The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities on Monday suspended its one month, six days strike. If you expect Nigerian students to be relieved over the announcement you’re in for a surprise going by their reaction on Twitter: When you've not read anything during the strike period & you now hear that ASUU has called […]
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THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai Monday evening stated that the Defence Headquarters did not declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB an terrorist organization in the country, according to a report in the Vanguard. Speaking during the official launch of Operation Python Dance II in Abakaliki, the Army Chief who argued […]
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A Tweet from the office of the Presidency has urged people to disregard a fake text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech to be delivered at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday being passed around online. There's a fake Speech circulating online as the text of President @MBuhari's #UNGA Address, to be delivered Tuesday. Please […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a new timetable for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye, according to a Daily Post report. Melaye is representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The first timetable released by INEC, based on the request to recall Melaye by his constituents, became invalid when a […]
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Dominica has suffered “widespread damage” from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says. “We have lost all that money can buy,” he said in a Facebook post. The hurricane suddenly strengthened to a “potentially catastrophic” category five storm, before making landfall on the Caribbean island. Earlier Mr Skerrit had posted live updates as his own […]
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Former England captain and Everton player, Wayne Rooney, has been banned from driving for two years and told to perform 100 hours unpaid work after admitting drink driving. According to a Sky news report, the 31-year-old Everton striker was stopped in a black Volkswagen Beetle in Wilmslow, Cheshire, at 2am on 1 September. The footballer […]
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President Buhari has touched down in New York for the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly. On the president’s delegation to the UNGA are governors of Ebonyi, Zamfara and Ondo states as well as cabinet members. According to a Press Release by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, President Buhari […]
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One of the two men arrested in connection with the terror incident on Friday has been identified as 21-year-old Yahyah Farroukh, and is listed as living at an address in Stanwell, Surrey, which was searched by officers on Sunday. He was arrested at a fried chicken shop in Hounslow on Saturday night. He was the […]
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A volunteer teacher who takes in orphans of both Islamist Boko Haram fighters and Nigerian army soldiers has won this year’s Nansen Refugee Award, according to a BBC report. Zannah Mustapha is a the founder of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School in Nigeria’s conflict-ridden Maiduguri. Mr Mustapha also brokered the deal to release 82 […]
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The EU is wrongly allowing foreign ships from China and Europe to fish off the coast of West Africa, campaign group Oceana has told the BBC. It comes as several countries in West Africa attempt to put an end to foreign ships shipping illegally in their waters. “Western African coastal states are very vulnerable to […]
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