Month: May 2022
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Police Parade ‘Motocyclists’ Who Allegedly Lynched Sound Engineer To Death in Lagos Over N100 Balance (Video)
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspects linked to the gruesome murder of a sound engineer, David Imoh, in Lekki area of the state. The police paraded the six men, alongside other suspects, before journalists at the police command in Ikeja, a statement by spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday, said. “A…
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Alleged N250,000 Bribe: OAU SU Debunks Backstabbing Students To Slow-down #EndASUUStrike Protest
Following allegations by some students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife that the Festus Olayiwola led Students’ Union has reportedly back stabbed members of the union by allegedly collecting a sum of N250,000 from Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II to slow down the #EndASUUStrike struggle. The union in a release signed…
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FG Moves To End ASUU, ASUP Strike, Begins Arrears Payment
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has commenced the payment of minimum wage arrears, which it owed lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Academic Staff Union of Universities as part of efforts to end ongoing strikes by the unions, The PUNCH has learnt. The National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson…
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83 Million Nigerians To Benefit As Buhari Signs National Health Authority Bill Into Law
Eighty-three million Nigerians are set to be covered as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law. This is according to a statement released by presidential aide Garba Shehu on Thursday. He said the bill repeals “the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria…
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IPOB Issues Stern Warning To Pastor Kumuyi Over Proposed Crusade in Aba
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued stern warning to the General Superintendent of Deeper life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi on his proposed crusade in Aba, Abia State. IPOB urged the cleric to havr a rethink about the crusade in view of the security situation in the Southeast. Reeling out the waring the Media…
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Lagos Guber Aspirant, Tope Balogun Reacts To Ban of Okada
One of the aspirants eyeing the Lagos State Governor’s seat in Alausa, Ikeja, on the platform of Action Alliance, AA, Mr Tope Balogun has reacted to the total ban of Okada in six local governments within the state. The partial ban of the commercial motorcyclists by the Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu might not be unconnected…
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Amidst ASUU Strike, LAUTECH Announces Resumption of Academic Activities
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, has directed its staff and students to resume academic activities amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The tech-varsity stated the directive in a release signed by the Registrar, Kayode A. Ogunleye on Thursday. The terse statement as spotted by Vreporters few minutes ago…
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Hemp Seller Allegedly Slits Girlfriend’s Throat in Ogun Over Slippers, Dumps Corpse
Punch Newspaper A hemp seller, identified simply as Toba, has allegedly slit the throat of his girlfriend, Tunrayo Odubanjo, and dumped her corpse in a bush in Kara-Kekere community, Ogunrun, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Toba and his girlfriend were at his residence when he sent her…
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5-year-old Pupil Drowns During Swimming Lesson Organized by School in Lagos, Distraught Father Reacts
A 5-year-old pupil of the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, Lagos State, Chidera Eze, has reportedly drowned during a swimming lesson organised by the school in the Ikeja area of the state. Report has it that, teachers and caregivers of the school took Chidera and other pupils for the swimming lesson at the Ivory…
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ASUU Strike: NANS, NAUS Threaten To Paralyze Activities at International Airports
The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) in collaboration with its counterpart in struggle, the National Association of University Students, NAUS, have threatened to ground activities at International Airports nationwide in continuation of its protests to end the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NANS in a statement by its Southwest…