The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities and Allied Institutions will commence a nationwide strike today (Monday), to protest their withheld four months’ According to The PUNCH, the National President of SSANU, Muhammed Ibrahim, informed at the two unions were set for their nationwide strike. The two unions, in several letters, demanded that their withheld salaries be equally released and gave the Federal Government an ultimatum with a threat to embark on a nationwide strike. Speaking to The PUNCH on Sunday, the SSANU leader, Ibrahim, said, “The Joint Action Committee of NASU…
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. Advise against prioritising political battles contrary to Tinubu’s robust anti-corruption policy . Say charging ex-Gov for crime predating his tenure reflects desperation without due dilligence . Advise EFCC boss to shut out selfish politicians, concentrate on genuine struggles Civil Society Organisations and human rights lawyers have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to save the image of Nigeria by not prioritising political battles that are counterproductive to the robust anti-corruption policy of the President Bola Tinubu administration. The scores of acitivists and lawyers, under the broad umbrella of the Committee for The Defence of Democracy and Rule…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the welfare and wellbeing of families of the fallen heroes. Mr Abubakar gave the assurance during the Nigerian Air Force Officer’s Wives Association (NAFOWA) medical and humanitarian outreach to the widows of NAF fallen heroes, on Saturday in Abuja. He said the service was duty bound to ensure that the contributions and sacrifices of the deceased personnel was not in vain. The CAS said that NAF had instituted a group personal accident insurance policy, as part of measures to…
The police in Lagos state have confirmed the death of a motorist, one Seun Sahola, 33, while protesting against another motorist, who allegedly hit and damaged his car on Jakande-Lekki-Epe Expressway. The command’s public relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to journalists on Saturday. Mr Hundeyin said that the Ilasan Police Division got information on Monday at about 2:30 p.m. of a hit-and-run fatal motor accident along Jakande-Lekki-Epe Expressway, involving a Lexus car. He said the information revealed that the late motorist drove the car, while a Honda Accord car with registration number (withheld), driven by yet-to-be-known person…
Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta) has condemned the killing of soldiers by yet-to-be-identified youths of Okuama community, Ughelli South LGA, in Delta. The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, said that some of its personnel who went on a peace mission in the warring Okuama community were killed by the youth. According to the statement by the Army acting director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, a commanding officer, two majors, one captain and 12 soldiers were killed. Mr Nwoko while condemning the killings, told journalists in Abuja that it was deeply regrettable that violence had once again plagued Delta. According to him, the news…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 20-year-old hairstylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, for alleged drug peddling. According to NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the suspects were arrested in Yenagoa selling drug-laced chin chin to students and at social parties. He said the dispatch rider was arrested in the Opolo area of Yenagoa on March 10 on his way to deliver 200 grammes of chin chin produced with cannabis sativa. Mr Babafemi added that a swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the hairdresser, who…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted drug consignments in compartments of a car and recovered 426,888 pills of tramadol and other illicit drugs in Adamawa and Bauchi states, respectively. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives in Adamawa on Wednesday, March 13, arrested two wanted suspects named Ajim Samuel (aka Boss), 30, and Davidson Joshua (aka Dantala), 36. He said they were arrested on their way from Onitsha, Anambra, where they had gone to buy a consignment of tramadol containing 14,428 pills of the…
The police have arrested two robbery suspects who pose as alms beggars in Lagos traffic gridlocks. The duo approached a motorist in gridlock in the Agungi area in Lekki on Friday, soliciting for alms, but forcefully took his telephone handset and jewellery and took to their heels. The police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told journalists on Sunday that the motorist quickly alerted a nearby patrol team that arrested the robbers. “The stolen items were recovered from them,” said Mr Hundeyin. “The two suspects will be arraigned accordingly.’’ He told journalists that police arrested a woman who attempted…
Police in Enugu have arrested a notorious suspect for robbing residents using a toy gun. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Sunday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday and was arraigned on Friday. Mr Ndukwe stated that police operatives arrested the 28-year-old-suspect in collaboration with a neighbourhood watch group and recovered the toy pistol from him. “Investigations reveal that the suspect and his accomplices, still at large, have been on the watch list of the police for their involvement in several cases of armed robbery, burglary, and stealing,’’ he added. The police spokesman…
Police in Lagos state are looking for family members of a boy who had been wandering around Ikorodu as he could not find his way home. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Saturday at Ikeja that police found 11-year-old Ogunrinde on Wednesday at Agura, Ikorodu, crying. “He claimed to have missed his way home after his Quranic teacher’s wife sent him on an errand. “Efforts to locate his parents or guardians have yet to yield any result,’’ Mr Hundeyin stated. (NAN)