Month: July 2022
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Gunmen Attack Kuje Prison in Abuja
Unknown gunmen have attacked the Kuje Maximum Security Custodial Centre with bombs on Tuesday night. Sources said there were shootings and sounds of explosion around the facility, located at an area called Shetuko in Kuje Area Council of Abuja. As at the time of this report, the actual cause of the attack was not ascertained…
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Bandits Shot Assistant Commissioner of Police Dead in Katsina
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Aminu Umar has been shot dead by bandits in Katsina State. The deceased and his team members were ambushed while on a clearance operation in Zakka forest, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday. Until his death, Umar was the Area Commander of Police in Dutsinma. Sources within…
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Bandits Open Fire on President Buhari’s Convoy in Katsina
Some armed bandits terrorists on Tuesday, opened fire on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, Nigeria’s number one citizen was not in the convoy at the time of the attack but security operatives and an advance team heading for Daura, Buhari’s hometown, ahead of Sallah, were…
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My Missing WAEC Certificate Was The Best in 1976 – PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Okowa Speaks
Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who doubles as incumbent Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his missing WAEC result was the second best in 1976. Okowa debunked reports that he does not have a WAEC result, adding that, he was an outstanding student at secondary school level. The…
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FG’s Promise of Immediate Response To Our Demands Unfulfilled – ASUU President, Osodeke
Vanguard The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the Federal Government’s promise of immediate reply to its submission to the committee set up to negotiate with it has not been fulfilled nearly a month after. The union has also called on well-meaning citizens of the country to take the government to task on…
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Varsity Professor Suspended For Allegedly Raping 20-year-old Undergraduate in Rivers
The management of Rivers State University of Science and Technology has announced the suspension of the Head of Department of Microbiology, Prof. David N. Ogbonna for allegedly raping a 20-year old student of the department. The institution took the decision following the arraignment of the Professor at a Port Harcourt Magistrate Court after being accused…
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Fresh Trouble for APC as Group Files Perjury Case Against Tinubu
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, okayed a fresh suit seeking to compel the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, to initiate a perjury case against the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1058/2022, was brought before the court by the…
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Nigerian Business Mogul, Femi Otedola Visits Tinubu in France
Nigerian business mogul, Femi Otedola, has visited the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Paris, France. Tinubu is currently in France holding ‘important meetings’ according to his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman. Otedola’s visit to Tinubu comes after that of the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, who visited the APC…
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Islamic Cleric Bags Life Imprisonment For Defiling 8-year-old Girl in Lagos
The Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced an Islamic cleric, Isah Mustapha, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in the state. The victim, in her testimony, said the convict had carnal knowledge of her in his house in 2017 when her mother sent her on an errand. She recalled…
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ASUU Gives FG Condition To End Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has challenged the federal government to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform for it to call off the ongoing strike. ASUU national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, who said this while speaking on Channels Television on Monday night, said the strike will continue unless government…