Tag: News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

End Four-Month Strike, Labour Appeals to ASUU

Abibat Babalola

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to the striking University lecturers to shift ground in their demands by making some concessions so that students can return to school. Mr Monday Ogbodum, Cross River chapter Chairman of the TUC, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Tuesday. Ogbodum said the Academy Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had “clearly” made their points known to the world with the prolonged strike and advised government not to always allow issues to degenerate to strike…

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3 PDP Delegates Assassinated In Niger, Abacha’s Son Wins Kano Guber Ticket

Abibat Babalola

Three delegates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been assassinated in Niger State. This came as Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha, emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State. The three Niger PDP delegates who were assassinated came from Mariga local government area in Niger State. READ ALSO: 2023: Kantigi wins Niger PDP guber primary, defeats 4 other aspirants Peter Obi Dumps PDP, Withdraws From Party’s Presidential Primary How Dino Melaye was Defeated in Kogi…

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MTN Loses 1.3 million Subscribers To NIN-SIM Restrictions

Abibat Babalola

Following the regulatory restrictions on new SIM sales and activation, MTN Nigeria now has 70.2 million. The telecommunication company said this in its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, and made available to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. on Thursday in Lagos. READ ALSO: Reps summon Trade Ministry, over MTN N2.6trn Waiver The company said it also recorded an additional 1.7 million subscribers between the first quarter of 2022 and fourth quarter of 2021, while active data users increased by 3.4 million to 35.9 million year-on-year. MTN…

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How Illegal Oil Bunkering Explosion Killed 108 People in Imo

Abibat Babalola

The President-General of the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas Producing Areas in Imo state, Chief Collins Ajie, has given details of how an explosion rocked illegal bunkering site in the state, killing 108 people. The Friday night explosion occurred at an illegal oil bunkering site in Imo and a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the site at the boundary between Abacheke and Abezi community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area on Saturday, gathered that the explosion occurred at about 8:00 p.m. Unidentified burnt bodies littered…

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