Author: Newsjaunts
Yoruba Journey to Redemption has Started”, says – Akintoye
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed the agreement reached with the Federal Government and a meeting with its National Executive Council (NEC). He said the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday, December 24th, 2020. While warning that the union would return to strike without notice if the government fails in meeting its part of the agreement reached with the university…
LAGOS – Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that FIFA has cancelled the next edition of FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cup tournaments. The cancellation was confirmed in a letter by CAF to all national associations affiliated to CAF dated December 20, 2020. The present global situation of the COVID-19 pandemic was given as the major reasons for the cancellation. “We regret to inform you that due to the worldwide situation that was strongly affected by the COVID 19 as well as the difficulties all confederations are facing to complete the qualifiers phase, FIFA decided to cancel both the…
Member of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) visit Governor Aminu Masari at the Katsina State Government on December 22, 2020. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has given the assurance that it will be tough on banditry, kidnapping, and other forms of criminality bedevilling the country. NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, gave the assurance on behalf of the members on Tuesday in Katsina State. He spoke when he led a delegation of the NGF to pay a solidarity visit to Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, and the people of the state over the recent abduction and rescue of…
The Defence Headquarters has promised to investigate the allegation that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole were involved in extortion at check points on major roads in Borno. Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno had on Monday alleged that security personnel including soldiers were collecting money from travelers on major roads in the state to the detriment of their duties. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Armed Forces of Nigeria have internal mechanisms to check erring personnel and sanction them appropriately. Enenche said that reported cases of extortion from the public had always…
LAGOS – Contrary to an earlier arrangement, the Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, who was scheduled to meet with police authorities at Panti, Lagos, with the Movement of the People’s (MOP) legal team and activists, will now be heading for the State Police Command in Ikeja. An MOP source who pleaded anonymity told Newsjaunts on Tuesday morning on phone that the team would be meeting with the top police chiefs at the Command. Although the source could not say the reasons for the last-minute change of plan, he disclosed that the MOP team was already on their way to the command headquarters…
The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions amid the rising cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in various parts of the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday at the briefing of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He explained that the directives were advisories issued to state authorities for implementation in the next five weeks. The new restrictions include the closure of all bars, nightclubs, pubs and event centres, as well as recreational venues in all states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). All restaurants were…
Ebonyi State Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA has said it received over 100 reports of rape cases and various other forms of violence against women and girl children in the State in 2020. The State Chairperson of the non Governmental Organisation, Grace Iheanacho-Chima who gave graphic details of some of the reports received, calls for more collaborative efforts aimed at mitigating the trend in the State. The event officially marked the end of the 2020 year activism against Gender-Based Violence by the female lawyers in Ebonyi State. Like its counterparts across the world, FIDA, Ebonyi State…
Members of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, have called for the appointment of substantive heads in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the Presidential Amnesty Programme to drive the development agenda for the people of the region. The group made this known as it staged a peaceful demonstration along the East-West Road on Monday, stressing that it has lost confidence in ongoing forensic auditing of the NDDC. The group took over the East-West road quite early to express their displeasure and drive home their positions on appointments into the NDDC as well as the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The group said…
The National Assembly has passed the 2021 budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. This is an increase of N505 billion from the proposed figures presented by the executive. This budget was passed on Monday by both the Senate and the House of Representatives during their special plenary held mainly to pass the budget ahead of the Christmas and New Year break. The lawmakers are sticking to the $40 per barrel benchmark price of crude but asked President Buhari to send a supplementary budget because of the increase in oil price in the international market which…