The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said lecturers in seven federal universities have not received their February and March 2020 salaries, despite a directive by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to clear the withheld salaries. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this in an interview with our correspondent. He noted that…
No Need To Probe My Husband’s Death – Helen Prest A former beauty queen, Helen Prest-Ajayi, says there is no need to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband and Managing Director of First Foundation Medical Centre, Lagos, Dr Tosin Ajayi. Helen told PUNCH Metro her position through her lawyer, Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), on Saturday….
EXCLUSIVE: Police Lament Absence Of COVID-19 Job Allowance, Face Masks, Others Policemen deployed in the enforcement of the ban on interstate movements and other COVID-19-related assignments have cried out over non-provision of a special allowance and face masks for them. The policemen, who spoke to The PUNCH on Sunday on condition of anonymity because of the nature…
A Fifty-five-year old Ghanaian man, Osmanu Mumuni, has been arrested by the police in Ghana for physically abusing his 10-year-old son over claims he stole his money at his home in Obuom-Domeabra. The mother of the child had on May 17, visited the police station to report that the day before, her ex-husband Osman Mumuni whom their son…
The United States on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, but the country’s total death count neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University tracker reported. The latest toll, marked at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Monday), was the lowest since 776 daily deaths were recorded on May 10, but the count ranged…
The Lagos state police command has arrested a 50-year-old man, for alleged defilement of his 19-year-old daughter since she was 11. The spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, in a statement released, said the suspect was arrested after his 45-year-old wife reported the matter at the Ikotun police station. It was alleged that the suspect’s…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that its troops have arrested 7 bandits in a raid on their hideouts in Benue and Nasarawa States. The Defence Headquarters disclosed this in a statement released via its Twitter account on Sunday. According to DHQ, the bandits were arrested in a joint clearance operation involving troops of Operation…
Du Wei, the Chinese Ambassador to Israel, was found dead in his apartment in a Tel Aviv suburb in the early hours of today Sunday, May 17. Wei, 58, was found dead on his bed and appears to have died in his sleep. He was appointed as China’s envoy to Israel in February this year. …
The Federal Government has been urged to review or cancel the feeding of pupils under the school feeding programme during the period of lockdown. The National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria made this known in a letter addressed to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, a copy of which was made…
Three Nigerians recently evacuated from Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19. On May 6, 256 Nigerians were repatriated to Nigeria following the global Coronavirus pandemic. Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, in a tweet shared on Sunday, May 17, said three of the evacuees have tested positive for the novel virus. ”3 of the returnees…