Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran’s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted overnight between students and security forces, local media said. “Sharif University of Technology announced that due to recent events and the need to protect students … all classes will be held virtually from Monday,” Mehr news agency […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that about N17bn allocated to stop oil theft has been diverted. Falana, while delivering his goodwill message in Lagos State Thursday, also stated that the Ministry of Niger Delta ought to be under the NDDC, and not the other way around. He spoke an event organised […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has busted a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman in a statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is now in custody. He said the agency recovered 13 million pills of […]
The federal government has warned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against ignoring the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order to call off its industrial action. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, said the union is misleading Nigerians with its claim of filing an appeal against the order. He called […]
The absence of the presidential candidate of the all progressive congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the peace pact on Thursday 30, September 2022 has stirred reactions. Tinubu was however represented by his running mate, Kashim Shettima, his absence sparked outrage, especially on Nigerian social media platforms. Nigerian human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, […]
The federal lawmaker representing Enugu East Senatorial District, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has appeared in two campaign councils of different political parties. The lawmaker who was elected under the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is number 350 in the recently released APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, list. Reactions are trading from party […]
Egbesu Priest, Apostle Bodmas Kemepadei, has called on the immediate past President of the National Association of Itsekiri Graduates and Leader, Edema Oritsetimeyin, to be wary of making inflammatory comments against Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo over the surveillance contract. This came as two groups in Edo State, Safe Edo Land and 3rd […]
The #ObiDatti23 Forward Ever Rally scheduled for October 1, 2022, suffered a backlash on Wednesday as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the Labour Party and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll-Gate. The ruling says supporters of the Labour Party can pass through the Toll Gate for its […]
A Damaturu Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Yobe North. Justice Fadima Aminu said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately publish Mr Machina’s name as the ruling party’s candidate in the district’s 2023 National Assembly election. The […]
The Presidency has said no state has been authorised to procure automatic weapons for their security outfits. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday. He said the President had repeatedly made it clear that nobody is allowed to […]
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