Month: September 2022
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19-year-old Student Commits Suicide in Osun
The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the compound with a…
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PDP crisis: Wike hits Ayu again as Makinde Tackles Atiku
The Nation Newspaper Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike declared yesterday that the recent vote of confidence passed in the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, by the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) amounts to nothing. Wike said the action of the PDP NEC would not save Ayu in any way. He…
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Pipeline Contract: Dokubo Blows Hot, Cautions Tompolo, Soldiers
Former Niger-Delta warlord and Founder, Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has cautioned the leader of moribund Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, MEND, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who the Federal Government awarded a pipeline surveillance contract, last month, and soldiers working with him, to keep away from oil pipelines in his Kalabari…
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Strike: UNIBEN Staff Commits Suicide Over Unpaid Salaries
A member of staff of the University of Benin, Prince Carter Oshodin, has committed suicide on Friday over his dire financial situation. Oshodin, who had not been paid his salary for months due to the strike action embarked by university unions, was a data entry personnel at the university. It was gathered that the Non-Academic…
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20 Burnt To Death in Oyo Road Accident
No fewer than 20 passengers were reportedly burnt to death while two others injured in a road accident at Lanlate, Maya junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. The accident which involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car occured on Friday evening. Witnesses said the incident was as a result of…
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13-year-old Katsina Girl Memorises, Writes Complete Qur’an
13-year old girl, Zuwaira Ahmed in Kagara village of Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State has memorised and written the complete 60 Hizf (chapters) of the Holy Qur’an from her memory. Speaking on an occasion organised to honour the girl on Saturday, the District Head of Mahuta, Bello Abdulkadir, expressed happiness over the development.…
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PDP crisis: Govs split, Wike’s camp rejects campaign offers
The Nation Newspaper There are no signs of respite yet in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite the vote of confidence passed on the party’s National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday by the National Executive Committee (NEC). Governors elected on the platform of the party seemed to have…
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FG Reportedly Dragged ASUU To Court Over Lingering Strike
The Nigerian government has reportedly dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to court over lingering universities strike The raging dispute between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has kept many universities shut for more than seven months will shift to the Industrial court next Monday. ASUU had…
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ASUU Strike: Final Year Medical Student Turns Food Vendor in Sokoto
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the initiative in order to engage in…
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Why Russian President, Vladimir Putin Won’t Attend Queen Elizabeth’s Burial – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning on going to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in his daily press briefing on Friday. Although “Russians respected her for her wisdom,” Peskov said, Putin’s attendance at the Queen’s funeral “is not being considered”. Eulogies from global leaders and leading personalities all over the world…