A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Akinola Ajibade
Universities'students are going to spend more time at home with their parents and guardians, as meetings between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) ended in a stalemate.
This happens as the meeting between the striking lecturers and the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee on Tuesday at the National University Commission in Abuja, failed to achieve tangible results.
Reason, according to one of the senior members of ASUU, who craved annomity, was based on the facts that the Briggs negotiation committee did not come out with new offer on the issue.
Though the committee pleaded with the leacturers to suspend the on-going strike, with promises that their concerns will be included in 2023 budget, the plea fell on deaf ears.
According to sources closed to ASUU, the meeting, which started at about 12pm, lasted for about three hours without any agreement reached.
Recall that ASUU embarked on a four-week warning strike on February 14.
On March 14, the union extended the industrial action by another two months to allow the government meet all of its demands. This was followed by a 12-week extension on May 9.
Since May 9, the union has remained on strike, vowing to continue until its demands are met.
The demands as stated by ASUU are improved welfare, revitalisation of public universities and academic autonomy among others.
One bone of contention for the academics is the non-payment of university revitalisation funds, which amounts to about N1.1 trillion.
However, the government is not ready to pay the money, owing to the fact that it does not have that amount. The government attributed the development to crude oil prices experienced during the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
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