PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).

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 Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West President Vladimir Putin told African leaders ​on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying ‌to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development, Reuters reported. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders ​attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies. "Africa is increasingly asserting itself as one of the key players in the global economy and politics. However, the emergence of a multipolar world is, of ​course, no easy task; it faces resistance from countries that are not prepared to accept this reality: those who are accustomed to ​thinking i...

ASUU WARNS AGAINST SCRAPPING TETFUND, URGES NIGERIANS TO REJECT 2024 TAX BILL. (PHOTO).


 ASUU Warns Against Scrapping TETFund, Urges Nigerians to Reject 2024 Tax Bill


The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed alarm over the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, currently before the National Assembly, which seeks to abolish the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).


ASUU cautioned that the policy would devastate public universities, reducing them to glorified secondary schools. The bill proposes diverting TETFund's statutory funds to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), a move ASUU described as illogical and anti-education.


Highlighting TETFund's crucial role in infrastructure development, capacity building, and research, ASUU called on lawmakers, state governors, and all Nigerians to oppose the bill and safeguard the future of tertiary education in the country.

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