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The Nigerian government has reached an agreement with striking University lecturers, raising the possibility of ending the teachers prolonged industrial action. The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, said the National Executive Committee of the union will review its decisions based on the new commitment by the federal government. He said the strike could only be called off after the NEC meeting. He did not say when the meeting will hold. After the Monday meeting, the labour minister, Chris Ngige, said an agreement had been reached. According to him, the accountant general and the ministry of finance has confirmed with evidence that N15.4 billion had been released to public universities. On earned allowances, Mr Ngige said President Buhari has approved N20 billion to be used to offset the outstanding arrears of the 2009 to 2012 verified earnings in the universities. From premium times.

By Abasi-Femi Oguntayo (Fountainnewsbreaker.com) The Attorney General and commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State, Olawale Fapohunda has hosted party leaders from all towns in Ekiti West Local Government area of the state. The commissioner who hosted,  party elders, Ward Chairmen, Secretaries,  Women Leaders, Youth Leaders, Chairman and Secretaries of the Local Government today, Saturday 4th of January, 2019 at his Odoba resident in Okemesi Ekiti, said it was a strategy planning meeting for the upcoming February 2019 Elections. Fapohunda, Oyebanji (SSG) L-R AdeAjayi (Party PRO), Omotosho (party chairman), Fapohunda and Oyebanji (SSG) The meeting which was attended by notable leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State had in attendance, the State Chairman of the party, Hon Paul Omotoso, the Secretary to the State Government, Biodun Oyebanji, the Chief of Staff,  Biodun Omoleye and several leaders of the party from the local government. The St...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has flagged off the rehabilitation of Ero dam and replacement of transmission main pipelines with an expectation that the project would address water  shorthortage and curb open defecation. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Ikun Ekiti, Fayemi expressed optimism that the $55 million project - 20.2billion when converted to Naira, which is co-sponsored by the World Bank and the state government would give a sigh of relief to the nine local government areas supplied by the dam when uninterrupted potable water is made available to them. The governor stated that Ekiti State has been investing in water and sanitation sector with efforts to rehabilitate some of the dams within the State in collaboration with the European Union and the World Bank. He noted that with the intervention of the World Bank, the Ekiti State water corporation has been driving the water sector reform process with the investment in human and infrastructure to deliver a transf...

This is quite commendable. A brain surgery has been successfully carried out at Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital in Kano. The operation which is said to be the first of its kind – was conducted by a team of doctors at the hospital which was established by Kano state government early last year...

A National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Amina Zakari, has dismissed reports that she is a blood relation of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Peoples Democratic Party and other political groups as well as individuals had alleged that Zakari, who was, on Thursday, named by the commission as its Chairman, Advisory Committee and Presidential Election Collation Centre Committee, has a relationship with Buhari. They, therefore, submitted that she was not qualified to preside over the collation of the presidential poll’s results. By virtue of her position, she will coordinate the collation of results for the February 16 presidential poll, in which Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the election, will contest the presidential ticket for a second term in office. The Presidency has however debunked the allegation that Zakari is a blood relation to the President. It also explained that the national commissioner was appointed...

Recently the Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Netherlands Amb. Oji Ngofa launched a media tirade against the Senator representing Rivers South East Sen. Magnus Ngei Abe over what he says is the plan of the Governorship aspirant in Rivers state to destroy the All Progressives Congress APC led by Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. Amb. Ngofa in the interview gave the impression that he was very close to Sen. Abe and considering the interest of his party in taking over the Rivers Brick House come 2019, sees the ambition of Sen. Abe which he has pursued legitimately as the biggest threat to the party come 2019.  As I read through the interview, I sensed where Amb. Ngofa was coming from and I must stress that I saw what ambition can do to the thought of the noblest of men. Amb. Oji Ngofa having enjoyed the best of patronage from the former Governor of Rivers state and current minister of transport who aside pushing him for the post of ambassador to the Nether...

When most of us who witnessed the injustice in the Primaries of the All Progressives Congress APC in Rivers state last October and channeled our grievances to President Muhammadu Buhari, we did it because we had the conviction that as a humane and understanding leader, he will look into the issues critically with a bid to addressing it for the general good   and progress of the party. Mr. President true to his character, yesterday the 27th of November 2018 did the much awaited needful when contrary to the position of the party's National Executive Council, encouraged aggrieved aspirants to seek legal redress in the course of addressing their grievances. It should be noted that that the NWC of the party had penultimate week said it will sanction aggrieved aspirants who were in court against the outcome of the primaries in their states. Notable states where angst against the process of the primaries that has threatened to divide the party include but not limited to Imo, Riv...