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FUTO sues ASUU over Pantami’s professorship

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  ISSA PANTAMI The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti, has said the management had gone to court over the rejection of Dr. Isah Ibrahim Pantami’s promotion to the rank as a professor of Cyber Security by the institution. This followed the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sanction FUTO management for approving Pantami as a professor while he is still in Federal Government’s active service as a minister. RELATED POSTS ASUU grounds varsities for four weeks Feb 15, 2022 Osun APC primary: Guns boom, panic in Osogbo Feb 15, 2022 Why Customs can’t meet N3.019tr target, by CG Feb 15, 2022 Oti told  The Nation  yesterday that the management went to court on the matter, saying any comment or discussion on it is subjudice. But a senior management worker, who spoke in confidence, claimed that ASUU has no right to dabble into a matter it has no jurisdiction over. “Just like ASUU does not tell the university council an...

BREAKING NEWS: NDLEA declares Abba Kyari wanted, says he leads cartel of drug barons operating Brazil, Singapore

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has declared suspended DCP, Abba Kyari wanted for being one of the leaders of a Cartel of Drug Barons operating the Brazil, Singapore network. Several instances of his intervention to free arrested Cocaine and Heroine suspects with US dollars and compromise seized hard drugs among NDLEA operatives. NDLEA said DCP "Kyari is wanted for being one of the leaders of a Cartel of Drug Barons operating the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria network noting that several instances of his intervention to free arrested Cocaine and Heroine suspects with US dollars and compromise seized hard drugs among NDLEA operatives suffice". Addressing newsmen Babafemi said, “The saga started on Friday, January 21, 2022, when DCP Kyari initiated a call to one of the NDLEA officers in Abuja at 2:12 pm. “When the officer returned the call two minutes later, Kyari informed him he was coming to see him, to discuss an operational matter after the Juma’at service. “He appeare...

No more hindrance, I’ll name new Olubadan Monday, says Makinde

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  Oyo State Governor: Seyi Makinde Oyo  State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said he will announce the new Olubadan of Ibadanland on Monday. Makinde made this known on Saturday at the grand finale of the burial of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan. He said all issues hindering the announcement and installation of the new Olubadan had been resolved. “This is another victory for the Ibadan traditional institution; the process and the system were never broken, so we have reverted to the age long system,” Makinde stated. The governor said he had received a letter from the Olubadan-in-Council in respect of the announcement of the new monarch. According to him, Ibadanland has a unique procedural step as regards the enthronement of a new Oba and this has been in existence for ages. He prayed that Ibadanland would continue to witness more development. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the late Oba Adetunji, who was the 41st ...