ASUU Strike: We Now Beg, Drive Taxi To Survive – Lecturer Laments
A lecturer with the University Calabar, Samuel Odey, on Monday said many lecturers have now resorted to begging due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Odey also claimed that some lecturers have started driving taxis to survive. The lecturer with the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in UNICAL made this disclosure during an exclusive chat...
Those Made In Aba Don’t Steal The Commonwealth Of Aba People, Group Carpets Sen. Abaribe
As the Senator representing Abia South, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe continues to receive knock for allegedly lacing his new book Made In Aba with half-truths and outright falsehood, the body of professors in South East has taken a swipe at the former Abia deputy governor, accusing him of siphoning resources of Abia put under his watch by his then boss,...
COVID-19: NUJ Calls For Palliatives, Safety Kits For Journalists
As the ravaging effects of coronavirus continue globally, the umbrella body of journalists in Nigeria, the NUJ has called on the federal government to make efforts to provide palliatives and safety kits for practitioners in view of the role they play in informing the people. NUJ in a release jointly signed by the National President, Chris Isiguzo and the National...
Soldiers Attached To Operation Burst Beat, Extort Youths, Cut Their Hairs In Ibadan (Photos, Videos)
A group of soldiers mounting Beere and other parts of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, are allegedly beating and extorting women and men over the indecent dressing. The soldiers, attached to Operation Burst, also cut the hairs of many young men on Sunday, November 1, 2020, and later days, thereby violating their human rights without being challenged. According to some of the...
Recruitment Agency Suspends Exercise As DSS Disperses Doctors In Abuja, Arrests Journalist
Operatives of the Department of State Services, on Thursday, dispersed medical doctors, who stormed the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, to take part in the recruitment interview organised by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. Recall that medical consultants in their hundreds flooded the Ladi Kwali Hall of the hotel to participate in the recruitment, while another exercise was scheduled for Thursday. Our...
Court Removes Davido’s Uncle Adeleke As Osun Governor
Mr. Ademola Adeleke, an uncle to a Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, known by the stage name Davido has been removed from office as governor of Osun State, South West Nigeria. He was removed by Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo which annulled Governor Adeleke's victory following the July 16th 2022 governorship polls in the state. The tribunal...
COVID-19 N50bn Fund Disbursement Begins Tomorrow – CBN
The disbursement of the first tranche of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N50bn targeted credit facility would begin tomorrow, Thursday, barring any last-minute changes. The fund, which is being managed by the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has received over 80,000 applications for the COVID-19 N50bn fund disbursement. The Managing Director, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, Mr Abubakar Kure, confirmed the development in a...
Visa Ban: Buhari blasts Atiku for calling his government inefficient
President Muhammadu Buhari has described as deliberate misinformation the assertion of PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Alh. Atiku Abubakar that United States extended their visa ban to Nigeria due to lack of the government's respect for Human rights. The president in a tweet by his Special Adviser on New Media, Lauretta Onochie posted: "FACTS AND FICTION "It is utterly...
SGBV: Former DG NAPTIP Tasks Investigators On Diligence, Evidence Collection
As the country intensifies onslaught against sexual and gender-based violence, SGBV a former Director General of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Dame Julie Okah-Donli has urged investigators to exercise more diligence in collection of evidence to aid in the prosecution of perpetrators of sexual-related and gender-based crimes. According to Okah-Donli, intending culprits will not be deterred...
Six Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Station In Anambra (Photos)
Six persons, including a police officer, died on Sunday morning, February 19, during an attack at a police station in Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi LGA of Anambra State. The command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said: "The combined security team, made up of the Police and the military, today 19/2/2023 by 5:58 am, neutralized a gang of five armed men, recovers two Ak47...
