Tag: Friday
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2019: INEC to meet striking ASUU officials on Friday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) on January 4, ahead of the 2019 polls. The national president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed the development on Monday. According to Ogunyemi, the major reason for the meeting is for the union to assist the…
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Lagos-Kano train service resumes Friday – NRC
The Nigerian Railway Corporation said that it would resume the Lagos-Kano Mass Transit Train Services on Friday. The Deputy Director, NRC Public Relations, Mr Mahmoud Yakub, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. Yakub said that the service was delayed because the rail track was washed away by rainfall. “We…
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Prepare for longest total lunar eclipse on Friday, Scientist tells Nigerians
Nigeria will on Friday night experience a spectacular total lunar eclipse, which will last for one hour, Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, has said. Ubachukwu, the leader of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. “Nigeria is set…
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Buhari to visit Borno Friday – Shettima
President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to visit Borno State on security engagements on Friday, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has disclosed. Shettima, who stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, said he was in the villa in respect of the forthcoming presidential visit to the state. The governor…
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2018 budget: Buhari orders MDAs to submit details to National Assembly before Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday mandated representatives of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that were yet to submit and defend details of their 2018 expenditures before the National Assembly to do before Friday. Recall that President Buhari had in November 2017 presented the 2018 budget to the lawmakers. However, there has been rows between the…
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Restructuring: MURIC demands declaration of Friday work free, establishment of Sharia courts in South-Western states, others
A pro-Islam Nigerian rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has presented its demands to the Federal Government as calls for the restructuring of the country deepens. In a statement sent to issued on Monday, the group asked the federal government to declare Friday a work-free day to allow Muslims worship just as Sunday has…
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JUST IN: Finally! LAUTECH reopens Friday
The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, has fixed the resumption of activities at the university for Friday, September 15, 2017. The registrar of the university, Jacob Agboola, said this in a statement released and obtained by TheNewsGuru.com on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Lekan…
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Eid-el-Kabir: FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday, September 1 and Monday, September 4, 2017 as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), made the declaration on behalf of the government in a statement on Monday in Abuja by the Director Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary,…
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Paris Club refund: Governors to meet Buhari on Friday for release of final tranche
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday meet with Governors of the 36 states of the federation at the Presidential Villa to discuss the release of the last tranche of the Paris and London Club refunds. The meeting which is at the request of the Governors, is to seek the President’s approval for the final release…
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Anambra Guber Poll: APC screens aspirants Thursday, Friday
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Thursday and Friday for screening of aspirants who have collected its forms for the Nov. 18 governorship election in Anambra. This was announced in a timetable for the exercise made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja by the party’s Assistant Director of…