Day: October 14, 2020

Scores injured, cars destroyed as Pro-SARS, #EndSARS protesters clash in Abuja + PHOTO

Aliyu Aliyu

  Scores of Nigerians were injured and many exotic cars destroyed as Pro-SARS and #EndSARS protesters on Wednesday clash in Abuja, country’s administrative capital. A group of people, majorly youths have been staging protests majorly in Lagos and other parts of southern Nigeria while the pro- -SARS protesters who are also youths and members of the civil society have also been staging protests in Maiduguri and other parts of the country’s North. Trouble started on Wednesday when the two groups met in Abuja with each group accusing each other of…

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Nigerian government surrenders to Varsity lecturers, replaces IPPIS with UTAS

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Government has sutrendered to lecturers in its Universities over positions on payment platform, Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Instead of IPPIS, Abuja declared plans to consider the adoption of the University Transparency Account System being proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Labour, Productivity and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made this known on Tuesday after about two hours closed door meeting involving the Senate leadership, the Federal Government and ASUU leadership. Ngige said the alternative platform presented by ASUU is home…

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