The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that most Nigerian universities are on the verge of shutting down over “unbearable cost of electricity”, saying the electricity bills of some universities run between N200m to N300m monthly. President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on at a two-day national conference convened by ASUU…
The Principal of Girls Secondary School Awka Dr.Mrs.Ndidi Okeke has paid glowing tribute to Governor Chukwuma Soludo for appreciating workers through his approval of their seventy thousand naira minimum wage effective from October this year. Dr.Okeke in a press statement in Awka applauded the governor’s worker friendliness,expecting that in due course,the minimum wage bar will…
Some unidentified armed men have reportedly kidnapped Engr. Ezekiel Iheazor, the President-General of Umunze community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Engr. Iheazor was reportedly kidnapped in his Lomu village in Umunze on Friday, October 4, alongside a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Nze Ikechukwu Okoli. According Vanguard,…
No fewer than five suspected illegal security personnel have been apprehended in Anambra State for allegedly mounting road blocks and using gun the intimidate and extort road users. The ‘fake’ security men who wore black security vest crested “AVG Special Squad”, were arrested by the operatives of the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security…
… As ESN Conferes Chairman Board Of Honourary Fellows On DG The Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, National Assembly, Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, is unrelenting in carrying out the mandate of Advocacy of the Institute at all levels. This time around he was in the University of Abuja to add…
The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has donated medical consumables along with a variety of food items, valued at N180 million to alleviate the suffering of flood disaster victims in Borno State. Moved by the tragic disaster that claimed lives and displaced numerous households, Governor Mutfwang extended his heartfelt condolences to…
The Chairmen of the 21 local government areas of Anambra State who were elected in last Saturday’s Local Government Council Areas election have been sworn in. Governor Chukwuma Soludo inaugurated them at the Executive Chambers, Government House, Awka. Those sworn-in include, Chibueze Ofobuike (Aguata), Ifeanyi Chiweze (Anambra East), Fidelis Nnazo (Anambra West), Romanus Ibekwe (Anaocha),…
The Joint Security Force in Anambra State,have embarked on aggressive manhunt operations on armed men that alleged to have killed two police officers in Uruagu Nnewi in Nnewi North local government area the state. This was contained in a statement issued to the Journalists in Awka by the Police Police Relations Officer (PPRO),SP Tochukwu Ikenga…
Nurses with Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta joined by their colleagues mobilised from other parts of the state, to protest the alleged assault of a final year student nurse by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nurudeen Adekunle. Adekunle, a staff with the hospital reportedly slapped the student nurse at the theatre suit on September 24 and…
The governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti has warned that the incumbent appointed Mayors of the 17 local government areas will not get automatic ticket of the Labour Party (LP) to contest for the upcoming local government area election in the state. This is even as there are fears in the party that the…
