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 gunman who killed three people at the University of Nevada on Wednesday, December 6, was a 67-year-old professor who had been rejected for a job at the college. His failed job application was reported by 8 News Now, with sources telling the site that he may also have had connections to a person who works on campus. The three people who died have not been named. A fourth victim was shot but is in stable …
The House of Representatives Committee on Health has revealed that not less than five wards, with about 150 beds, have been closed down at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba due to a shortage of health workers. The chairman of the committee, Dr. Amos Magaji said the five wards had to be shut because there were no health workers to operate them despite the large number of patients received at the institutions on a daily basis. He said LUTH was …
Seven Muslims are feared dead after suspected bandits attacked worshippers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Friday, September 1. According to reports, the worshippers were observing their Isha’i (Sunset) prayers in the mosque when the gunmen came to attack them. Five of the victims were gunned down in the mosque, while two other victims were killed at different locations within the area. Confirming the incident, the village Head, Malam …
The Nigerian embassy in Niger Republic has denied reports claiming its facility has been burnt down. In a statement released, the embassy says protesters attempted to gain access into the Chancery building in Naimey, the capital of Niger, on July 30 but were stopped by the Nigerien military and Police authorities. The embassy added that its building is at the moment well guarded by the Nigerien military and other security authorities. Read the statement below
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed six suspected kidnappers during a raid on their hideout at Obelle community in Emohua local government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, who disclosed this while addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday, July 7, 2023, said operatives also arrested six suspected cultists and kidnappers, who have been terrorising the Emohua local government axis of the East-West Road. The CP stated that operatives of Anti-cultism and …