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The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt.

Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday.

The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, who confirmed the development on the record, said, “Yes, it is true. Payment has started rolling in.”

President Bola Tinubu Tinubu had in October 2023 approved the release of four of the eight months’ ASUU withheld workers’ salaries.

The salaries were withheld when the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari invoked a ‘No Work, No Pay policy’ against some university-based unions that embarked on a strike that lasted eight months in 2022.

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, recently said the government has increased the university workers’ salaries by 35 per cent.

The minister also said the government has granted autonomy to the universities by removing them from the Integrated Payment and Payroll Information System.

He added that the universities no longer need a waiver to recruit and fill vacancies.

These resolutions were reached through informal consultations with the unions based in the tertiary institutions, Mamman said.




https://punchng.com/breaking-fg-begins-payment-of-asuus-withheld-salaries/

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Chris Abu and Paul Philip for allegedly vandalising electricity cables belonging to the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company Plc.

PUNCH Online gathered that the incident occurred on February 18, 2024, at about 2:30 pm.

A police source told our correspondent that a distress call was received from the Lagos State Electricity Board in Ikeja about the activities of vandals who specialise in vandalising electricity and armored cables.

The source added that police officers went to the scene immediately and two males were arrested.

“A distress call was received from the Lagos State Electricity Board in Ikeja, Awolowo, about the activities of vandals who specialise in vandalising electricity and armored cables.

“Policemen went to the scene, and Chris Abu, aged 25, and Paul Philip, aged 25, were arrested, and some tools used by the vandals were recovered,” the source added.

When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone, stating that some equipment was retrieved and the investigation is ongoing.

Hundeyin said, “The incident is true, and the suspects have been arrested. During the arrest, one shovel, one sledgehammer, two diggers, and sack bags were recovered, and the investigation is ongoing.”

PUNCH had reported that the Lagos State Police Command has arrested Amisu Ahmed and Abdulahi Ubala for stealing electric cables in the Oshodi Local Government Area of the state.



https://punchng.com/lagos-police-arrest-two-suspected-cable-vandals/

Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to endure current economic hardship.

He said that enduring the trying time was necessary for Nigeria to have a better future, adding that the president’s recent tough decisions should have been taken years ago.

Expressing optimism for the future, Seyi Tinubu stated that although challenges persist, the nation’s outlook is promising.

He conveyed this message in a post he shared on his Instagram handle on Monday.

Using the hashtag #OurGenerationWillYieldTheFruitsOfThisHardship, Seyi Tinubu quoted his father, Bola Tinubu, saying, “There is no joy in seeing the people of this nation shoulder burdens that should have been shed years ago.

“I wish today’s difficulties did not exist. But we must endure if we are to reach the good side of our future.”



https://punchng.com/endure-trying-times-seyi-tinubu-urges-nigerians/

The confusion trailing Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State deepened on Sunday as Anamero Dekeri became the third aspirant to claim victory in the exercise.

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, who is the Chairman of the Edo State Primary Election Committee, had on Saturday declared a member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, as the winner of the exercise with 40, 453 votes.

Elsewhere, the returning officer, Stanley Ugboaja, also declared Monday Okpebholo winner with 12,145 at Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s residence.

Almost simultaneously, the local government returning officers led by Ojo Babatunde, announced Anamero Dekeri as the winner of the contest having polled 25,384 votes.

While the drama continued, the National Chairman of the APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, officially congratulated Idahosa for emerging as the party’s governorship flag bearer on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, aggrieved APC stakeholders led by Emmanuel Godwin slammed Uzodimma, for allegedly declaring a winner when collation was ongoing.

The stakeholders rejected the result and called on President Bola Tinubu and Ganduje not to give recognition to Uzodimma’s declared candidate.

Godwin said, “We have been inundated with news that a particular candidate was announced yesterday by His Excellency, Hope Uzodimma. It is unfortunate that Uzodimma, who is not the returning officer in whatever capacity, assumed the position and went ahead to announce Dennis Idahosa when the returning officers were still collating the results.

“We wish to therefore state categorically that the purported announcement is null and void and it should be disregarded in its entirety. Governor Uzodimma lacks the power to usurp the duties and responsibilities of local government returning officers in the Edo state primaries.

“We call on the National Chairman of our great party the APC, His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje and President Bola Tinubu. to as a matter of honour discard Governor Uzodimma’s infamous declaration of one Mr. Dennis Idahosa who didn’t win the primaries.”

Also, the Publicity Secretary of the Edo APC, Peter Uwadiae, condemned the result announced by Uzodinma.

In a statement on Sunday, Uwadiae said the action was embarrassing, unfortunate and bizarre.

He said, “The attention of the State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has been drawn to some publications wherein the authors aimed at distorting the facts surrounding the conduct and outcome of Saturday governorship primary election that held in the 192 wards of the 18 local government areas in Edo state.

“Most embarrassing, unfortunate and bizarre was the conduct of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, who instead of sympathising with the returning officers, abandoned them, single-handedly relocated the collation centre upon learning that his preferred aspirant wasn’t winning and then assumed the role of the state’s returning officer without recourse to inputs from the local government collation agents as well as the chief returning officer of the exercise.


In desperation, he shamelessly appointed one Charity Amayaenvbo, the campaign manager of Hon. Dennis Idahosa, to read the results from a piece of paper.

“As the Chairman of APC governor’s Forum, one would have expected him to retain his status as an umpire, to sue for peace, and not to grossly abuse and ridicule the privilege of his exalted office.”

But the APC National Chairman, Ganduje, in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, hailed the emergence of Idahosa as the winner of the primary as declared by Uzodimma.

He said, “I want to congratulate the winner of the Edo State governorship election, I want to equally commend and appreciate Governor Hope Uzodinma’s election committee for their hard work and the transparent manner in which the primary election was conducted.

“At this point, I want to call on all the aspirants to bury the hatchet and work for the interest of the party so that our party will emerge victorious.“

Meanwhile, Idahosa and Dekeri, on Sunday, gave their separate acceptance speeches.

In his acceptance speech made available to journalists on Sunday, Idahosa said, “This is to accept the mandate given to me by party members in the primary election of the APC which took place on February 17. This election has further deepened our party’s internal democratic process and taken us a step further ahead of other political parties on how to promote party cohesion for positive outcomes

It has been a tough political contestation between all the aspirants: we all campaigned across the state, to woo registered party members to support our respective aspirations; counting down from months to weeks and then days. We have finally come to the end of the first major hurdle- the primary election, which has now given me the mandate to be the flagbearer of our great party. It is a victory that I will forever cherish in my political journey all through my life.”

On his part, Dekeri, in his acceptance speech, said, “I must praise party members who in their wisdom elected me as their preferred candidate. In all humility and with a great sense of responsibility I accept this choice which I believe is a reflection of God’s choice. From the depth of my heart, I say a big thank you to members of our great party in Edo State for reposing this huge confidence in me, which I must say I do not take for granted.”




https://punchng.com/uproar-as-edo-apc-gov-primary-produces-three-winners/

When you wake up every morning, check for a new thread about your scamming activities and keep begging the MODS to remove them until the MODS get tired of your case and can't continue removing all of them. That will be the beginning of your downfall here. Idiot thief

BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER

Go and check Facebook and X
I pity your life. Foolish scammer. Never start what you can't finish. If you think you can cause harm to people, then be ready for an overdose of it. Idiot.

Trouble dey sleep yanga dey go wake am. When you want to fight a war, be ready to the fullest and don't accuse people wrongly, unfortunately, your own accusations are true. You will hear from me on Facebook. Let's see the MOD that can remove that one.

[quote author=noobody post=126821700]SCAM ALERT -
MONIKER - NOOBODY
PHONE NUMBER - 08100115319

SCAM ALERT -
MONIKER - NOOBODY
PHONE NUMBER - 08100115319

More thread will be created daily solely to warn people. So tell the Mod you are working with to be ready to keep deleting any new thread about you until he gets tired. Cos all thread will have to be deciphered before they can be traced by any MOD.
You think you are stubborn or ruthless. Oga your madness dey learn. You just shot yourself in the leg.

noobody:
Proof to show @Aurora44 is just a hurt scammer,he is hurt I exposed his lies on nairaland,
He is related to all the scammers mentioned above.
He has a long history of doing scams on nairaland with plenty Monika's.
Pictures below.
Would you take the word of a hurt scammer to be honest?
Nairaland never lies.

SCAM ALERT -
MONIKER - NOOBODY
PHONE NUMBER - 08100115319

SCAM ALERT -
MONIKER - NOOBODY
PHONE NUMBER - 08100115319

You are just trying hard to defend yourself. Your moniker has been soiled already and only a fool will go through your post and take you serious. Only a fool will still send you money. Return the money you stole.

Someone has made a thread about you already and that is something even the Mod cannot remove. See link below.

https://www.nairaland.com/7902140/scam-alert-popular-nairaland-member

SCAMMER'S THREAD

Beware of this thief. Don't say you were not warned. He has already absconded with various sums of money and has been able to cover it up because he feels he's popular here. Don't transact with this thief cos he will soon be caught for various offences he has committed both online and offline.
A word is enough for the wise.

Scam...

Scam

noobody:
Joke of the century..
Accusation without any iota or element of proof.

Imagine an account that last posted in 2020,
All of a sudden is resurrected after I called out @Clemzy19
@ClCahiha on there potential scams.

This is so to show they are all working hand in hand.
I have dealt with your kind in the past before,they were all banned or forced to delete there Monika's

Search for paulJo , 100fix all criminals like you.

All because I am bursting your scams here on nairaland,

You have activated your cohorts and your accounts to tag my posts.

This is just too funny,

I won't even bother about you.

I would leave you to the hands of @dragnet @puskin
@honsule @seun to ban you for spreading false information..

Scammer shut up.
You people have turned the country to a lawless country taking laws into your hands and now the same law is been melted on you and you are crying foul. Eyah, sorry. No new sane client will see my messages and still go on to transact with you.

SCAMMER'S THREAD

Beware of this thief. Don't say you were not warned. He has already absconded with various sums of money and has been able to cover it up because he feels he's popular here. Don't transact with this thief cos he will soon be caught for various offences he has committed both online and offline.
A word is enough for the wise.

SCAMMER'S THREAD

Scam beware of this thief. Don't say you were not warned. He has already absconded with various sums of money and has been able to cover it up because he feels he's popular here. Don't transact with this thief cos he will soon be caught for various offences he has committed both online and offline.

SCAMMER'S THREAD

Scam beware of this thief. Don't say you were not warned. He has already absconded with various sums of money and has been able to cover it up because he feels he's popular here. Don't transact with this thief cos he will soon be caught for various offences he has committed both online and offline.

SCAMMER'S THREAD

Scam beware of this thief. Don't say you were not warned. He has already absconded with various sums of money and has been able to cover it up because he feels he's popular here. Don't transact with this thief cos he will soon be caught for various offences he has committed both online and offline.

Sewasaunt:
What about the person that sent you money for $111 today and you claimed you didn't see it and blocked his chat?

Sister/brother, let me advice you; you are messing with the wrong person.

The very wrong person�

Better turn your phone on and do the needful or explain why you disappeared, you can't run forever.

That money will be retrieved from you

Who is this one? Who did i block? Can't the person come here and talk if u are sure of what u are saying? Why threatening me on someone's behalf? Na wa o