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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has hinted at the possibility of embarking on a fresh strike, shutting down all public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement agreements the two parties entered into in December 2020, which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike. Hence, the national leadership of the union directed its …

A woman identified as Cynthia Olukiowu, is said to have fatally murdered her husband’s nephew, Habeeb Aremu.30-year-old Olukiowu who resides at 2, Apogidonoyo street, Jafa Agbado, Ogun State, was apprehended yesterday after Agbado division police received a distress call claiming she had stabbed the 18-year-old teenager to death after accusing him of breaking a mirror.It was discovered that a little …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the burning of his 2,420 hectares of farmland at Hawe in Aliade, Gwer East Local Government of Benue State over the weekend. Mr Donald Ikyaaza, Director of the Benue Fire Service, confirmed the fire occurrence at Obasanjo Mango Farm in Hawe, Gwer Local Government Area. In a phone interview with journalists in Makurdi on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Academic Staff Union of Universities that the Federal Government will uphold current agreements (ASUU).Beyond the deal, Buhari stated that the pact with ASUU was reached in order to avoid disruptive strikes, ensure uninterrupted academic programs, and secure educational funds.The President made the vow on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced two new subjects to it’s annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The two additional subjects introduced by the examination body as part of it’s UTME subjects are Computer Studies and Physical and Health Education. In its weekly bulletin released by the Director of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, and made available …

In a current news making rounds on social media, three teenage boys were caught burning the head of a girl, said to be in a relationship with one of them, for money ritual. The boys age 16, 17 and 19 years old were arrested by police in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In the early hours …

A mortuary where bodies of abduction victims are being kept has been discovered inside Elele-Alimini General Hospital in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The ‘illegal’ morgue is claimed to have been abandoned for years at the hospital where it is located. On Wednesday, January 26, the chairman of the local government, Chidi Lloyd, and other security personnel invaded …

A woman has come forward to say that several ‘yahoo guys‘ were engaged in a deadly accident after insulting Pastor David Ibiyeomie, a Portharcourt-based priest.This comes after the head pastor of the Salvation Ministries claimed that Internet fraudsters who con people into buying cars with stolen money will have an accident in those cars.Archibomg Kemkem, a lady known as Archibomg …

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) National Leader, has reportedly left the country to ‘rest and strategize’ following his Presidential bid.The politician fled the country on Friday, January 28, 2022, according to a member of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement’s Working Committees.“After touring over the country for consultations, he went abroad to rest.” “He went to rest …

The federal government of Nigeria has announced that the fuel subsidy will be extended for another 18 months, pending the National Assembly’s approval of a change to the Petroleum Industry Act. Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, made the announcement while briefing State House media in Abuja on Tuesday, January 25.President Muhammadu Buhari, cognizant of the severe …