Author: Vreporters
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Abducted Bethel Student Reportedly Refuses To Leave Bandits’ Den After Delivery of Ransom
One of the abducted Bethel Baptist High School student who is in the his abductors’ has reportedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists. It’s also learnt that the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the…
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NIMC Suspends NIN Verification, Provides Alternative
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has announced the temporary suspension of the National Identity Number (NIN) verification number introduced by Goodluck Jonathan led government in 2014. Acccording to NIMC at the weekend, the suspension was due to a maintenance service being carried out by one of theCommission’s network service providers. The commission urged the…
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If not for the Nigerian education system, should I still be in school? Mapoly Student Arrested For ‘Having Sex’ Speaks
24-year-old Olanipekun Irenimofe, who identified herself as a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, narrates to DAUD OLATUNJI of The Punch Newspaper how she was allegedly arrested and put behind bars by the police for visiting a pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test kit and contraceptivePlease introduce yourself. My name is Olanipekun Oladayo…
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35-year-old Medical Doctor Joins Osun Governorship Election Race
Dr Ademola Bayonle, a 35 -year- old medical doctor, has joined the race for the July 16 Osun governorship election, under the platform of the Young Progressive Party. Bayonle said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after receiving his nomination form at the YPP’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Saturday. He said that youths…
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“Chief Sunday Igboho will be out very soon”, Lawyer
Pelumi Olanjebgbesi who was once among the Legal Counsels for the Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho has given update on the effort being put forward to secure his release from detention. It should be noted that, the Abuja based lawyer, Olajengbesi has resigned from the team of Nigerian lawyers for…
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Varsity Summons Parents, Guardians To Town Hall Meeting
Parents and guardians of students of Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu, have been summoned by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Onyemachi Ogbulu to a town hall meeting. The state owned varsity let this out in a statement signed by the school’s registrar, Acho Elendu, titled, ‘Invitation to Town Hall Meeting with Parents and…
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ASUU OAU Issues Fresh Directive To Members Over Payment of Earned Allowances
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged its members not to fill any Google form designed by the university management, saying it is a “charade that will benefit nobody.” In a statement signed by its chairman, Dr Adeola Egbedokun, on Friday, the union said it had…
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BUK: ASUU Declares Monday Lectures Free DayTo Sensitize Students, Parents On Looming Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bayero University Kano (BUK) chapter, has declared Monday a lecture free day in the university. According to ASUU, the day will be used to sensitise students, parents and other stakeholders on the brewing crisis arising from what they described as the federal government’s failure to judiciously implement its…
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14 State Governors, 26 APC State Chairmen Back Tinubu Presidential Ambition, Jibrin
Director-General of the Bola Tinubu Support Group Council, Hon.Abdulmumin Jibrin has revealed that fourteen state governors have thrown weight behind the presidential ambition of the National Leader of All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Jibrin added that four additional Governors, are also in talks to join the presidential bid of the much touted…
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Hushpuppi ‘Pleads’ Guilty, as Attorney’s Office Postpones Sentencing by Five Months
Punch Newspaper The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi by five months. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, in response to an email inquiry by The PUNCH late Thursday, said the date which was initially scheduled…