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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared a two-week warning strike. ASUU President, Chris Piwuna said the warning strike is a window for the government to conclude negotiations with the body. He disclosed this during a press conference at ASUU Headquarters at UniAbuja. Piwuna charged members of the body across Nigeria to withdraw their services effective midnight. He …

Economic Analyst Kalu Aja has stated that there is no greater demarketing of Nigeria than removing an elected governor and replacing him with a retired general while the highest court in the country maintains silence. Aja was reacting to a statement by Dave Umahi, the minister of works, who urged Nigerians to only speak positively about the country. In a …

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication in the South-East, Josef Onoh, has called on his principal t to revoke the recent pardon granted to Maryam Sanda and some convicted drug traffickers. Last week, Tinubu approved the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, granting clemency to 175 individuals, including capital offenders, drug convicts, …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a blistering critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent use of the presidential pardon power, asserting that the decision to grant clemency to individuals convicted of serious crimes has “undermined justice” and sent a dangerous signal of “complicity” to the nation. In a statement, Mr Abubakar declared that the pardons have “provoked outrage …

House of Representatives member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Obi Aguocha, has accused President Bola Tinubu of applying different standards of justice to the Igbo ethnic group compared to other regions of the country. Aguocha made this known during an interview on Arise Television News. He spoke against the backdrop of the continued detention of the …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, is recuperating in his Abuja home after falling ill, and there are no plans by President Bola Tinubu to replace him, multiple sources in the Presidency confirmed on Sunday. Speaking with our correspondent, a senior official who preferred not to be named because he was not authorised to …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, is recuperating in his Abuja home after falling ill, and there are no plans by President Bola Tinubu to replace him, multiple sources in the Presidency confirmed on Sunday. Speaking with our correspondent, a senior official who preferred not to be named because he was not authorised to …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, is recuperating in his Abuja home after falling ill, and there are no plans by President Bola Tinubu to replace him, multiple sources in the Presidency confirmed on Sunday. Speaking with our correspondent, a senior official who preferred not to be named because he was not authorised to …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has been flown abroad for urgent medical treatment after suffering a stroke, SaharaReporters has learnt. A top government source confirmed the development on Sunday, describing Edun’s condition as “very serious,” though adding that he is receiving intensive medical attention overseas. “It’s very serious. He may survive, but he can’t …

Seychelles’ main opposition leader, Patrick Herminie, has emerged victorious in the country’s presidential election, defeating incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan in a tense runoff that ended years of ruling party dominance. According to official results released by the Electoral Commission, Herminie secured 52.7% of the vote, while Ramkalawan trailed with 47.3%, marking a stunning political upset in the Indian Ocean island …