Author: Vreporters
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Phone Theft: NANS Reacts To Death of OAU Student, States 5-point
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has expressed sadness over the news of the murder of Ahize, a 500-Level Civil Engineering student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife who was initially apprehended for phone theft (later retrieved). The students’ Union described the tragic incident as unfortunate and an unprecedented one in a statement made available…
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Armed Men Open Fire on NDLEA Operatives in Lagos
Vanguard News Armed men, Monday night, opened fire on operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Awolowo road, in their bid to prevent them from arresting the driver of a truck loaded with several bags of Cannabis. A source told Vanguard that, the armed men suspected to belong to a yet-to-be-identified security agency…
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Aisha Buhari Withdraws Case Against Twitter Critic, Aminu
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has withdrawn case against a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu. The 24-year-old final year student was arrested by the police in Dutse for allegedly publishing a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against Mrs Buhari. In the alleged offensive tweet, Adamu, who is…
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Kidnappers Abduct Islamic Cleric, Son, Sibling in Ilorin
Nigerian Tribune Suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday abducted three persons at a suburb of the Ilorin metropolis called Oko-Olowo community, Kwara State. Tribune Online gathered that the kidnap victims are a young cleric; Alfa Sofiu Amolegbe, his son, Aliyu and his sibling, Fasaasi. It was also gathered that the trio were attacked…
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Aggrieved PDP Governors Meets in Lagos Today
Punch Newspaper The five governors opposed to Senator Iyorchia Ayu’s continued stay as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Sunday (today) converge on Lagos for a strategic meeting. A former National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. He said…
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ASUU, SSANU Send Message To FG Over Withheld Salaries
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have requested that the Federal Government satisfy their requests and pay their members’ salary arrears. At various times, ASUU and other university unions went on strike, demanding better working conditions and the advancement of the nation’s higher education. While…
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It’ll Be Foolish of Tinubu To Attend Presidential Debates
By Abimbola Adelakun It is understandable why the Labour Party will withhold their presidential candidate from attending debates or similar public forums if his counterparts in the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party do not show up. Appearing at such venues while fellow contestants get to pretend they are busy doing better things can…
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Why Deductions of ASUU Salaries is Illegal – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for October 2022.” SERAP…
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How Redesign of Naira Notes Will Curb Currency Counterfeit, Kidnapping, Inflation, Others
Punch Newspaper The Governor, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, announced on Wednesday that the bank would release re-designed naira notes by December 15, 2022. Emefiele made this announcement during a special press briefing in Abuja yesterday where he gave reasons for the move. According to the CBN governor, this was targeted at controlling…
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ASUU Strike: JAMB Speaks On Alleged Cancellation of 2022 Admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Wednesday said that the board has not cancelled or deferred any admission to Universities, Polytechnics, or Colleges of Education as a result of the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this shortly…