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  • Commercial Drivers, Cart Pushers, Others To Get N30,000 FG Grant

    The federal government has kicked off the payment of N30k grant to commercial drivers across the length and breadth of the country. Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad who made the announcement said the programme is in furtherance of FG’s commitment to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He tweeted; The…

  • NAAT Cautions FG Against Accepting ASUU’s Preferred Payment Platform, UTAS

    The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has cautioned the federal government against accepting a salary payment platform designed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). It said the government must not allow itself to be blackmailed by any union to accept the lecturers’ platform, adding that…

  • INEC Declares Ex-Bayelsa Governor Winner of Bayelsa West Senatorial District Bye-election

    The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson, as the winner of Bayelsa West Senatorial District Bye-election. The Returning Officer, Prof Ekechukwe, Okeke, Dean of Humanities, Federal University of Technology, Otuoke, returned Dickson as the Senator-elect having polled 115257 to defeat his closest opponent,…

  • Channels TV Reacts To Allegation of Physical Assault Against Its Reporter By Wife

    One of the leading Television Stations in the country, Channels TV has reacted to the viral video of one of its staff, Pius Angbo, whose wife, Ifeyinwa, a medical doctor, accused of physically assaulting her while she was pregnant and even after welcoming their fourth child four weeks ago. The media house while reacting via…

  • Video: How My Leg Got Amputated After Sustaining Gun Shot Wound at Lekki Toll Gate, Victim

    One of the victims of #LekkiShootings who sustained gun shot Injuries has shared the story of how his leg got amputated after he allegedly suffered a gunshot wound at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday, October 20. In an interview with Punch, Lekan, a cobbler waiting for his graduation from where he serves as an apprentice,…

  • Fresh Medical Graduate, Friend Burnt To Death in Fatal Accident (Photos)

    A fresh medical graduate and his friend were on Saturday, burnt to death in a fatal accident along Katsina-Dutsinma road. The gory incident occurred at about 3pm on Saturday afternoon, December 5, when their Toyota Camry crashed and burst into flames. Two of the friends have been identified as Dr. Sadiq Yahaya Zakka, a medical…

  • Middle-aged Man Allegedly Shot By Police During Stop and Search in Imo

    A middle aged man identified as Jude Oguzie was rallegedly shot dead by men of the Imo state police command during a stop and search along Owerri Orlu road on Saturday, December 5. The deceased who is an indigene of Amucha village in Njaba local government area was on his way to a wedding ceremony…

  • Police Recover Bodies of Drowned Police Officers, As Death Toll Rises To Six

    Following the death of three policemen who drowned at the southern Ijaw river in Bayelsa State when the boat conveying them for election duty capsized, the Nigeria Police Force has given updates on the missing officers. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state, Asinim Butswat who confirmed the ugly development in a statement said…

  • SHOULD WE WATCH NANS GO TOTALLY INSANE?

    By Kazeem Olalekan Israel, Outgoing NANS PRO, Zone ‘D’ The essence of an association includeI. To protect the interest of its membersII. To promote the identity of its membersIII. To foster unity and enhance the progress of membersIV. To seek to resolve conflicts that may arise in the interactions of its members with the general…

  • #EndASUUStrike Protest: NANS Calls for Mass Action

    The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South West Zone has called on its members and other stakeholders in the region to troop out en masse to demand for the immediate reopening of public Varsities. The coordinator of the Zone, Kowe Odunayo Amos in a statement released on Sunday said the call to…