ASUU blasts council chair over crisis in Anambra varsity
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), South East and South South zone has lashed at the chairman of the governing council of Anambra state university, Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi for allegedly working against the implementation of the ASUU/FG welfare package agreement in the university.
Security lapses in Jos worry Gov Jang
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, has expressed fears that the security lapses in handling the recurring violence in the state might push people into seeking ways to defend themselves.
UN arms inspection team arrives Nigeria
A team of United Nations, UN, officials has arrived Nigeria to inspect Iran’s arms shipment. The inspectors have begun meetings with government officials, including ministers and security agents, since their arrival on Sunday.
PDP Assembly aspirant wants primaries cancelled
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aspirant to the Delta State House of Assembly to represent Burutu South Constituency 11, Chief Mike Loyibo, has said that there were no primaries in his constituency, calling on the PDP at both state and national levels to reject the result of the House of Assembly primaries purportedly held in Burutu Constituency 11.
Nigeria moves from ‘not free’ to ‘partly free’ nation- Study
A leading human rights organisation in the United States of America, Freedom House, has rated Nigeria from its previous position as a ‘not free country’ to ‘partly free’ one.
Maritime workers begin strike, paralyse Shell’s operations
MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Monday paralysed operations of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, support services in off-shore locations across the country as workers began indefinite strike over unpaid debt since 2007.
