, we got there and confirmed that he was the same person that was kidnapped the previous day. His body was evacuated and taken to the hospital mortuary for preservation. “The vehicle is in our custody. The investigation has commenced into the incident to ensure that the suspects be...

The Department of State Services has said that it has commenced investigation into the killing of Ifeanyi Elechi, a newspaper vendor, by one of its personnel attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The personnel shot and killed the vendor on Thursday. Spokesperson for the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Friday pledged transparency in the investigation. He said, “The attention of the Department of State Services has been drawn to the allegation of shooting and killing of one Ifeanyi Okereke by a security aide of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. “The service hereby confirms that the suspect is one of its personnel deployed to the Speaker’s convoy as a security detail and as already stated by the Speaker that he has been suspended from his convoy, the service has further withdrawn him from the assignment. “As part of its disciplinary procedure in the instance, he has been taken into detention. In addition, the service has o...

Nigeria's labour minister Chris Ngige After weeks of negotiations and foot-dragging, the Nigerian Government on Friday offered a cumulative sum of N65bn to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to address earned academic allowances and revitalisation of universities. The government also shifted grounds on a number of issues including the insistence that all academic staff of federal universities must be paid through the IPPIS platform. Nigeria's labour minister Chris Ngige Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this after a meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja. Briefing reporters at the end of the meeting, he described the negotiation as fruitful as government had decided to shift grounds on the lingering issues that have kept students out of the classroom for several months. The minister said, “The FG reiterated that her offer of N40bn or N35bn, whichever is accepted by ASUU was for all the universities’ unions. ASUU had proposed th...

Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mohammed Adamu The Nigeria Police Force has announced the rescue of its officers, who were kidnapped by bandits along Katsina–Zamfara Road two weeks ago. Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, made the announcement in a statement on Friday. Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mohammed Adamu See Also Insecurity Bandits Kidnap 12 Senior Police Officers, Family Selling Properties To Pay Ransom 0 Comments 3 Days Ago The officers were said to have been on their way to Zamfara from Borno State to carry out a special assignment when they were seized by the hoodlums.  Their abductors had initially demanded a ransom of N800,000 each. Mba said two of the officers were currently receiving treatment while others were being debriefed. The statement reads, “The officers, all Assistant Superintendents of Police, were on their way to Gusau in Zamfara State from Maiduguri at the time of the incident. Two of the officers are currently receiving medic...

A court In Osun State has remanded a woman, her son and their prophet for allegedly killing and eating a 400-level student of the Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele. The culprits are Bola Adeeko, her son, Owolabi Adeeko and Segun Philip the prophet. Guardian Nigeria Kemi Bello, prosecutor from the Ministry of Justice in Osogbo, had dragged the trio to court on two counts of conspiracy and murder. The charges were, however, not read to the defendants because they did not have a counsel. Justice Grace Onibokun, the presiding judge, adjourned the matter to March 3 and 10, 2021 for hearing and ordered that they should be remanded in a correctional facility. Recall that the Ogun State Police Command had arrested the prophet alongside the mother and son over the killing of Daley-Oladele. Following their arrest, Owolabi narrated how he and his mother conspired to kill his then girlfriend, ate her in a ritual meal to make them rich. Their victim went missing on Decembe...

The Osun and Oyo governments have cancelled the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University and Ladoke Akintola College of Health. LAUTECH was established in 1990 by the old Oyo State Government with the main campus located in Ogbomoso. The teaching hospital was subsequently established in Osogbo.  When Osun State was carved out of the old Oyo State in 1991, both states became joint owners of the institution. The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, who disclosed this Friday on Abuja, said the decision was as a result of governance and management challenges, which consequently was affecting the appointments of Vice Chancellors and other principal officers, as well as irregular payment of staff salaries. “It is gratifying to note that after extensive deliberations, negotiations and consultations, both owner states mutually agreed terms and the joint ownership of LAUTECH was formally dissolved,” he said. Education News A...

Ibrahim Magu Following the submission of a report by an investigative panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami to President Muhammadu Buhari, Wahab Shittu, counsel to suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said that his client will be vindicated. The panel, which submitted its report to Buhari on Friday, asked the President to look outside the police force in appointing the next chairman of the EFCC. Ibrahim Magu Shittu in a statement said Magu remained incorruptible and his stellar achievements in EFCC was unprecedented in the history of the commission. He said, “We wish to state that in view of today’s submission of the much awaited report of Justice Isa Salami-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry to President Muhammadu Buhari, we wish to state with high sense of responsibility that the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, will be vindicated at the end of the day. ...

Kufre Carter A Magistrate Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has thrown out a case against Kufre Carter, a journalist with XL 106.9 FM, who was arrested by the Department of State Services for allegedly defaming Dominic Ukpong, the state’s Commissioner for Health. Inibehe Effiong, counsel to the journalist, disclosed this on Friday. Kufre Carter Kufre was arrested by the DSS on April 27 over a purported phone conversation with an anonymous doctor, which he posted on Facebook. The state government alleged that the audio castigated Ukpong over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was subsequently charged to court on a three-count charge of criminal defamation of character. “That you, KUFRE CARTER AKPAN, ‘M, and another now at large sometimes in the month of April 2020 in Uyo Local Government Area, within the Uyo Magisterial District, conspired among yourselves to effect unlawful purpose to wit: publication of defamatory matter and thereby committed an offence punishable und...

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File Photo An ambush by suspected bandits in Niger State have left one police officer dead and others wounded. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. File Photo It was gathered that the mobile policemen were on routine patrol around Mariga town cattle market during which the bandits were said to have ambushed them and after which a shoot out ensued between the policemen and the bandits. The gunmen also kidnapped seven villagers in the community. “The bandits stormed the community on motorcycles and started shooting sporadically to create fears in the villages. “Those kidnapped are Maryam Usman, Safiya Bagobiri, Salamatu Hassan, Safiya Bagobiri, Yunusa Malam, Kabiru Shamuyanbu and Abdulkarim Musa,” a source told SaharaReporters. Insecurity Police News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3nNVjJ...

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai The Kaduna State Government has suspended Chairman of the kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate, Wazirin Zazzau, Alhaji Ibrahim Aminu. The government also threatened Aminu and three other kingmakers to change their lawyers to the state Attorney-General in a legal suit against the appointment of Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau at the Kaduna State High Court. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai A prince of Zazzau Emirate, Bashari Aminu, had gone to court to challenge the appointment of Bamalli as the new emir of the Kingdom. Aminu, who holds the title of Iyan Zazzau, was ranked first in an initial shortlist submitted to Governor Nasir El-Rufai by the five kingmakers of the emirate. The state government, however, discarded the kingmakers’ report, citing allegations of inducement by one of the contenders. See Also Politics Kaduna Government Queries Four Zazzau Emirate Kingmakers For Failing To Attend Bamalli’s Coronation Meeting ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian biologist, public health researcher and official who has served since 2017 as Director-General of the World Health Organization. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, has denied taking sides in the conflict between the Ethiopian Government and forces in the Tigray region. The Ethiopian military had accused Ghebreyesus of siding with rebels led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front as the country nears civil war. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian biologist, public health researcher and official who has served since 2017 as Director-General of the World Health Organization. AP See Also Ethiopia Ethiopian Military Accuses WHO Boss, Ghebreyesus, Of Supporting Tigray Rebels 0 Comments 21 Hours Ago The WHO boss is of Tigrayan descent and served as Health Minister in a former government coalition led by the TPLF. Ethiopian Army Chief of Staff, General Birhanu Jula, in a televi...