Professorship: Isa Pantami Not Qualified, Appointment is Illegal – ASUU

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Professorship: Isa Pantami Not Qualified, Appointment is Illegal – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the promotion of Ali Isa Pantami, the minister of communications and digital economy, to a professor as “illegal.” Last year, the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) had named the minister as a professor in cybersecurity during its council’s 186th meeting. Pantami’s promotion had elicited intense…

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Suspended Super Cop, Abba Kyari Fingered In International Drug Cartel

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Suspended Super Cop, Abba Kyari Fingered In International Drug Cartel

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said the suspended top police officer Abba Kyari is a member of an international drug cartel. NDLEA also declared Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police and former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), wanted for pushing illicit drugs. “With the intelligence at our disposal, the…

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Crime Watch

Saraki, Nigeria’s special purpose vehicle for 2023 polls – TNG

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Saraki, Nigeria’s special purpose vehicle for 2023 polls – TNG

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, The Nigerian Group, TNG, has written to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to adopt the former president of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki as its presidential candidate for the election. The group said that Saraki has what it takes to unite the country and end sectional…

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Politics

ASUU Decides One Month Warning Strike

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ASUU Decides One Month Warning Strike

Information reaching Rextun City Updates have further indicated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria might be embarking on a one month warning strike. ThIs was disclosed by a source on condition of anonymity. The decision was taken at a NEC meeting in the early hours of Monday 14th February. According to the…

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Russian Destroyer Warship Forces US sub Out Of Territorial Waters Near Pacific Island

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Russian Destroyer Warship Forces US sub Out Of Territorial Waters Near Pacific Island

A Russian anti-submarine destroyer has fenced off a US submarine near the Kuril Islands, forcing it to leave the country’s territorial waters, Moscow said Saturday, amid rising tensions over Ukraine. The US military however denied this. Russia’s defence ministry said that during planned military drills the Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer had detected a US Navy Virginia-class…

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World News

All New Nissan Navara Debuts

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All New Nissan Navara Debuts

Assemblage in Nigeria From June 2022 THE newly launched Nissan Navara Pickup will be assembled in Nigeria from June this year. General Manager, Stallion NMN Limited Amit Sharma made this known while presenting the all-new Nissan Navara to journalists in Lagos. Sharma said that the all new Navara is the most advanced Nissan Navara ever…

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Advertorial, Cars and Automobiles

TRAGEDY: Building Under Construction Collapses In Lagos

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TRAGEDY: Building Under Construction Collapses In Lagos

Three persons were confirmed dead and about four others including a security guard and construction workers were reportedly trapped on Saturday after a three-storey building under construction on Akanbi Crescent, in the Yaba area of Lagos collapsed. It was learnt that a worker, identified only as Sunday, was rescued from the rubble. The incident, which…

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News

The Ukraine impasse!

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The Ukraine impasse!

By Justin Lar Abuja, Nigeria The world is edging towards a devastating conflict as Russian troops and hardware amass in large numbers at the border with Ukraine.Already, intelligence from the US and it’s NATO allies have clearly stated that Putin’s claim that this collosal ensemble of some of the most sophisticated weaponry conceivable anywhere in…

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Opinion

Reworked Electoral Bill: Why PMB Has Not Assented – Wike

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Reworked Electoral Bill: Why PMB Has Not Assented – Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is reluctant to assent the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill because it will negatively affect the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election. Governor Wike pointed out the compulsory electronic transmission of electoral results in the bill, which had been…

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Governance, Politics

An Attack On Ukraine Will Bring “Swift And Severe Costs” Biden Warns Putin

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An Attack On Ukraine Will Bring “Swift And Severe Costs” Biden Warns Putin

Efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy failed to ease tensions Saturday, with the White House insisting that Russia faces “swift and severe costs” if its troops carry out an invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed Western claims that such a move might be on the horizon, calling the…

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