Category: News
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ASUU Directs Varsities To Declare Monday Lectures Free Day
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has directed its chapters across the country to sensitise members of the public on the situation between the union and the Federal Government. This is as it declared Monday, February 7,2022, as a lecture-free day in a bid to enhance the sensitisation. The National President of the Union,…
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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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Police Nab Suspected Kidnapper in Kwara Forest, Recover N2.3 Million, Other Items
The Kwara Police Command has arrested a transborder suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Alo, in the forest of Baruteen Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Monday in Ilorin. He said that the suspect, a citizen of Benin Republic, was…
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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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Yahoo-Yahoo: We were only making comedy skit, young men spotted ‘eating poo-poo’ in viral video speak,as Police React
Three comedians in Imo State, who were thought to have been eating their faeces in a trending video, have denied doing so, saying that they were only making a comedy skit. Great Egbuchulam, Solomon Mbata and Arinze Mbah aged 21, 20 and 21 respectively debunked the video reports while speaking with the News Agency of…
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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…