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Abuja Pupils Protest, Want Principal Removed

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Pupils of Federal Government College Rubochi, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital of Territory on Monday embarked on a protest to

By John Michael Ojo
Pupils of Federal Government College Rubochi, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital of Territory on Monday embarked on a protest to demand an immediate removal of the school’s principal, Mr Alkali Awu over mismanagement.

The pupils who were seen bearing placards with inscriptions such as “Alkali Must Go”, lamented that the school environment was no longer conducive for learning.

In a video which was obtained by New Times, an adult could be heard asking the pupils what was going on and why the protest.

Pupils of Federal Government College Rubochi, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital of Territory on Monday embarked on a protest to

Responding, one of the pupils who spoke said they had no water, electricity and that they were being underfed.

He said: “This is FGC Rubochi students and we are not happy.”

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He then called on one of the pupils and asked “what’s your name?” And the latter answered.
He then proceeded and asked the pupil what he could say about the school.

The pupil simply answered that “there’s no light, no water and no food. We don’t use to eat well and it’s not good.”

Pupils of Federal Government College Rubochi, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital of Territory on Monday embarked on a protest to

Also, teachers in the school seemed to have toed the line of the pupils as they were seen in their numbers singing and demanding the removal of the principal.

Some of them had drums while others sang solidarity songs.

But while responding to our correspondent, the principal said his students’ action against him was fuelled by external forces and that his pupils dearly love him.

“Everything is under control, it was just an inciting incident, my students love me.

“We are trying to find out the perpetrator of that incitement, by the grace of God everything in the school is working normally right now.

“I just want to assure you that my students are ok”, Awu maintained.

Pupils of Federal Government College Rubochi, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital of Territory on Monday embarked on a protest to

However, a source who is very familiar with the happenings in the school told our correspondent that the principal was hard-handed and wanted everything for himself.

He added that Awu was in trouble and that he was trying to sort himself out with the authorities.

“The problem of the principal is greed, he doesn’t give to other people what belongs to them. He wants to have everything to himself.

“It’s the principal who supplies food items to the kitchen, he goes to the market himself.

“This should not be so, the school has dining master and kitchen staff, they should be allowed to do their job.”

Another also said what led to teachers involvement in the protest was the principal’s refusal to pay his teachers their lesson allowances.

 

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BREAKING: PDP Suspends Anyim, Fayose

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Anyim and Fayose

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former president of the Senate, Pius Anyim; Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu were on Thursday suspended from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

The PDP made the suspension on Thursday after an extensive review of the affairs of the party, pursuant to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).

The PDP also referred the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, to the National Disciplinary Committee over his reported involvement in anti-party activities.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.

“The PDP urges all leaders, critical stakeholders and teeming members of our party across the country to remain united and focused at this critical time,” the statement added.

 

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BREAKING: Ekweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ-trafficking In UK

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Ekweremadu and his wife

A United Kingdom court has found former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50,  guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, which saw them bring a 21-year-old man to the UK

They were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man from Lagos for his kidney, reports the BBC.

Prosecutors told the Old Bailey the organ was to be removed and given to the couple’s daughter, Sonia, aged 25.

She was cleared of the same charge.

The victim, a street trader from Lagos, was brought to the UK last year to provide a kidney in an £80,000 private transplant at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

They were later arrested at the airport while trying to leave the UK.

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NLC Orders Workers To Shut CBN Offices Nationwide Over Naira Scarcity

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NLC Suspends Plan To Protest Against Fuel Subsidy Removal

Worried about the continued scarcity of naira, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has officially declared a nationwide . The national president of the union, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive during a media briefing in Abuja.

Ajaero also directed that affiliate unions constituting the NLC should be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide.

The NLC earlier issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the petrol and cash scarcity being experienced in the country.

Ajaero told journalists on Wednesday that the industrial action became the last resort of the NLC following the expiration of the ultimatum.

He said the decision to picket the CBN branches became necessary as the federal government and the CBN had failed to show any commitment to addressing the situation.

Ajaero lamented that despite the Supreme Court order that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023, the situation kept getting worse.

He said workers could not access cash to pay fares to work.

He also criticised the pricing irregularities in the petroleum sector.

“Last week, we gave an ultimatum for the review of the cash crunch bedevilling the country, but we have discovered to our dismay that as at this moment not much effort has been made to ameliorate the situation. Government is still foot-dragging on these issues we raised,” Ajaero said.

“Based on this, we met again this morning to review our position and resolved that by Wednesday next week all CBN branches will be picketed. Workers are directed to stay at home too because people cannot eat, workers can no longer go to the office, we have been pushed to the wall.

“We have decided to take our destiny in our hands, we have mobilised our workers on this exercise.”

The NLC has no fewer than 43 affiliate unions which include, but not limited to, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, and the National Union of Road Transport Workers.

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