POLICE ARREST THREE SUSPECTED TRICYCLE ROBBERS IN SOKOTO, RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly attacking and robbing a commercial tricyclist of his vehicle in...
NIGERIAN ARMY ARRESTS FOUR SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RECOVERS WEAPONS IN EDO STATE OPERATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Nigerian Army’s 4 Brigade Command in Benin City, Edo State, has arrested four suspected kidnappers during a coordinated operation targeting...
SSANU LAMENTS POOR PACE OF RENEGOTIATIONS WITH FG
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR As the four-week deadline for the Federal Government to respond to the unions' requests expires, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in cooperation with unions in postsecondary institutions, The government's sluggish negotiations with university unions over their demands have deeply frustrated the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, or SSANU. Recall that on October 20, NLC, along with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, among other unions in higher education, gave the Federal Government a four-week deadline to resolve the union crisis. However, several of the unions have bemoaned the lack of progress after four weeks. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, the SSANU President, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, criticized the administration of insincerity in handling their requests notably the re-negotiation of the 2009 Agreement. Although negotiations with the government have formally restarted, Comrade Ibrahim, who also serves as Chairman of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), which is made up of SSANU and NASU, disclosed that progress has remained extremely slow. "After our meeting with the government team, they requested that we submit our demands again, which we did three weeks ago. There has not been any further consultation or acknowledgment since then, he claimed. Asked the next line of action as the four-week ultimatum has expired,...
SDP’S ADEBAYO SLAMS PDP, SAYS PARTY WAS LAWLESS IN POWER
HOTJIST NEWS The Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Adewale Adebayo, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over Tuesday’s confrontation between its rival...
PETER OBI URGES CHURCH TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN REBUILDING NIGERIA’S VALUES
By:Adeleke Barakat Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has emphasised the need for the Church to help restore core values that can drive Nigeria...
TINUBU POSTPONES TRIP TO G20, AU-EU SUMMITS FOR FURTHER SECURITY BRIEFINGS, ORDERS DEPLOYMENT OF MORE MILITARY, POLICE TO KWARA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped...
ENUGU NORTH SENATOR DIES ABROAD, COLLEAGUES PAY TRIBUTE
HOTJIST NEWS The Senate was plunged into mourning on Wednesday following the death of Senator Okey Ezea, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District and reportedly...
GOV ABDULRAZAQ CALLS FOR INCREASED SECURITY DEPLOYMENT AFTER KWARA CHURCH ASSAULT
HOTJIST NEWS Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for an urgent increase in security deployment to the Ekiti Local Government Area, particularly the Eruku...
BANDITS KILL FIVE, ABDUCT WORSHIPPERS AND TRAVELLERS IN FRESH ATTACKS ON KWARA BORDER COMMUNITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. At least five persons were confirmed dead and several others abducted after suspected bandits launched two separate attacks in Eruku, a...
TWO SENTENCED OVER N8.56BN FRAUD AFTER HACKING WEMA BANK SERVERS
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, to two years and two months’ imprisonment...
