US Court Set to Release Tinubu’s Academic Records Today Gives CSU 12pm deadline to comply Sets expedited schedule for discovery Deposition of varsity designee must be completed by 5pm tomorrow
Alex Enumah in Abuja A United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ordered Chicago State University
(CSU) to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to Nigeria’s former Vice President and the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, unfailingly, by mid-day today, October 2. The court ordered that deposition of the university must be completed by tomorrow, Tuesday, October 3.
The order followed Hon. Nancy Maldonado’s overruling of Tinubu's objection to the release of his academic records at CSU to Atiku. Maldonado's order, which came
after nearly two months of fierce legal fireworks in the US over the authenticity of the Diploma certificate paraded by Nigeria's president, was expected to resolve
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Tinubu Leads Shettima, Others to Mark Nigeria's 63rd Independence Anniversary Governors optimistic about nation's future Country doesn't need to suffer current hardship, says PDP Our correspondents President Bola Tinubu, yesterday,
led top government officials, including Vice President Kashim Shettima and foreign diplomats, to
observe a low-key, but colourful, 63rd independence anniversary of the country at the Forecourt of the
State House, Abuja. Across the states, at various events to mark the anniversary, governors
expressed optimism about the future Independence Day, First Lady, of the country. Still in the spirit of the Continued on page 5
After Meeting with FG, Labour Calls Emergency NEC to Reconsider Planned Nationwide Strike Tinubu announces N35,000 provisional wage increment for all federal workers Labour's request for higher wage to be presented to president for further consideration
Deji Elumoye and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The meeting between top officials of the federal government and the organised labour yesterday, to address the planned indefinite strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) appeared to have yielded result as the trade union centres may not afterall go ahead with the proposed industrial action following fruitful deliberations from the meeting yesterday. An indication to this effect was given at the end of the four-hour meeting held at the State House, Abuja, as government delegation led by Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, reeled out some steps being taken by government to mitigate the effect of fuel subsidy removal which the leadership of both the NLC Continued on page 6
OTEDOLA VISITS FIRST LADY… First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu (L) and Chairman Geregu Plc Mr Femi Otedola, during his courtesy visit to Mrs Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Saturday