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BREAKING: Fire Guts MOUAU IBB Hostel (Photos+Video)
Resident male students of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) hostel at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), are currently scampering for safety, as their hostel is reported to be burning fiercely, ABN TV reports. According to numerous eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained but the major problem faced was that there were no...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
Ayade appoints ex-militant, 89 others as special advisers
The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has approved the appointment of 90 senior special advisers and special advisers. The list included a former militant leader, Benjamin Ene, who was named Special Adviser, Marine Security. Known as G1, Ene was the leader of the members of the defunct Bakassi Strike Force which surrendered their arms to the Nigerian military and were granted...
MOUAU Vice Chancellor, Prof Otunta accused of impregnating, upgrading third year student to final year status
The Vice-Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia State, Prof Francis Otunta has been accused of impregnating a 300 level student of Accounting of the institution. The allegation was contained in a petition written by a member of the University's Governing Council, Dr Nelson O'Amanze Udenze. In the petition, it was revealed that the Vice-Chancellor was...
Nigeria’s insecurity unstable – FG admits
The National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has resolved to seek the cooperation of states and local government areas as it seeks new ways out of the burgeoning insecurity crisis in the country. This is even as it has described as unpredictable, the country’s security as the successes made in that regard continues to fluctuate. The National...
JAMB Releases First Day 2020 UTME Results
Results of the 312,000 candidates that sat for Saturday’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide have been released, says Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Benjamin urged all concerned candidates to check their profiles for...
Oshiomhole Resumes, Says APC Will Bounce Back Stronger [VIDEO]
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has declared that the party will bounce back stronger and better. The APC National Chairman stated this when he addressed members of the National Working Committee (NWC) which had in attendance members of both pro and anti-Oshiomhole groups on Tuesday. He explained that recent challenges the party had...
COVID-19: Northern Governors Emphasize On Banning Almajiri System
The Northern Governors’ Forum has insisted on banning Almajiri system, in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The governors stated this on Tuesday while discussing the region’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting, which was the second of its kind, was presided over by its Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State and convened via...
COVID-19: Don’t Extend Lockdown, NLC Tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and dater April 14, 2020, which was signed by the NLC...
Kano Records Two COVID-19 Deaths
Kano State has recorded two COVID-19 deaths, ABN TV reports. This brings the confirmed fatalities in the state to three, according to the state Ministry of Health. Announcing the development via Twitter on Monday afternoon, it said, “As at 12:15 pm 27th April 2020, @KanostateNg records an additional 2 deaths of COVID-19.” According to the ministry, 77 coronavirus cases have been recorded in the state...
