Students have, on Monday morning, continued protests across the country over the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) and…
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ASUU Strike: Minister Reveals Why Union, FG Are Yet To Reach Agreement
Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has revealed why the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have unable to reach an agreement on the…
Nigerian Man Nabbed For Running Yahoo Yahoo Academy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, has nabbed one Afolabi Samad, the founder of a Yahoo Yahoo Academy in Abuja. Disclosing Samad’s arrest in a statement, EFCC’s Head of…
Deborah’s Murder: ABU Student Renounces Studentship In Protest
Oyeniyi Iwakun, a postgraduate student of the Department of Political Science at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, with the admission number: P21SSPS8018, has renounced his studentship to protest the gruesome murder…
Gov El Rufai bans religious protest in Kaduna gives reason
The Governor Nasir El-Rufai led Kaduna State government has announced a total ban on religious protests in the state. A statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home…
2023: Idanre Born Politician, Smart Adeuyi Omotadowa too refined to involve in thuggery, or attacks opponent – SAOCO declares
In a Press Statement released by Smart Adeuyi Omotadowa Campaign Organisation on Saturday 14th of May on The Attack In Idanre, Akure, Ondo state said that “It came as a rude shock…
Curfew declared in Sokoto as Protesters Demand Release of Deborah’s ‘killers’
Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state as tension mounts following the killing of Deborah Samuel. Deborah is a female student of Shehu Shagari College of…
JAMB Releases 2022 UTME Result, Tells Candidates What To Do
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination( UTME) results. Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said this in a…
Deborah’s Murder: VP Osinbajo Sympathizes With Family, Condemns Killing
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the gruesome killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy describing it as deeply distressing….
How ignorance, poverty drive illegal logging, deforestation in Ekiti communities
Peace Oladipo reports on the effects of deforestation and illegal logging on human lives and how ignorance and poverty drive the trade in Ekiti Communities. Sweat dripped from their bodies as their…