Month: May 2023
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Assault: Court Dismisses Police Bid To Arraign Seun Kuti
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos has dismissed an application by the Nigeria Police Force seeking to arraign Afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti, over alleged assault on a police officer. Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun adjourned till July 3 to await legal advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)…
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Kwara Governor Abdulrazaq Emerges New NGF Chairman
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has emerged as the new Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). He replaced Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State whose tenure of office would elapse on May 29. This was contained in a communiqué signed by Tambuwal at the end of the 7th emergency meeting of the…
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Seun Kuti Regains Freedom After Spending Days in Police Cell (Video)
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has regained his freedom from police custody after meeting bail conditions on Tuesday. Kuti has been detained by the police for allegedly assaulting a police officer some days ago on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Recall that Kuti’s lawyers in a statement had earlier said that he would be released on bail…
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Former UK PM, Tony Blair Visits President-elect, Tinubu Ahead of May 29 Inauguration
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Tuesday, arrived in Nigeria and currently in talks with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. However, the reason for his visitation is yet to be revealed at the time of filing this report. Blair served as UK Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007.
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Tension in ATBU as ASUU Chairman Reportedly Assaulted by Soldiers
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Jamb Announces New Deadline For Sales of DE Forms, Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said its 2023 Direct Entry, DE e-PIN sales would close on Saturday, May 26, 2023. The board also said the registration of those who obtained the e-PIN ends on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. JAMB ‘s acting Director, Public Affairs,Fabian Benjamin, who released a statement Tuesday morning to…
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VC Announces Sack of 13 Lecturers Over Sexual Assault, Others
The Edo state government has sacked 13 lecturers of state-owned Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma, over alleged offences raging from falsification of age, fraud, misconduct, extortion and sexual harassment, among others. The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Asomwan Sunny Adagbonyin, disclosed this on Monday while presenting the university disciplinary committee’s report to members of AAU Special…
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American President Announces Delegation To Tinubu’s Inauguration
President of the United States of America, Joseph Biden has announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the sixteen duly elected President of Nigeria on May 29. The delegation will be led by Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and…
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Court Rejects Request for Live Coverage of Petitions against Tinubu
Vanguard News The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, rejected request to allow its day-to-day proceedings on petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, to be televised. The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five member panel dismissed as lacking in merit, the application which was brought before it by…
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ASUU Goes To Poll, Elects New Leaders
Punch Newspaper Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have unanimously elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke to a second two-year term as the union national president. It was learnt that the union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, University of Jos, as Vice President…