The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, ordered security to break open the gate of the university locked by protesting non-teaching staff members of the university. Non-teaching university staff, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), began a one-week strike on Monday, March 18, over alleged unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of their salaries by the Nigerian Government. On Monday …
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The parents of Sloan Mattingly, the 7-year-old Indiana girl who died after getting trapped in a collapsed sand hole on a Florida beach in February are speaking out about their tragedy in hopes to save other families from experiencing such. In an emotional interview, Therese Mattingly and Jason Mattingly told Good Morning America’s Erielle Reshef that they remembered their bright and vivacious daughter “as a beam of light [and] joy.” “She just lived life,” said Jason of his little …
Taliban authorities have publicly executed two men convicted of murder by machine-gunning them through the back in front of a crowd of spectators. The murderers were on Thursday, February 22, executed by multiple gunshots to the back in Ghazni city after Supreme Court official Atiqullah Darwish read aloud a death warrant signed by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. ‘These two people were convicted of the crime of murder… after two years of trial in the courts of the country, the order …
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested the most wanted suspected traffic robber, operating around Ijora Badia area of the state. Confirming this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said that the police have been on his trail for the last six months. The police spokesperson mentioned that operatives of the Ijora Badia Division have embarked on actionable intelligence gathering about the activities of the suspected 18-year-old Olawale Odunsi before …
A Zimbabwean man, Robert Vezha has sought help from the Harare Civil Court after being kicked out of his home by his alleged violent wife. Robert sought for help from the Harare Civil Court, filing for a protection order against his wife, Lucia Vezha, he accused of subjecting him to both verbal and physical abuse, and allegedly disposing their joint property without his consent. He recounted a particularly harrowing incident where his wife covered his face with a …
Police PRO ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has released a statement after the arrest of three people accused of running the blog known as Gistlover. Following the arrest of the men, many expressed doubts that those are the people behind the account, especially as the account handler continued to share new posts. Others asked what crime the Instagram blog committed that warrants their arrest. Reacting, Adejobi said Gistlover is not run by an individual but by a syndicate. He said that those …