The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday “conditionally” suspended its nine-month-old strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started in March 2020. The union announced the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday, December 24th, 2020. https://twitter.com/ASUUNGR/status/1341663748558376963 ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a meeting of the union in Abuja, he explains that the development followed the agreement reached with the Federal Government and a series of meetings with…
In Italy, there are allegations that Nigeria international, Joel Obi was racially abused by a Pisa player Marconi, who allegedly made an offensive “slave” comment to the former Torino player. Serie B side, Chievo Verona claimed the incident occurred during the first half of their 2-2 draw with Pisa on Tuesday. A.C Chievo Verona released an official statement on their website saying: Following the racist phrase ‘the slave revolt’ said by the Pisa player Michele…
A report released by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows that MTN dominates other GSM operators in Nigeria, with active subscribers for telephony services of 83,331,682 as of October 2020, representing 40.14% of the entire operators’ subscriber base. According to the report, MTN is followed by Airtel with 56,214,072 telephony subscribers (27.08%), Globacom 55,079,362 (26.53%), and 9Mobile with 12,953,121 subscribers (6.24%). Other key highlights of the report The telephony subscribers recorded a 1.3% month-on-month growth, from 204,869,652…
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu has maintained that no ransom was paid but rather it was repentant bandits who played a role in securing the release of over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina. Shehu who disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television maintained the government’s theory of no ransom. “All of the leading actors involved in the release of the children said no ransom was paid. “The governor…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Monday attacked security agents in his state, says the Nigerian Army has failed in its duty to protect the people, especially travelers plying major roads in the state. The governor had earlier claimed that despite the continued troubles of Boko Haram terrorists in his state, the security situation in his state has improved under the regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, Zulum condemned what he described…