Tinubu Orders Nigerian Universities To Stop Arbitrary Fees Increment
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Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, has ordered federal universities to halt their “arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable” amid the hardship experienced by Nigerians due to fuel subsidy removal.
Dele Alake, special adviser to the president on communication and strategy, confirmed the president’s directive in a statement on Monday.
He said the development was in furtherance of the President’s desire to ease the burden of the fuel subsidy removal on students of higher institutions of learning.
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Crisis Hits Lagos LP, Faction Emerges
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The crisis rocking the Labour Party has worsened in Lagos State with the emergence of a factional leader, Olumide Adesoyin.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Adesoyin-led faction disowned the Mrs Dayo Ekong-led Executive Committee, which led the party into the 2023 general elections in the state.
According to Adesoyin, a competent court has warned the general public to desist from dealing with the Ekong-led faction, following the sacking of the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the party.
Wike Cleared By National Assembly To Become Minister Under Tinubu
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The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has been cleared by the Nigerian Senate for a ministerial role.
Wike had explained that his passion for the country propelled him to accept the ministerial offer.
He said, “I accepted the offer to serve as a minister because of my passion to serve Nigeria.
Organized Civil Society Backs NLC
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The organised civil society under the United Action Front of Civil Society has lent its support to the call for nationwide protests by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).
The united action front noted that it was a clarion call to salvage the country from the consuming miseries unleashed by the new regime of President Bola Tinubu in Nigeria.
The civil society in a release signed on Monday by Olawale Okunniyi (Veteran Che), Head, National Coordinating Centre of the United Action Front of Civil Society added that the nationwide strike was also to “prevent military intervention in Nigeria as currently being witnessed in other West African countries.”
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