Month: June 2022

Scholarship: How TETFund Spent ₦185bn on 35,000 Scholars

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that no fewer than 35,000 beneficiaries of the TETFund scholarship for the academic staff programme, which started in 2008, have received payments totaling 185 billion. Acting Director, Academic Staff Training and Development, Abdullahi Imam, made this known when the representatives of TETFund scholars paid a courtesy visit […]

‘Leave Immediately Or Die’, Ukrainian Mayor Tells Residents

The mayor of Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, Oleksandr Sienkevych, has advised the people there to flee for their life. According to Sienkevych, the city is being heavily shelled, and anyone who wants to survive should evacuate right once. ‘I suggest everyone who wants to stay alive to leave the city. About 230,000 people […]

Tunisian President Facing ‘Serious Threats’ From Citizens

The President of Tunisia, Kais Saied is now a serious target of ‘serious threats’, the interior ministry cried out on Friday, barely 11 months since the head seized power through a dramatic coup. ‘According to credible information and investigations still, underway, the president of the republic and the presidency as an institution are the target […]

ASUU Tackles Ngigie Over New Claims, Tells Him To Step Aside

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lashed out at the Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige saying that he never invited them for any meeting on Thursday as he alleged. Africa Today News, New York recalls that Ngige had after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting last Wednesday stated that he will […]

18 Die As Migrants Seeks To Break-In To Spanish Enclave

No fewer than eighteen migrants have been confirmed dead and many others were injured after a huge crowd tried to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla, officials from neighbouring Morocco have revealed. Africa Today News, New York gathered that some of those who died had fallen from the top of a border fence […]

Girls Detained For Removing Hijab At Iran Skateboarding Event

Iranian police have confirmed the arrest of several teenage girls for not wearing headscarves at a skateboarding day in the southern city of Shiraz along with some of the event’s organisers on Friday.  A number of girls ‘removed their hijab at the end of the sports event without observing the religious considerations and legal norms’, […]

Extension Of Voter Registration, Now ‘Inevitable’ – INEC

Festus Okoye the national commissioner on voter education of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the commission will extend the deadline for its Continuous Voter Registration exercise in the coming days.  Africa Daily News, New York reports that Civil society organisations have continued to call for the deadline of June 30 to […]

‘Abortion Decision Made By God’, Trump Reacts To Court Ruling

Former US President Donald Trump has reacted to the decision of the Supreme Court to overturn nearly five decades of settled law saying ‘God made the decision’ to end the national right to abortion. ‘This is following the Constitution, and giving rights back when they should have been given long ago,’ Trump told Fox News […]

Right To Abortion Halted By US Supreme Court In Historic Ruling

The US Supreme Court has ruled on another landmark case on Friday as they put an end to the right to abortion in a controversial ruling that would be affecting years of other constitutional protections on one of the most divisive issues in the American political life that ranges from health to socio-political issues. The […]

House Of Reps React To Dismissal Of Electoral Act Suit

While reacting to the Supreme Court verdict as regards the controversial Electoral act suit, the House of Representatives had on Friday hailed the Supreme Court for Nigeria’s judgement, which had struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari who was looking to void the provision of section 84 (12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022. […]

New Registrar, Bursar Appointed By Lagos State University

In a major rejig in the Lagos State University’s administration, the Governing Council of Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, has made some fresh appointments which include a new Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Fanu and Mr Said Olayinka as the bursar of the University. The Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations of LASU, Mr Ademola […]

Nigerian Soldiers Outgunned By ISWAP Abandon Camp – Report

It has been reported that over 80 Nigerian soldiers who were stationed at a millitary camp at Ajire Village in Mafa LGA of Borno State have abandoned the military camp on Wednesday night after they were reportedly outgunned by some of the terrorists of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP). Some of the insurgents […]