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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Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested two suspected rapists in the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says on the 23rd of February 2024 at about 11.50pm, one Adepoju Ifedayo Moses ‘m’ 42yrs reported at Ifako Gbagada Divisional Headquarters, Lagos that at about 9pm of the same day, he had sent his younger sister, name withheld, 13 yrs, who is an orphan, on an errand but she …
The police have arraigned a 26-year-old lawyer, Ekunife Emmanuel, in a Lugbe Grade I Area Court Abuja for allegedly refusing to pay a commercial sex worker. The police charged Emmanuel, of Jahi Abuja, with criminal breach of trust, assault, causing hurt and inciting disturbance, an offence he denied committing. The prosecuting counsel, Olisaemeka Okeke, told the court on Wednesday that the complainant, Queeneth John, who works as a sex worker in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, reported at the …
There is no doubt that the economy is biting hard in the country as anger and frustration among Nigerians, especially the youths, continue to linger. Speaking to newsmen in far away Sydney, Australia Comrade Tochukwu Onah who is the immediate past President of Nigeria Students in Australia called on President Bola Tinubu to understand the urgency of the moment and put necessary action in place to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians. ‘’As a Nigerian, born and bred …
US billionaire and former president, Donald Trump made a new move on Monday, March 11 to delay his trial over alleged hush-money payments to a porn star, asking the judge to pause the case until the US Supreme Court rules on his separate presidential-immunity bid. Lawyers for Trump argued that the case should be put on hold because the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office may present evidence of Trump’s statements made while president. Jurors could be barred from hearing such evidence …
A constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to the current state of insecurity across the country. Last week, President Bola Tinubu and 36 state governors considered the creation of state police as …