The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has said that it will join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its solidarity strike over the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. NUBIFIE said this in a statement signed by Its National President, Mr Anthony Abakpa, and General Secretary, Mr Mohammed Sheikh, on Sunday. The NLC had said that it would embark on a nationwide protest on July 26 and July 27 in solidarity with the trade unions in the Nigeria public universities and others. The NLC President, Mr Ayubaa Wabba said this in a circular jointly…
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The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU UDUS), has said that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige not humane, wantonly disregard the truth, lacks honesty and integrity and not fit to be a federal minister. Ngige had, in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, alleged that “Medical lecturers are at work, they are teaching. Sokoto has graduated their medical students, they are reasonable people, they have tested the strike, and saw that it produces no result, yes they did it the last time. So, today, they have written, their Vice…
United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-based rights group DAWN of whose board Ghafoor is a member. A UAE government official confirmed Ghafoor was arrested while transiting through Dubai International Airport on July 14 on charges related to an in absentia conviction for money laundering pursuant to evidence heard by Emirati courts. A senior U.S. administration official had told reporters earlier on Saturday that the United States was aware, but could not say whether President Joe Biden would…
President Xi Jinping has asked officials to step up efforts to uphold the principle that Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation and religions in the country should adapt to the socialist society being pursued by the ruling Communist Party of China. Xi Jinping underlined the need to improve the governance capacity of religious affairs and realise the healthy development of religions. Xi visited the volatile Xinjiang region, where the Chinese security forces for the last several years have made efforts to control protests by Uygur Muslims over settlements from Han Chinese from outside the province. During his four-day…
Demographically, Nigeria would occupy the famous (or infamous?) position of the sixth most populous country in the world by November 2022, the next four months. This projection was recently made by the United Nations, which indicates the Nigerian population ascending to over 220 million people thereby overtaking that of Brazil. In the last fifty years, the Nigerian population has risen significantly. Data available in the 2012 revision of the World Population Prospects by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat indicates that the Nigerian population in 1950 was only 37,860,000 compared…
Tehran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has yet to decide whether to build it, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Al Jazeera’s Arabic service on Sunday. Tehran will also directly respond against Israel should its security be targeted, the report says citing the advisor. Tehran will also directly respond against Israel should its security be targeted, the report says citing the advisor. “In a few days we were able to enrich uranium up to 60% and we can easily produce 90% enriched uranium … Iran has the technical means to produce a…
By Justina Auta The Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) on Sunday, urged stakeholders to sensitise the citizenry on their rights to exercise their civic duty and shun vote trading. The Chief Executive Officer for Gender and Election Watch (GEW) Room of the NWTF, Mrs Mufuliat Fibaji said this in a statement on Sunday. According to her, said the organisation was in Osun to observe, gather information and carry out analysis about women and men’s participation in the governorship election from a gender perspective. She said they deployed 50 accredited observers and citizens observers across the 30 Local Government Areas of Osun…
The Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Philips Aivoji has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) conduct and outcome of Saturday’s Osun governorship election is a sign that Nigeria shall be great again. The PDP candidate Sen. Ademola Adeleke, defeated the incumbent Gov. Gboyega Oyetola to emerge winner. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said that Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat his closet rival, Oyetola, the candidate of the APC, who scored 375,027 votes. Speaking while on transit from Osun to Lagos, Aivoji said that the outcome of the poll was a sign…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, has emerged the 36th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau emerged the new president during the NBA elections, which held electronically from 12.00am on Saturday to 11.59am of same day. He polled a total of 22,342 votes to defeat two other contenders, Messrs Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), Chairman of the NBA Securities Agencies Relations Committee; and Jonathan Taidi, a former General Secretary of the NBA. According to the Chairman of the NBA Electoral Committee, Mr Ayodele Akintunde (SAN), who announced the results at a hybrid press briefing on Sunday, the total number of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke as winner of the Osun state governorship election. He scored a total of 403,371 votes by garnering highest votes in 19 of the 30 local government areas, to beat Oyetola who polled 375,027 votes. The incumbent won in 11 local government areas. Boluwaduro LG APC – 5,649 PDP – 5,860 Ilesa East LG APC – 13,452 PDP – 10,969 Osogbo LG APC – 22,952 PDP – 30,401 Ila LG APC – 11,163 PDP – 13,036 Atakumosa West LG APC – 6,601 PDP…