The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, on Friday staged a peaceful protest at the institutions Mini Campus over withheld salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union members staged the protest following the ‘No Work No Pay’ policy and court order that mandated the lecturers back to […]
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Federal government has dragged a property developer, Mr Cecil Ezem Osakwe, before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over alleged N11m electricity theft. In the charge, Osakwe was said to have tampered with electricity meters which resulted in the loss of N11m revenue to the federal government. Osakwe was […]
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The Osemawe of Ondo town, in Ondo State, Oba Victor Kiladejo, and the people of the town, have kicked against the proposed relocation of National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, NIEPA, to Abuja. NIEPA was established in 1992 by the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with UNESCO/International Institute for Educational Planning, IIEP, as […]
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The Force Headquarters say no bombs or any other improvised explosive device was planted in the nation’s federal capital territory (FCT) amid an apprehensive atmosphere over terror alerts. The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) last week said terrorists were planning to attack Abuja this weekend. According to the US, government buildings, schools, […]
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The Department of State Services has confirmed the raid on Trademore Estate in Abuja. Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the raid, noted that there was no joint operation with foreign military. In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Afunanya said: “It is true that an operation was carried out by DSS operatives […]
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