Day: September 19, 2017

IPOB: APC calls for additional state in South East

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has called for an additional state in the South East zone to check current agitation in the zone. The APC in the zone said that the ill-feelings of not belonging in the scheme of things had fuelled current agitations in the zone by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Spokesman of the party in the state, Chief Osita Okechukwu, made the call on Monday in Enugu while presenting the zone’s position to the APC Committee on True Federalism and Restructuring. Okechukwu…

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ASUU suspends strike

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its five-week old strike following a  meeting with the Federal Government’s delegation. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President announced this at a news conference after the  meeting with the Federal Government  on Monday in Abuja. He said the union  decided to conditionally suspend the strike  in view of the timeline of October 2017 for the implementation of the signed agreement. According to Ogunyemi, after an elaborate and extensive consultation process, the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU has agreed to conditionally suspend…

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IPOB is not a terrorist group – Saraki

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Senate President Bukola Saraki on yesterday faulted the declaration by the Nigerian military that the Indigenous People of Biafra is a terrorist organisation and the ban placed on the group’s activities by South-East Governors, saying due process was not followed. “The announcement of the proscription of the group known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by Governors of the South-east states and the categorisation of the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Nigerian military are unconstitutional and does not follow due process,” Saraki said in a statement on Monday. “Our laws make clear provisions…

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