BREAKING: Tension As Gunmen Attack Igangan Police Station, Kill DCO, Suspect In Oyo

BREAKING: Tension As Gunmen Attack Igangan Police Station, Kill DCO, Suspect In Oyo

Unknown gunmen attacked Igangan police station in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State, killing Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, and a suspect who was in detention. A top senior police officer, who confided in Vanguard, said the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, an Inspector and some suspects were shot during the attack which occurred on Tuesday night, September 27, 2022. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident on Wednesday morning….

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ASUU Strike: Why FG Reversed Decision To Reopen Universities

ASUU Strike: Why FG Reversed Decision To Reopen Universities

ASUU members are currently on strike, so new information has come to light regarding why the Federal Government quickly reversed its directive to the various university administrations to reopen public universities. Remember that the Federal Government previously gave vice chancellors the order to reopen schools. It had asked the Vice-Chancellors of universities:- “to ensure that the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resume and commence lectures immediately.” However, it later issued…

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ASUU Strike, Deaths: UNICAL Loses Over 21 Lecturers

ASUU Strike, Deaths: UNICAL Loses Over 21 Lecturers

Sources have it that over 21 Professors and senior lecturers have lost their lives at the University of Calabar as a result of the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This is as the death toll increases on daily basis in different universities in the country. Recall that ASUU declared a one-month warning strike on February 14 this year over the inability of the Federal Government to address their…

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TOO BAD: Tragedy As Bandits Break Into Mosque, Gun Down Worshippers

TOO BAD: Tragedy As Bandits Break Into Mosque, Gun Down Worshippers

Bandits on Friday killed at least 13 worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Ruwan Jema community, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, during Juma’at service. The attack came barely three weeks after 44 worshippers were abducted at a mosque in Zugu community in the same local government area. The armed men later released the worshippers days later after payment of N5 million ransom. Ruwan Jema, a community situated 15 kilometres east of…

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ASUU Appeals Ruling, Says FG Has Declared War

ASUU Appeals Ruling, Says FG Has Declared War

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work, The PUNCH has learnt. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home its demands for improved funding for universities and a review of salaries for…

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EKSU orders students back to campus, schedules second-semester exams

EKSU orders students back to campus, schedules second-semester exams

EKSU orders students back to campus, schedules second-semester exams. With effect from tomorrow, September 22, 2022, the management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has ordered the return of all academic activities. As a result, the final lectures for the 2020–2021 academic year have been set for the period from Thursday, September 22, to Friday, October 21, 2022. The Organization Bode Olofinmuagun, the director of information and corporate affairs, announced in a news release that the…

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Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike

Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike

The national industrial court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government have ended in a deadlock. Consequently, the federal government went to court to challenge the strike. The…

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BREAKING NEWS!! NANS Finally Speak On Protest On Third Mainland Bridge Today

BREAKING NEWS!! NANS Finally Speak On Protest On Third Mainland Bridge Today

NANS Denies Reports of Planned Protest on Third Mainland Bridge The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has debunked reports that it plans to block the ThirdMainland Bridge on Wednesday. Its Vice President of External Affairs, Babatunde Afis, told Nigeria Info that no protests were planned for the day. This is coming two days after the student union blocked access to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, in a bid to get the federal government to meet…

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ASUU Strike: NANS Protest Disrupts Flight Operations At Lagos Airport

ASUU Strike: NANS Protest Disrupts Flight Operations At Lagos Airport

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) protest has hampered flight operations at Lagos’ Muritala International Airport, as protesting students block highways leading to the international airport over the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ protracted strike. In a message obtained by Brand Spur Nigeria on Monday, Arik Air warned its passengers—particularly those leaving Lagos that the NANS protest that took place at the airport on Monday would cause flight disruptions. “Please be informed that you…

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Strike: NIC To Rule On Suit Against ASUU On Wednesday

Strike: NIC To Rule On Suit Against ASUU On Wednesday

The National Industrial Court in Nigeria on Monday fixed Wednesday, 21 September 2022, as the deciding date for the application brought to it by the Federal Government seeking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work while awaiting the court’s decision on their ongoing strike. Justice Polycarp Hamman fixed the date after the lead counsel to the government, Mr. James Igwe, stated his application seeking an order of the court restraining ASUU from…

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Reps To Meet ASUU, Stakeholders Tuesday Over Possible End To Strike

Reps To Meet ASUU, Stakeholders Tuesday Over Possible End To Strike

The House of Representatives is to meet with the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) and other stakeholders to find lasting solution to the lingering strike embarked by the union. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Yahaya Danzaria, the Clerk of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. He said the meeting would take place on Tuesday at the National Assembly, the House of Reps wing. He said the meeting with…

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Ecowas Youth Ambassador visit Unilag VC, discuss youth development.

Ecowas Youth Ambassador visit Unilag VC, discuss youth development.

Ecowas Youth Ambassador visit Unilag VC, discuss youth development The Youngest Ecowas Youth Ambassador, Amb. Emmanuel Agida paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The purpose of the visit was to discuss matters related to National and Youth Development, the Ambassador confirmed via his social media handles. Amb. Emmanuel Agida presented a letter requesting partnership to the University Vice Chancellor. The letter contains a request to…

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98 Chibok Girls Still in Boko Haram’s Captivity – Military

98 Chibok Girls Still in Boko Haram’s Captivity – Military

Ninety-eight (98) students of Government Girls’ Secondary School Chibok of Borno State, out of the 276 abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, are still in the custody of the deadly terrorist group. Colonel Obinna Ezuipke, the head of the Intelligence Unit of the Joint Military Taskforce in the North East, Operation Hadinkai, announced this while briefing reporters at its headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri. Ezuipke said,   “Out of the 276 abducted…

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Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces

Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14…

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Bandits Arrest Thief, Hand Him Over To Police In Katsina

Bandits Arrest Thief, Hand Him Over To Police In Katsina

Bandits operating in Katsina State have ‘arrested’ a suspected thief found with stolen materials in a community. According to reports, the middle-aged man specializes in pulling out metal rods and removing iron bars from uncompleted and abandoned buildings in the state. PR Nigeria reports that the bandits narrated how they caught the vandal while they were patroling the area on their motorcycles. A video obtained by the publication, captured the armed men parading the scavenger…

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11 state varsities shun ASUU, FG threatens unions

11 state varsities shun ASUU, FG threatens unions

No fewer than 11 state universities are not participating in the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Our correspondents reported on Monday that academic activities were going on in universities owned by Osun, Rivers, Delta, Borno, Anambra, Kwara and Akwa Ibom states as well as the three universities owned by Lagos State. Also ahead of the National Universities Commission meeting with vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities today (Tuesday), the Federal Government…

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N183m theft: EFCC declares Imo pastor wanted

N183m theft: EFCC declares Imo pastor wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Pastor Emmanuel Gbaruko of Dominion City, located in the World Bank area of Owerri, Imo State, wanted over an alleged N183 million theft. The Commission also declared one Ikechukwu Iroekwe culpable and wanted for the same offence. According to a statement by the EFCC, Gbaruko, 42, is a native of Umuahia, Abia State. The anti-graft agency noted that his last known address was Eze Akri Street through…

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“PDP Is Poverty Development Party. I Wonder Why They Still Exist As A Party” – Tinubu

“PDP Is Poverty Development Party. I Wonder Why They Still Exist As A Party” – Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described the PDP as a ”Poverty Development Party” and wonders why they are still in existence. Tinubu stated this during a political meeting on Sunday, September 4. He wondered how and why the PDP still exits, despite its alleged failure as a government that was in power for sixteen years. “We are not just the ones to hurl abuses and insults at our…

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JUST IN: NANS convention committee declares Barambu President-elect

JUST IN: NANS convention committee declares Barambu President-elect

The Convention Planning Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students has released the list of the winners of the Saturday elections of the student body. The election results had gone controversial on Saturday following the emergence of two factional presidents. The controversy has finally been cleared as the committee declared Usman Barambu the President-elect of the association. Barambu polled 292 votes to defeat his popular rival, Faruk Lawal, who polled just eight votes. Other…

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How NSCDC Official Allegedly Beat Up Disabled Singer Yinka Ayefele

How NSCDC Official Allegedly Beat Up Disabled Singer Yinka Ayefele

Some residents of Ekiti State have condemned the physical assault on a popular Nigerian gospel singer, Mr Yinka Ayefele by an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Ayefele was said to have been punched on his lips by a yet-to-be-identified officer during an altercation between them. Sources told journalists in Ado Ekiti, that the security agent also threatened to shoot the Ipoti Ekiti-born singer after resisting his forceful attempt to take money…

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Portable Apologizes to Davido And His Fans Over Osun Election Drama(Watch Video)

Portable Apologizes to Davido And His Fans Over Osun Election Drama(Watch Video)

Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable has tendered an apology to musician, Davido. He also apologised to Davido’s fans. Recall that the two had been on opposing sides at the recently-concluded Osun gubernatorial election where Portable campaigned for Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while Davido rooted for his uncle, Ademola Adeleke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Following their political differences, there were speculations that Davido unfollowed the ‘Zazuu’ crooner on Instagram…

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I’m Not Sure Of Another Chance After 2023 General Elections – Tinubu

I’m Not Sure Of Another Chance After 2023 General Elections – Tinubu

  Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress, has said that if he does not win the general elections in 2023, he is not certain whether he will run in any other presidential election. This was said on Twitter by Tinubu, who had previously expressed his desperation to secure the APC presidential nomination. “We are here to answer to a greater, higher calling. That calling is the love of Nigeria. We…

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Dangote to employ 30,000 youths in Nasarawa

Dangote to employ 30,000 youths in Nasarawa

Management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has resolved to significantly reduce the importation of sugar into the country by 40 percent, thus paving the way for the employment of over 30,000 youths. President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote explained recently in a chat with newsmen that it was embarking on Phase II of its Sugar project, which will then cover over 100,000ha to make the sugar plant, the largest in Africa. Dangote said that the…

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Pregnant Abuja lady seeks buyer for unborn baby

Pregnant Abuja lady seeks buyer for unborn baby

A pregnant lady, identified only as Chinaza, has approached doctors at the National Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to seek buyer for her unborn baby. According to information gathered it was revealed that when the 23-year-old lady got pregnant, she left her parents house in Imo State to live with her friend in Lagos State. A source in the hospital, who spoke with our correspondent on Monday, said Chinaza friend’s house was later…

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ASUU declares indefinite strike

ASUU declares indefinite strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has declared a total and indefinite strike. The PUNCH had reported that ASUU National Executive Council would meet on Sunday to take a decision over the government’s lackadaisical attitude toward the demands and plight of lecturers. Meanwhile, a meeting between ASUU executives and the Federal Government’s Nimi Briggs committee on August 16, 2022, ended in deadlock. In a statement titled, ‘ASUU strikes are to save public universities,’ and signed…

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I Sat Five Times For JAMB, Says ‘Ijo Laba Laba’ Crooner Crayon

I Sat Five Times For JAMB, Says ‘Ijo Laba Laba’ Crooner Crayon

Afrobeat star Crayon has shared his journey into music, saying he sat for the Joint Admission and Matriculation (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) five times before moving into entertainment. Crayon, whose real name is Charles Chibuezechukwu, said he struggled to gain admission to a tertiary institution before delving into music. “It has been amazing and beautiful to see because I have been working over the years and now, I am now finally getting the…

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UPDATE!!! TASUED Suspends Senior Lecturer Wanted By ICPC Over Sex-For-Marks

UPDATE!!! TASUED Suspends Senior Lecturer Wanted By ICPC Over Sex-For-Marks

Dr. Olaniran Balogun, a senior lecturer at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun in Ogun State, has been suspended. The staff had been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). “A warrant of arrest has been issued for his immediate arrest”, the ICPC announced in a notice. Balogun was asked to report himself to any of the ICPC state offices in Lagos, Ibadan or the nearest police…

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ASUU Rejects EKSU Resumption Order, UNIOSUN Tackles Union

ASUU Rejects EKSU Resumption Order, UNIOSUN Tackles Union

An order from the institution’s management to resume academic activities has been rejected by the Academic Staff Union of Universities at Ekiti State University in Ado Ekiti. However, Dr. Kayode Arogundade, the union’s chairperson, who announced this on Friday, said the university’s registrar, Ife Oluwole, was free to reopen the university, which he closed as a result of the industrial action. Arogundade, who spoke in reaction to a statement on Wednesday by the registrar directing…

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