Day: September 21, 2022

ASUU Strike: El-Rufai Warns Students Against Protest In Kaduna

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Such move or plans to block the Kaduna-Abuja road unacceptable”   The Kaduna State Government, on Tuesday, warned groups, individuals or associations against plans to block the Kaduna-Abuja road. There are unconfirmed reports that the Nigerian university students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), may extend their protest to Kaduna, through some of their representatives, by blocking Kaduna-Abuja road over failure of the government to resolve lingering ASUU strike. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Wike’s Group Pulls Out Of Atiku’s Campaign AfDB Adesina, WTO Okonjo-Iweala, Clinton at Roundtable…

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BREAKING: Wike Pulls Group Out Of Atiku’s Campaign

Aliyu Aliyu

How, Why a “tumultous” meeting, which ended in the early hours of Wednesday in Port Harcourt, took the “decisive position” The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) team of Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has withdrawn from the presidential campaign of Atiku Abubakar, the party’s candidate. Platforms Africa gathered that this decision was taken at a meeting in Port Harcourt early on Wednesday morning. Members of the team, according to a source at the meeting, promised not to participate in Atiku’s campaign activities until the removal of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.…

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AfDB Adesina, WTO Okonjo-Iweala, Clinton at Roundtable in New York + PHOTOS

Adesupo Ososanya

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AFDB), on Tuesday, attended a roundtable with Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, two former United States secretaries of state. According to Victor Oladokun, senior advisor to Adesina, the executive roundtable was to discuss “unlocking and realising the benefits of inclusive job growth”. The roundtable was part of a sideline meeting at the 77th United Nations general assembly (UNGA) taking place in New York, Also in attendance were Bill Clinton, former US president, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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How Nigeria’ll Rake In N500Bn From 5G Auction In 2023

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Communication Commission(NCC) has expressed optimism as it described how the nation will generate over N500 billion as revenue from the auctioning of two 5G spectrums in 2023. Platforms Afruca reports that the Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, while disclosing this at an interactive meeting on 2023-2025 MTEF-FSP, organised by the Senate Committee in Abuja, said that the commission had already initiated the bidding process for auctioning of the spectrums. READ ALSO: REVEALED: Nigeria, 17 other African Nations are testing 5G – Report NCC ​Remittances To Federation Account…

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