December 2025 – Page 193

SSANU Threatens Strike Over Marginalisation, Unpaid ₦50bn Allowances, Others

08.12.2025

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned that it would shut down public universities across the country in early 2026 if the Federal Government fails to meet its demands, including the release of the outstanding ₦50 billion Earned Allowances and conclusion of a credible renegotiation process by December 31, 2025. In a...

FCC Charges Water Resources Ministry To Ensure Water Infrastructure

08.12.2025

…Services To All Communities In line with Part II, Section 4 of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Act, the Acting Executive Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Kayode Oladele, on Monday charged the Ministry of Water Resources to ensure that water-related infrastructures and services reach every community in the country. The Acting Chairman, who gave the...

Wike, Friends’ Fictitious Caretaker C’ttee Contempt Of Court

08.12.2025

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the constitution of the National Caretaker Committee announced by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, purportedly for the PDP, is a contempt of court. The PDP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary Ini Emembong, disclosed that Justice J.O. Abdulmalik of Abuja High Court,...

I Was Under Pressure When Presh Suggested We Go Solo – Kcee

08.12.2025

Award-winning singer and one-half of the defunct hip-hop duo KC Presh, Kcee, has revealed that he was under intense pressure when his partner, Presh, suggested that they should go their separate ways. In a recent interview with Yanga FM Lagos, Kcee explained that there was no disagreement between them when Presh suggested the split. He,...

Zamfara APC Receives Kaura Namoda PDP Chairman

08.12.2025

The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the receipt of the current Kaura Namoda local government PDP Chairman, Hon. Sadiq Abubakar, alongside his teeming supporters across the wards of the local government. The defected PDP Chairman was received by the former APC Chairman, Hon. Lawal M. Liman, along with the...

Circuits Boosts Nigeria’s Digital Cinema Economy

08.12.2025

Africa’s fast-rising virtual cinema platform, Circuits, has sparked a new economic conversation in Nollywood after revealing a welfare intervention that delivers monthly pay for life and comprehensive health insurance to ageing screen icons. The initiative, the company says, is aimed at correcting decades of financial injustice in Nigeria’s multi-billion-naira film sector, and it also declared...

NIESV Inducts 539 Members & Urges Strict Industry Standards

08.12.2025

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers has inducted 539 new members, urging them to uphold the highest professional standards in the industry. This was disclosed at the NIESV 2020 Membership Induction Ceremony themed, “Transition To Professional Membership: Upholding Integrity And Creating Value Through Service Delivery.” The President and Chairman of the Council of...

FG Unveils N50m Equity-Free Grant For Tertiary Students

08.12.2025

The Federal Government has unveiled a N50 million Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG), aimed at promoting innovation, research excellence, and entrepreneurship across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Beneficiaries would receive up to N50 million in equity-free seed funding, alongside intensive incubation, expert mentorship, and access to networks and critical startup-building tools. Speaking at the unveiling on Monday...

Why Support For MSMEs Is Central To Our Devt Agenda

08.12.2025

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated that empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) remains a critical pillar of his administration’s development blueprint, stressing that the sector is central to productivity, job creation and long-term economic stability. Speaking through the Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Cooperative, Trade and Investment, Hon. Abiodun Tobun, at...

FUO To Confer Degrees On 10,272 Graduates

08.12.2025

The Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Teddy Charles Adias, has revealed that the University will be conferring Degrees on 10,272 graduating students across the various faculties of the university and postgraduate school. Out of these, he said that 9912 students will be graduating with various first degrees, while 360 will...