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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A two year old girl simply identified as Mudashiru has died from electrocution after she touched a neighbour’s gate on Langasa road in Lagos state where she resided with her parents. Her father had visited the Langbasa police state on January 2 to report that his baby girl was electrocuted by a naked wire connected to the gate of his neighbour simply identified as Michael. The distraught father said his daughter was rushed to the hospital where she was …
A graveyard in Katsina state has been raided by thieves. Twitter user who shared photos of the aftermath of the attack, wrote; Thieves stole the gate of a graveyard in Katsina The post Thieves steal graveyard’s gate in Katsina appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
A consultant anatomic and forensic pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa on Saturday, June 5, told the Lagos state judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that the coroner’s office conducted post mortem autopsies on 99 bodies between the October 20 and 27 during and after the #EndSARS protest. Channels TV reports that Prof. Obafunwa who was involved in coroner services through the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, told the panel …
The Nigerian army has expressed its disappointment with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s insistence on not inviting them to intervene in the #EndSARS crisis in Lagos state. Brigadier AI Taiwo who shared the Nigerian army’s account of the Lekki Toll Gate Shooting at the resumed sitting of the Lagos judicial panel on Saturday November 14, stated that Governor Sanwo-Olu called on the military for support on October 20 after the #EndSARS crisis degenerated into “violence.” He said; “I spoke with the …
A Twitter user has called on the NCDC and the Lagos State Ministry of Health to act after a staff who works at the 1st Lekki toll gate allegedly tested positive for COVID-19. Adetutu Balogun said the staff of Lekki Concession Company (LCC) tested positive on Thursday, June 11, and so did his wife and kids. However, only a few of his colleagues were asked to stay at home but they were not told why. She also alleged …