ASUU awaits Buhari on no-work-no-pay, holds NEC meeting

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is still awaiting the decision of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the no-work-no-pay rule invoked by the Federal Government since its strike began eight months ago. Our correspondent learnt that the President’s decision on the matter is key to a decision the union will take on

Sri Lanka President to step down after Protest (images)

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president’s official residence and set fire to the prime minister’s home in Colombo. The announcement, following the dramatic escalation in months of largely peaceful

UPDATE: Robert Mugabe Resisting Army Pressure To Quit, Insists He Is Still President

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday, and is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup. The priest, Fidelis Mukonori, is acting as a middle-man between Mugabe and the generals, who seized power