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September 16th has been fixed by the National Industrial Court on sitting on Friday to deliver ruling on Federal Government’s prayer asking the court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven months strike. The matter which was first mentioned on Monday was adjourned until Friday for further mention before Justice Polycarp Hamman. When the matter came up, Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN informed the court that going by its directive on Monday that the claimant should file its process latest by Tuesday, that they had filed two processes. He added that the first one was motion on notice dated and filed Monday for an interlocutory injunction. Igwe further stated that the claimant also filed on the same date an affidavit of facts in support of the referral sent by the Minister of Labour and Employment. He also averred that some questions were raised with a full complement of a written address. He also submitted that the defendant had been served with proof of service...

The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu, on Saturday said that his party would form government at the centre in 2023. At a town hall meeting at his country home at Amaimo in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, Anyanwu said that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would defeat the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Tinubu. Anyanwu also dispelled the rumour that his party would disintegrate because of the crisis rocking PDP. He also urged his people to mobilise themselves and get their Permanent Voters Cards. According to him, APC had misruled the country, adding that the only party ready to take over the leadership of the country was PDP. He said ” Atiku is the next president of Nigeria. Our party will defeat APC. We are prepared to takeover leadership. Our presidential candidate is prepared and will repair Nigeria.” He also canvassed support for the PDP candidates in the state, adding that Nigerians were...

Former Italy international, Angelo di Livio has revealed Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo’s next club. Di Livio claimed that Ronaldo will leave Manchester United this summer to join Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma. According to him, Roma will announce Ronaldo’s signing on July 7. Ronaldo has been heavily linked with a move away from Man United this summer. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner played under Mourinho during their time at Real Madrid. “I know from various sources that Roma are trying to sign Cristiano Ronaldo and July 7 could be the date of the announcement. It is an indiscretion, but it circulates insistently in the world of football,” Di Livio told Retesport. “By chance, I spoke with a friend who works on television and who found out about the negotiations for Cristiano from an important club manager at a dinner a few days ago. “I know from a good source, from a very accredited person, that Roma is trying to get Cristiano Ronaldo by all means. Details will have to be iro...

Andriy Yarmolenko had an impressive game for Ukraine. Despite a preparation like no other for an international football fixture,   Ukraine   produced a momentous performance to beat Scotland 3-1 in its World Cup playoff semifinal at Hampden Park in Glasgow Wednesday. The emotional victory, that brought many watching Ukrainian fans -- sporting yellow and blue colors -- to tears, puts Ukraine just one win away from qualifying for the  Qatar World Cup  later this year. Wednesday's playoff had originally been scheduled to take place in March, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced the match's postponement. Ukraine now needs to beat Wales in Cardiff on Sunday in its playoff final to reach the World Cup. Before the game, the visitors had spoken about giving those back in their homeland a morale boost during the war and they did just that courtesy of goals from  Andriy Yarmolenko  and Roman Yaremchuk. Ukraine was made to suffer more in the second half after Callu...

A United States jury on Wednesday found both Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard liable for defamation following an intense trial riding on bitterly contested allegations of domestic abuse. The seven-member jury in Virginia awarded Depp $15 million in damages after finding that a 2018 article penned by Heard on the “sexual violence” she had suffered was defamatory to Depp. The jury also found that Heard was defamed by statements made by Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, who told the Daily Mail that her abuse claims were a “hoax,” and awarded her $2 million in damages. Heard said she was disappointed “beyond words” on Wednesday after the jury found she had made defamatory claims of abuse against her ex-husband, calling it a “setback” for women. “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband,” Heard said in a statement released shortly after...

Presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to rehabilitate the displaced people of Bakassi if elected president. He made the promise on Wednesday in Calabar when he came to consult delegates ahead of the party’s forthcoming presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu said,”We will create jobs, we will rehabilitate those displaced in Bakassi,” adding that he will make Calabar port functional. Tinubu, who came with an entourage including the Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, told the delegates to vote for success and progress and that they should ask about his achievements in Lagos. “I can turn Nigeria around. We will bring back Nigeria’s prosperity. We will create commodity markets. Economic prosperity will be there for you and your children,” he said, adding that he will replicate his achievements in Lagos nationwide if elected president in 2023. Former governor of Borno, Hashim Shettima, said equity, justice and fairness demand that power must go...