The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lambasted the Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, for not paying the salaries of about 65 workers of the Kogi State University, while the state government claimed that it had paid 90 per cent of the university workforce. ASUU, Abuja Zone, which held a briefing on Monday, said... Read More

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July 15, 2017

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Gov Bello uncovers Kogi University officials who looted N100m monthly for 7 years

Kogi State government announced Friday that it had uncovered an N8.4 billion fraud at the Kogi State University. The Director-General, Media and Publicity to the state governor, Kingsley Fanwo, told newsmen in Lokoja that three suspects had been arrested in connection with the fraud. “The suspects perpetrated the fraud by including names of ghost workers... Read More

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March 5, 2014

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Opinion: Dear Mr. President, the unemployment rate in Nigeria is alarming

by Oladele John Nihi Your Excellency Sir, it’s my humble opinion that if there is a presidential directive mandating all federal government agencies both in the civil service, military and Para-military through the Head of Service of the Federation and Chief of Defense Staff to annually begin or start recruitment in all the federal parastatals... Read More

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November 22, 2013

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‘Malam is not a Boko Haram member’: Family defends lecturer arrested by the SSS

by Muyiwa Daropale The wife and brother of Nazeef Yunus, a lecturer at the Kogi State University who was paraded Wednesday as a Boko Haram member, said the Islamic scholar must have been set up. The wife, Sa’adatu Sani said people know him as a peaceful person and that he has always preached against the ideology... Read More

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