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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chides former APC national chairman Bisi Akande for accusing striking lecturers of producing ‘vagabonds and unemployable graduates’

The Edo State Government has inaugurated the Post-Primary Education Board Teachers’ Disciplinary Council, aimed at checking indiscipline among teachers in secondary schools in the state.

The National Industrial Court on Friday in Abuja ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of Kogi State Government.

Dr. Mohammad Ali Pate, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) governorship candidate in the 2019 elections in Bauchi State, has promised to provide employment for youths and fight poverty by increasing household income, if elected.

As part of efforts to alleviate the plight of women in Katsina State, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) in collaboration with Madinah Associate Limited has trained and presented 70 grinding and sewing machines to 70 youths and women worth over N3 million to assuage their sufferings and make them self-reliant.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised Nigerians not to allow the nation return to the path of destruction on which he said the put it for 16 years.

The governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Nasarawa State, Labaran Maku, has unveiled plans that would serve as the guide for his administration if elected governor in 2019 general elections.

Ogun State Africa Democratic Congress, governorship candidate, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka (GNI) has unveiled his manifesto which detailed how he will govern the state if elected governor in the 2019 general election.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, possesses the qualities that Nigerians will use to determine who they will elect in the 2019 presidential election.

Worried by the decline in the economic and commercial activities and increased dependence on government for employment opportunities in Bauchi State, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has offered N1 billion interest-free loan to traders and artisans in the state.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced the probe of performance of its members of staff in all its autonomous and strategic business units across the world.

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered Fidelity Bank Plc to pay N340, 361 to its dismissed staff, Mr Alah Jonathan.

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, has been conferred with an honorary Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) by the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, in recognition of his contribution in boosting the growth and development of Nigeria’s air transportation sector.

The Incorporated Trustees of Center for Pursuit of Legal and Constitutional Rights‎ has threatened to commence legal action against the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power Works and Housing, Mr. Louis Edozien, if he refused to resign his appointment over his alleged non- participation in the one year compulsory National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) after graduation.

Stakeholders of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the North East, have endorsed President Mohammadu Buhari’s second term bid, saying he has performed well.

The Anambra South Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) in the coming 2019 general elections, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, has said that he was inspired to throw his heart into the next elections in order to provide services as never been done before in the state.

The House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity has said the National Assembly would give the minimum wage bill accelerated hearing and passage.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N402.63 billion as the 2019 Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly.