Tag Archives: Faction

A faction of the Rivers state House of assembly have elected former Majority leader, Edison Ehie, as their speaker.   Edison who is loyal to the state governor, Fubara, was elected speaker on Monday October 30, after a faction of the assembly removed him as house leader, as the plot …

ROME — Pope Francis has expressed in unusually sharp terms his dismay at “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” opposing him within the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, one that fixates on social issues like abortion and sexuality to the exclusion of caring for the poor and the environment. The pope …

Prime Minister Mikati told Palestinian President Abbas the clashes were a ‘flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty’. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has threatened to send in the Lebanese army to the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, where fighting in recent days has killed more than a dozen people, wounded …

The Labour Party (LP) has raised an alarm of Lamidi Apapa-led faction allegedly working to sabotage the petitions filed by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other members at the tribunals.   The Comrade Julius Abure-led faction alleged that Lamidi approached election tribunals seeking to withdraw all cases involving …

Lecturers under the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are set to receive their withheld salaries from the federal government.    TheCable reported that this was conveyed in a letter dated January 13, and addressed to Niyi Sunmonu, national coordinator of …

More confusion and division has hit the South-West region of Nigeria as a new faction emerged from the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. Naija News recalls that controversies started in the camp of Afenifere after the group purportedly endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency. …

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has commenced the payment of the eight-month salary backlog to lecturers under the Congress of University Academics (CONUA). Naija News recalls that CONUA, which broke away from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was recognised by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. …

The federal government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).   Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment who presented the certificate to CONUA on Tuesday October 4, also announced the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as a trade …

Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of Academic Staff Union of Universities led by Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, will be receiving a certificate of registration from the Federal Government today, October 4.    Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige will …

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize and publish the names of candidates produced by the Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as standard-bearers of the party in the forthcoming 2023 elections. In a judgement …