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UNILAG sacks two senior lecturers over sex for-grades-scandal

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Two senior lecturers of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka have been sacked after they were exposed in the sex-for-grades documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), two years ago. The embattled lecturers, Dr Boniface Igbeneghu of the Department of European Language and Integrated Studies and Dr Samuel Oladipo of the Department of Economics were found guilty of allegations of sexual harassment levelled against them. The University had set up a panel to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment against two of its lecturers indicted in the sex-for-grades scandal. Recall…

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Kukah to Nigerian leaders: “You are heartless”

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Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says Nigerian leaders are heartless for allegedly watching bandits and terrorists turn the country into a killing field. Kukah said this, during the burial of Fr. Alphosus Bello at Our Lady of Apostles Catholic Church, Kaduna, yesterday (Wednesday). He accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to address the country’s security challenges. He said: “Those who govern us are allowing this killing of citizens because they have no blood in their hearts.” Bello was kidnapped, alongside Fr. Joseph Keke, and murdered in…

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Uzodimma cannot secure Imo State, says Reps minority caucus

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Minority caucus of the Federal House of Representatives led by Ndudi Elumelu has declared that Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, lacks capacity to secure life and property in the state. The group justified its claim based on the worsening insecurity, violence and killings in Imo State, particularly since the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration took over governance of the state. In a statement issued yesterday it said: “As representatives of the people, our caucus believes that the situation has gone beyond the capacity of the Imo State government, especially given…

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Nigerian Immigration’s Chief Provost assassinated in Imo State

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A Chief Provost of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Okiemute Mrere has been killed by unidentified gunmen on Saturday night at Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, Imo State, while his remains were discovered in a bush path on Sunday morning. Report says, the immigration officer was in an Immigration Hilux van when he was attacked by the gunmen who shot him at close range. It was further revealed that the assailants did not take any valuable from the van and his service pistol was found on him when his…

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About 200 Islamiyya school students kidnapped in Niger State

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On Sunday, May 30, 2021, about 200 students of an Islamiyya school were kidnapped at Tegina town, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. A source said, the bandits stormed the school at about 4:30 p.m. when the students were receiving lessons. It was learnt that one person was killed with one of the students critically injured during the attack. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje confirmed the abduction, and that 11 students who the kidnappers deemed feeble and unable to walk fast, were…

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Goodluck Jonathan’s ex-aide, Ahmed Gulak shot dead

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Former special adviser on Political Matters to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has been killed. Gulak shot dead by a yet to be identified gunmen in Imo state. According to the Nigeria Police Force, Imo state command, it was confirmed that, Gulak was ambushed on his way to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo airport. Gulak was returning to Abuja from Owerri when he was attacked and shot dead in his vehicle ‘Camry marked Texas BFT 2150. In his words, the Imo state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, said: “It is true…

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Buhari appoints Major-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as new Chief of Army Staff

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya succeeds Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last Friday in an Air Force plane crash.. Yahaya’ s appointment was announced today by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, acting Director Defence Information. Prior to his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army. He is also the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code named Operation HADIN KAI. Share…

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LASG: Partial closure of Eko Bridge begins from June 4

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Lagos State Government has officially announced 10 weeks partial closure of Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka in bound National Stadium for emergency repairs by Federal Government from June 4 to August 13. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement that the repair was necessary to complete the rehabilitation works at the opposite side of the bridge earlier embarked upon by the Federal Government, hence the need for a notice of routes diversion. He said that pending the commencement of the rehabilitation works, alternative routes…

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Katsina governor tackles Presidency, says open grazing unIslamic

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Governor Aminu Masari during an interview, opposed the open grazing of cattle. He said it should be discontinued, and that it is un-Islamic. Open grazing has been generating controversy in the country since May 11 when the Southern governors at their meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, banned the practice in a move aimed at addressing insecurity in the region. On Thursday last week, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in an interview with Channels Television, said the ban was unconstitutional. The…

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Prosecutor accuses Malami of frustrating the recovery of $60b loot

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The Prosecutor, Special Presidential Panel on Asset Recovery (SPPAR), Tosin Ojaomo, yesterday (Wednesday), made shocking revelations of how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) allegedly stashed $60 billion of public funds in the United States. He also alleged that, efforts by the panel to recover the funds were reportedly frustrated by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, whom he claimed retrieved the case file from the body. Ojaomo, who appeared before the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Probe of Recovered…

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