Year: 2022
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20-year-old Man Narrates How He Raped, Strangled Teenage Girl To Death in Oyo Church
Operatives of Oyo State Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old man, Tosin Kolade, for allegedly raping and killing a teenage girl, Ifeoluwa Apanpa. The suspect, who was paraded on Tuesday told journalists that he lured the girl inside a church where he raped her and strangulated her to death. The suspect said his mum was…
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Passengers Stranded, as NANS Grounds Activities at Lagos Airport
The National Association of Nigerians Students, NANS, yesterday grounded activities at the country’s main gateway, the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Ikeja, in protest against the continued strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has kept students at home for over seven months. The students’ body also vowed to extend the protest to the…
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Strike: FG Didn’t Take ASUU To Court – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Monday, said the Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to court over the prolonged strike by the union. The Minister stated this in Abuja at the public presentation of the NLC at 40 publication, titled, ‘Contemporary History of Working Class…
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Just In: Court Sentences Kidnap Kigpin, Evans To 21-year Imprisonment
The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, to 21 years imprisonment. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo convicted and sentenced Evans and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. Evans and his co-defendants were before the court on four counts…
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Varsity Pulls Out of ASUU Strike
The management of the Imo state university, IMSU, on Monday pulled out from the almost ongoing seven months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and announced that it has opened the university for academic activities. The management made this known to newsmen in Owerri, through the IMSU, Public Relations Officer, PRO, Ralph…
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Strike: Court To Rule On FG’s Suit Against ASUU Wednesday
Channels TV The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the application for an interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Justice Peter Hamman fixed the date on Monday after the lead counsel to the Federal Government, Mr James Igwe, argued his application…
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Strike: ASUU Backs NANS Protest At Lagos Airport
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have backed the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on its demands before the federal government and its ongoing protest over the lingering ASUU strike. National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with newsmen commended the students for fighting for their rights. He said, “We commend…
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THE IMPACT OF INTERNET IN OUR SOCIETY by Ishowo Malik Ayomide
By: ISHOWO, Malik08165511716 The internet has influenced, and is still influencing the way society communicates in many different ways. The rise of the internet has caused people to communicate differently in areas never dreamed of before the internet came into existence. Education has been revolutionized through the world of the “Information Super Highway”. Medicine has…
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ASUU Strike: NANS Blocks Lagos Airport (Videos+Photos)
In fulfillment of the threat issued by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS to ground activities at the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has dragged on for almost seven months, NANS on Monday occupied road that leads to the Airport. Recall that…
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Olojo Festival: Ooni To Dedicate 7-day Seclusion To End ASUU Strike, Other National Issues
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, says he will dedicate the annual seven days seclusion marking the beginning of Olojo festival to end the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has paralysed academic activities in the nation’s universities. Ooni, who appeared in his usual white traditional attire…