GIOTV reports that the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah has slammed the Academic Staff Union University (ASUU) over the lingering impasse between the union and the Federal Government. Opiah, while expressing dismay over the more than the 200 days old strike embarked upon by ASUU since February 14th, 2022, said the Federal…
GIOTV reports that six persons have been trapped under the rubble of a collapsed seven-storey building on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki area of Lagos State. This online media platform gathered that the seven-storey building was under construction when it collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, September 4, 2022. In a situation report, the…
Ahmadu Munkaila, a suspected killer of his parents, has said he does not regret his action. The suspect who is a father of five children in Gagarawa local government of Jigawa State said his parents deserved to die and was not in any way regretting killing them. Ahmadu said this in his confessional statement to…
An elder statesman, Chief David Edebiri, the Esogba of Benin Kingdom, has said that Nigeria derailed from the path of progress and development when it discarded the parliamentary system of government and embraced the presidential system. Edebiri, said this in Benin on Friday during his 93rd birthday celebration and the unveiling of his three books-…
Ten buildings have been consumed by fire after a tanker laden with 45, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun State. A statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occurred at about 7.00…
The Ogun state governorship candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Prof David Bamgbose, has died. Bamgbose, a Professor of Educational Management, died one week after he was unveiled last Saturday by the Chairman of the party, Samson Ogunsanya after a meeting with leaders and stakeholders of the party in Abeokuta. He was governorship aspirant…
Nigeria is currently ranked as the second most terrorized nation worldwide by the Islamic State terrorist group, according to Jihad Analytics’ Global and International Terrorism Research/Analysis division. Nigeria is the next most terrorized nation, according to data from Jihad Analytics, behind Iraq. Syria is the next-highest terrorized nation. The report revealed that between January and…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi has stated that the insecurity in the country worsened under the Buhari-led administration. Makarfi, who was elected Senator during the 8th Assembly, spoke during an interview with BBC Hausa in Kaduna. The former Senator who governed Kaduna State from 1999-2007, said many Nigerians cannot go to farms,…
Abdullahi Muraina, a retired Major-General in the Nigerian Army, has died. GIOTV reports that Muraina reportedly died on Friday. The Ibadan-born ex-military officer, according to sources, died in Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The retired major-general halls from Adeoyo area in the present Ibadan North Local government area of Oyo state. Muraina was…
At least 20 persons have been reportedly killed after a huge blast rocked one of the biggest mosques in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Friday. The blast killed the country’s influential pro-Taliban cleric and causing many other casualties, local media reported. “Mujib Rahman Ansari, with some of his guards and civilians, have been killed…