Month: February 2022
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Updated: NDLEA Declares Suspended Super Cop, Abba Kyari Wanted (Full Report)
Another looming tragedy might befall the suspended well decorated super cop, Abba Kyari as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, declared him wanted for over alleged drug related offences. The NDLEA said investigation has revealed that Kyari is a member of drug syndicate which operates across the globe. TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING BY THE…
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ASUU Declares Isa Patanmi’s Professorship ‘Illegal’, Sanctions Vice Chancellor
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a Professor as illegal. The union after its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in the University of Lagos, UNILAG, described the promotion as “illegal”. This was declared at a press conference addressed…
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ASUU Declares ‘Comprehensive, Total’ 4-week Strike (Video)
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a four-week “comprehensive and total” strike. The strike will take effect from February 14, 2022. ASUU National President Prof Emmanuel Osodeke announced the development to journalists on Monday in Lagos after the National Executive Council(NEC) meeting of the union tagged ‘NEC for NEC.’ Recall that ASUU…
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Flash: ASUU To Embark On One-month Strike
Vanguard After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month warning strike to press home its demands from the government. A source at the meeting held in Lagos told Vanguard in confidence that the…
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Yahoo-Yahoo: 22-year-old EKSU Student in Court Over Alleged N4.7 Million Fraud
A 22- year-old student of the Department of Philosophy, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Ayodeji Aderobaki, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Yaba, Lagos State, for allegedly defrauding one Tobbena Okolo, of N4.7m. Aderobaki, who is in final year was alleged to have defrauded Okolo of the sum in August 2021. The…
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Anambra Governor-elect, Soludo Announces Application For Political Appointment (See How To Apply)
Anambra State governor-elect, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo has called on well meaning technocrats willing to serving under his government as political appointees to apply. This is just as the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Anambra State Chapter, appealed to governor-elect to include them as members of his political appointees. A notice by…
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Igboho Drags Benin Republic To ECOWAS Court, Files $1 Million Suit Over Unlawful Detention, Others
Embattled Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho’ , has filed a $1 million suit against Republic of Benin before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as cost of general damages for each day he has spent in incarceration in the country. Igboho, through…
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Tinubu Support Group Reacts To Viral Picture of ‘Wet Dress’
Pro-Bola Tinubu coalition, the Support Groups Management Council, says the viral photograph of the All Progressives Congress leader pictured in a wet dress is the work of mischief-makers. In a statement on Sunday, the coalition said the viral photo was manipulated, noting that Tinubu is healthy and physically fit to be Nigeria’s President in 2023,…
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How Massive Vote Buying Mars FCT Election, CDD
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils’ poll witnessed massive vote-buying by politicians. Austin Aigbe, senior programme officer, CDD, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Mr Aigbe said observations indicated cases of vote-buying in Gwagwalada where votes were bought with money. ”Another case…
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After Kuje, PDP wins Bwari council election
Shekwogaza Gabaya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of Bwari Area Council Chairmanship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Professor Amuche Madu, the INEC Returning/Collation Officer for the election announced this on Sunday in Bwari. Mr Madu said that Gabaya polled 13,045 votes to emerge winner, while Haruna Shekwolo…