A commercial bus driver whose vehicle was impounded by a task force team from the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, on Tuesday set himself ablaze in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos state. It was gathered that the taskforce, while on enforcement duties along the airport road area connecting Ajao […]
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra, Won’t Join On-going ASUU Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities branch at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State has stated it would not join the ongoing one-month industrial action embarked by the national body. Chairman of ASUU-COOU, Prof. Osita Chiaghanam said that the state-owned university would not be shut down because the […]
ASUP Threatens To Embark On Strike, Tells Members To Be Ready To Stop Work
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, is threatening that members will embark on strike. ASUP said it has told its members to be ready to stop work at anytime should the need arise. This is coming a few days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), announced its […]
WAEC Cancels No NIN, No Exam Policy For 2022 WASSCE
Says 48.61% of private candidates pass WASSCE West African Examination Examination Council, WAEC, said about 48.61% of candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2021 Second Series, made five Credits and above in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. The Head of […]
Court Sentences To Death Man Who Killed Twin Daughters Over Alleged Witchcraft
The high court sitting in the Akamkpa Judicial Division of Cross River State has sentenced one Mr Festus Anyanime to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters. The court held that Anyanime had wilfully and gruesomely murdered his 11-year-old twins, Mfoniso Anyanime and Emediong Anyanime, in 2017 after dubbing […]
Emeka Okwuosa Foundation Donates Intervention Drugs To Hospitals In Anambra
An NGO, Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation, has donated Critical Health Intervention Drugs to some health institutions in Anambra State. The benefiting hospitals include Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Iyienu Mission Hospital, Ogidi, Idemili North Council Area, Akwudo Nnewi Diocesan Mission Hospital, Nnewi, Nnewi North LGA, Oraifite Referral Health Centre, […]
After more than 50yrs, Boundary Disputes Between Ogidi And Abatete, Idemili North L.G.A. Settled By Anambra State Boundary Commission
Land Boundary disputes between Umuezeobodo Ajilija Ogidi and Umudunu Agbaja Abatete, both in Idemili North Council Area of Anambra State, have been settled after more than fifty years of tussle. Members of the Anambra State Boundary Commission at the Deputy Governor’s office were present to do the demarcation and to […]
February 28 Predicted as Onset of Planting Season, 2022
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) made this known in the agency’s 2022 seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) report, which was delivered by the Aviation Minister, Send Hadi Sirika on Tuesday in Abuja. NiMet has posited that in the coastal parts of the country, the earliest kickoff of the planting season is […]
IGP Orders Closure of IRT and STS Satellite Units of the Nigeria Police
Barely a day after the arrest of the embattled DCP and head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, there have been reports that Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team(IRT) and Special Tactical […]
Ministry of Transportation Announces Appointment of Mohammed Bello-Koko as Substantive Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority NPA
The ministry of transportation has announced the appointment of Mohammed Bello-Koko as the substantive managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority. NPA. His appointment was confirmed in Tuesday after he has acted as Acting Managing Director following the suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman in May 2021. Recall that Usman was […]