ASUU STRIKE: Blame Past govt. Not Us – Education minister
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has blamed a previous administration for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Although the minister was not specific on which administration he was referring to, he pointed out that government shouldn’t have entered into an agreement with ASUU to pay them N1.3trilion when it […]
EndSARS: Amotekun Arrests Suspected Looters, Arsonists
The regional security network in the southwest, Amotekun, has said it has arrested six suspected hoodlums, who allegedly took part in the looting, arson, and other crimes during the last #EndSARS protest in Ondo state. The Commandant of the security agency in Ondo State, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed that the arrests of the suspects were […]
Anything Possible For Liverpool Despite Van Dijk Setback
The Dutch defender of is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering cruciate ligament damage in a contentious Merseyside derby against Everton last month. Read Also: Liverpool Coach, Klopp Speaks On Messi Joining Man City But since then Liverpool have picked up maximum points from four games to move back top of the […]
COVID-19: FG Approves ₦5bn Bailout For Aviation Sector
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Monday, stated that the Federal Government would soon start the disbursement of the ₦5bn bailout it approved for the operators of the Aviation sector. Sirika stated this at the opening of a three-day public hearing on the six executive bills meant to reorganize the civil aviation agencies […]
WHO Chief In Quarantine After Contact Tests Positive For COVID-19
The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms. Read Also: The UN Marks 75th Anniversary Facing World Split By Covid-19 ‘I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive […]
Nine Nigerians Contesting In Tuesday’s U.S. Elections
No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state, and local levels. NAN reports that besides the presidential election, governorship polls are holding in 11 states and […]
Soldiers Who Flogged Woman, Shaved Youths Arrested
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede, says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman for ‘indecent dressing’ and shaved youths for ‘wearing improper hairstyles’. Read Also: Kidnapped Oyo Council Boss Regains Freedom He made this known in a series of tweets on Monday. Africa Today News reports […]
Two Children Rescued Days After Turkey Earthquake
Rescuers pulled two children from the rubble in a town in on Monday, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean, killing 85 people. Three-year-old Elif Perincek was rescued 65 hours after the 7.0-magnitude quake struck Turkey and Greece on Friday, the Turkish emergency authority AFAD said. Local media showed a video of […]
Oil Spill Again Pollutes Okpoama Communities In Bayelsa
For the third in six months, another oil leak has been reported discharging a yet-to-be-ascertained volume of crude oil in the process, which has led to the pollution of the Okpoama community and its environs in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The leak which was said to have occurred on Oct. 28 on the […]
Council Calls For Prayers For Okonjo Iweala To Be Declared WTO D-G
The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called for continuous prayers for the final declaration of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the 7th Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read Also: Okonjo-Iweala Will Be WTO DG – Nigeria Reacts To US Opposition On Oct. 28, the General Council of the WTO declared Dr Okonjo-Iweala […]
CSOs Demand Sack Of Service Chiefs Over Worsening Insecurity
A coalition of 102 Civil Society Group (CSG) has claimed that the successful rescue of 27-year old American, Philip Walton, by the United States military force, Navy SEAL 6 has exposed Nigeria’s weakness in tackling insurgency ravaging the country. Read Also: #EndSARS: Group Decries Effects Of Protests On Nigeria Known as Civil Society for Peace and Good Governance […]
#EndSARS: We Won’t Force Officers To Return To Work –PSC
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has denied that it planned to compel police officers to return to duty. Read Also: #EndSARS Protests: Senator Insists On Special Status For Lagos In apparent reaction to a newspaper publication that it had threatened to dismiss officers who failed to return to work, PSC, in a statement by its spokesman, […]