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STRIKE: FG, ASUU follow up meeting scheduled for September 6
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The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have scheduled a follow-up meeting for September 6, 2024.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the end of a meeting with the union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education.
Following resolutions reached at the union’s national executive council meeting held at the University of Ibadan on August 19, 2024, public university lecturers threatened to go on a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 renegotiated agreement.
ASUU’s demands include improvements in welfare and university funding and halting the proliferation of universities nationwide.
In response to ASUU’s ultimatum, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, noted that most of the issues of contention dated as far back as 1981. He, however, said letters of invitation had been sent to the leadership of the Union and other organisations and that their grievance was being attended to:
“Most of the issues raised by ASUU are being attended to. For instance, the issue of exit from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) has since been resolved by the President. Bureaucracy is the reason for delay in the implementation of that directive. But by the time we meet on Monday, some of these issues would be discussed and resolved”.
Most of the demands of ASUU started in 1981. And virtually all government has had its fair share of ASUU strike. But the President made a commitment during the campaign that permanent solution would be provided this time, and he has shown that in his steps and actions,” he said.
The Minister further appealed to ASUU to be considerate and open-minded in their approach at the negotiation table so that the interests of all parties would be properly represented.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, bail in the sum of ₦2 billion over alleged money laundering charges involving $2.63 million.
In a ruling delivered on Tuesday, Justice Ekwo held that Bodejo was entitled to bail because the offences for which he was charged are bailable under Nigerian law.
The court ordered that the defendant must produce one surety in the like sum, adding that the surety must be a resident of Abuja, possess a three-year tax clearance certificate and own landed property worth ₦2 billion within the Federal Capital Territory.
Justice Ekwo further directed that the property documents be verified by the court registrar before the bail conditions could be perfected.
The court also ordered Bodejo to surrender his international passport to the registrar and barred him from travelling outside Nigeria without the permission of the court.
Following the ruling, the judge adjourned the case until October 5, 6 and 7 for the commencement of trial.
Bodejo was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on multiple counts of alleged money laundering after the anti-graft agency accused him of receiving large cash payments outside the banking system in violation of Nigeria’s anti-money laundering laws.
According to the EFCC, the Miyetti Allah leader allegedly accepted cash payments totalling about $2.63 million from a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, in separate transactions conducted between 2022 and 2024 without routing the funds through financial institutions as required by law.
A Cross River High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced a 51-year-old apostle, Ubong Bassey Etim, to death by hanging for the murder of his 16-year-old daughter, Deborah Bassey, who had Down syndrome and was falsely accused of being a witch.
Justice Blessing Egwu of High Court No. 11 delivered the judgment on Friday finding Etim guilty of murder and ordering that he be executed by hanging.
The court heard that the incident occurred on February 15, 2025, when Deborah was killed after being branded a witch, a case that sparked outrage among child rights advocates and organisations campaigning against witchcraft branding.
Six people have been confirmed dead and 15 rescued, while several others remain missing after a canoe mishap in the Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The incident occurred on Sunday at about 4 pm in Malamawa village, where about 40 passengers were said to have boarded the canoe before it capsized.
Rescue efforts are ongoing, with officials of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency deployed to the scene in search of survivors.
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, confirmed the development and said the government had intensified efforts to locate all victims.
“We have so far recovered six bodies and rescued 15 persons alive. Search operations are still ongoing,” he said.
Sankara added that emergency teams would not relent until all those involved in the accident were accounted for.
“We will continue the rescue mission until every single person is found, dead or alive,” he stated.
Eyewitnesses said the canoe was overloaded, raising concerns over safety compliance on local waterways.
Authorities are yet to confirm the exact number of passengers still missing as rescue operations continue.
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