Category: News
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CNG Threatens To Shut Down National Assembly, Airports, Others Over Lingering ASUU Strike
The Students Wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has threatened to shut down the National Assembly, major highways and airports in the 19 northern states and Abuja to protest the government’s handling of the demands of the academic and non-academic staff unions which has grounded university education in the country for months. Addressing…
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Tension in Imo as Lightning Kills 20-Year-Old 100-Level Female Student In Imo
There was palpable tension at the Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State where a 20-year-old 100-level student of the Imo State University Owerri (IMSU) was reportedly struck dead by lightning following torrential rains. The victim, identified as Chiamaka Obodo was said to be making a call with her phone inside her parents’…
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Incessant Strike by Varsity Unions Capable of Causing Irreparable Damage – JAMB Boss, Oloyede
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has described the ongoing industrial strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as unnecessary. Professor Oloyede said this when the university admission regulatory agency presented multi-billion naira medical equipment to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for improved health…
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Names, Photos of Owo Terror Attack Victims (Full List)
Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Friday held mass funeral for the victims of the terror attack. Terrorists had on June 5 attacked worshippers during mass. Twenty-one coffins were brought to the church for the funeral service. Here are the names and some of their photos.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court overrules Lagos on hijab ban in schools
The Supreme Court has overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of head covering (hijab) by female Muslim students of public schools in the State. In a split decision of five to two on Friday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal,…
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Strike: ASUU Commends Members For Steadfast, Accuses FG of Attempt Intimidation
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended its members for their steadfast in the face of what its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke described as attempt intimidation by the government to demoralize the striking lecturers from the ongoing strike which according to the union is for the revitalisation of tertiary education in the…
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Deputy Governor Loses Two Children To Road Accident
The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his daughter, Khadija, in an auto crash. The accident, which occurred along the Maiduguri-Kano highway on Saturday, June 11, also claimed the life of Gubana’s seven-year-old son, Mai Mala Buni Junior, on the spot. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to…
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VP Slot: How Delta State Governor, Okowa Upstaged Wike To Emerge Atiku’s Running Mate
Vanguard News GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, emerged as the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, following intense horse-trading of party bigwigs that knocked off Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who had been the front runner for the slot for two weeks. “The person I…
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Peter Obi Debunks Rejoinder On Stinginess Remark by Mbaka
Fast rising presidential candidate under the platform of Labour, Mr Peter Obi, has debunked the rumour making the round that he has issued a rejoinder to Enugu-based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, for calling him a stingy and a cursed man. Vreporters had earlier reported that Fr. Mbaka, declared that Mr Peter Obi, can…
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Atiku’s Running Mate: How Rivers State Governor, Wike lost out
Vanguard News Fresh facts have emerged as how last minute politicking swayed the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to picking Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. It was gathered in Abuja, on Thursday, that although the consultative committee set up to assist Atiku pick a running mate was predominantly favourably…