Day: June 18, 2022

Hunger Won’t Force Us To Resume, ASUU To Govt As Strike Hits 4 Months

Ganiyu Amodu

Varsity Lecturers’ union commends members for keeping faith despite the hardship imposed on their families as a result of the No-Work-No-Pay directive of the Government   The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members are not beggars and the stoppage of their salaries by the Nigerian government won’t force them to call off their strike. The leadership of the union also commended the members for keeping faith with the union despite the hardship imposed on their families as a result of the No-Work-No-Pay directive of the Federal Government.…

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How Nigeria’s Telecoms industry Raked In N3.25trn In 2021

Dawud Rabiu

MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel top Earners Chart with N2.7trl Revenues as Nigerians Spend N37.8bn on text messages in one year   Nigeria’s telecommunications industry generated N3,247,595,808,883.87 for the period of 2021. Platforms Africa reports that the GSM operators comprising MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel, generated a total of N2,774,128,600,000.00 revenue in the period of 2021 but incurred an operational of 1,658,235,220,000.00. In 2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report released by Policy Competition and Economic Analysis Department of the Nigerian Communication (NCC), the operators made…

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‘Stingy Man’: Enugu Catholic Diocese Shuts Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry

Precious Ibekwe

The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga, said the diocese has shut down the Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry over his recent utterances in the ministry, banning Catholics including the clergy from attending the ministry. This is contained in a letter personally signed by the Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callitus Onaga and addressed to ‘All the Clery, Religious and Lay Faithful in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu’ on Saturday in Enugu. Onaga banned them from having anything to do with the Adoration Ministry. The letter said,…

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What if Tinubu’s VP Placeholder, Masari, Refuses To Step Down?

Aliyu Aliyu

A tweet by Jafar Jafar read: “Tinubu and the running-mate pro tempore, Kabiru Masari. If this guy goes rogue, Asiwaju is in the soup “ Jafar, a Nigerian journalist is not alone in this line of thought. A spokesman to Nigeria’s ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, and his Arise TV Morning Show crew shared a similar perspective with Jafar. The team, another commentator, Temitope Ajayi said, failed in their sacred duty of public education while reviewing newspaper headlines as one of the news items was Tinubu submitted the name…

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12 Yr-Old Nigerian Genius Uncovers New Maths Formula, Becomes Scholar

Abibat Babalola

A 12-year-old London-based genius with Nigeria origin, Chika Ofili, has reportedly emerged as one of the youngest Mathematics scholars in the world after discovering a new mathematical formula. Chika Ofili who was born in London, the United Kingdom by a Nigerian parent made the discovery of a formula that solves several division problems swiftly. He made the discovery while completing a homework assignment given to him by his teacher. READ ALSO: Nigerian teacher emerged top 60 in Cambridge dedicated teacher award MAPOLY Lecturer, Wasiu Tejuoso, Wins Academic Excellence Award Chidi,…

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