Academic activities in the nation’s public universities may be halted again as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun mobilization of her members against the threat by the Accountant General of the Federation to stop salaries of lecturers this January for failing to enrol into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPIS). A…
There was a tragedy on Sunday as an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance in Imo North Senatorial District, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5 pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate at the rerun election in Okigwe…
Kobe Bryant, a former Basketballer, has died at 41. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar, who won five championships with the team, died Sunday in a helicopter crash in the Los Angeles County suburb of Calabasas. Reports say the helicopter, which belongs to him, had three other people on board. An 18-time NBA All-Star, Bryant was…
The Ogun State Government has confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in the state, with a firm assurance that all is being done to contain it. In a press release by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, the suspected Lassa Fever case was confirmed by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Virology Laboratory…
Aggrieved workers affected by the disengagement exercise at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, in December 2019 have written to the institution, giving it a 30-day ultimatum to reinstate them or face legal action. The workers, in a letter entitled ‘Letter on notice and pre-action notice’, dated January 22, 2020, written by their lawyer, Olabanjo Ayenakin…
Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, who disclosed this to TheCable, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. The source said before some persons…
My attention has been drawn to the report on Nigeria Concord with the subject matter EXPOSED: HOW BLOGGERS WERE HIRED TO BLACKMAIL OGUNDIPE OF GENESIS GLOBAL The report by Nigeria Concord that a top CCC leader (Name withheld) teamed up with some other prophets to pay a total sum of 10,000 British Pounds to the…
Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), has described Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, as an insensitive man. Suleman said Adesina’s response to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is an empty defence. “Just saw the empty defence of Femi Adesina and his lashing CAN over the beheading of Rev Indimi,” he tweeted….
Ahead of next year’s election governorship election in Ondo State, in which his position is being eyed by some interested party members, the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Saturday dared the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to replace him with any other person if it wishes to win the state. Akeredolu, who…
…Amotekun Members Can’t Take Constable Jobs— Akintoye The Federal Government has directed the police hierarchy to commence the recruitment of special constables nationwide preparatory to the implementation of its community policing policy. The directive on community policing is coming as the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, an initiative of the six South-West governors,…