Joint Action Committee Of NASU/SSANU To Ground Varsities The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), yesterday, threatened to ground universities in the country should the Federal Government fail to fulfil its demands, including a N40 billion payment. To show seriousness, the two unions have […]
Trump’s Impeachment, ‘We Must Take Action’ The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the US Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached twice. While the previous three impeachments – those of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump – […]
CBN To Tackle Foreign Exchange Rate Unification The dithering by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to tackle foreign exchange (FX) rate unification, a programme it pledged to pursue aggressively last year, has become a major disincentive to attracting capital inflows needed to drag the economy out of recession. As the naira buckled under intense […]
Health Agency, No New Report Within The Past 24 Hours, As NCDC Announces 1270 New Confirmed Cases From 22 states Within The Nation Nigeria has recorded 1270 new Covid-19 cases, a development which has taken the country’s total infection tally to 102,601. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official twitter […]
Iranian Cleric Urges PM Imran To End Killing In Pakistan Condemning the recent attack in Pakistan that killed 11 people from the minority Shiite Hazara community in Balochistan, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has demanded Imran Khan-led government to put an end to the targeted killing of the “followers of the Ahl ul-Bayt […]
NASU, SSANU Begin Warning Strike From Jan, 12 Hope that federal universities will reopen soon may be dashed as members of non-academic unions are beginning a three-day warning strike from tomorrow January 12, 2021. In a letter dispatched to all branch chairmen of both Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior […]
Malaysia Buys 12.2m Dose Worth Of Pfizer And Biontech Malaysia on Monday signed a deal to buy an additional 12.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by US and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech, the health ministry said in a statement. 12 Children Rescued From Chilly Waters After Boats Capsize The deal brings the […]
Ondo Promises Commitment To Providing Quality Healthcare Ondo State Government has iterated its commitment to provide quality healthcare for its citizens, especially in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), hinging its success on ‘Kaadi Igbe Ayo’ (KAI) and contributory healthcare scheme. The Chief Medical Director of Ondo State University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital […]
12 Sailing School Children Rescued From Capsized Boats A dozen children participating in a sailing school off the coast of Northern California had to be rescued Sunday afternoon after a large swell of frigid, choppy water overturned several small boats. Indonesian Cleric Who Inspired Extremists Freed From Prison The sailing school was in session at […]
Health Agency, No New Report Within The Past 24 Hours, As NCDC Announces 1024 New Confirmed Cases From 17 states Within The Nation Nigeria has recorded 1024 new Covid-19 cases, a development which has taken the country’s total infection tally to 100,087. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official twitter […]
