Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, and students on Thursday protested against the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government. The students who came out to support their lecturers displayed placards with inscriptions including “education is life; proper funding of university education is non-negotiable; lecturers too want an earthly reward for teaching all professions; stop establishing universities you cannot fund. They marched from the Julius Berger Hall on the campus to the UNILAG gate and back to the ASUU-UNILAG Secretariat. The protesting lecturers and students sang solidarity songs as they distributed handbills…
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Bandits have killed the eldest son of a judge of the Kaduna State Customary Court, identified as Janet Galadima, while demanding N300m ransom to free the judge and her three other children still being held. The Chief Executive Officer of the House of Justice, Gloria Ballason, in a statement on Wednesday, said the judge and her four children were kidnapped by the bandits on Sunday. According to Ballason, the bandits invaded the judge’s home on the night of Sunday while her medical doctor husband was away on duty. Ballason said, “The abductors, reported to have been about 15, took their…
The management of the University of Benin on Thursday halted academic activities indefinitely and ordered the students to vacate their hotels immediately. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Public Relations officer, Benedicta Ehanire, on Thursday. The students protested on Wednesday over the rationing of electricity, among other grievances. They blocked the Benin-Ore highway, which caused gridlock and untold hardship to commuters. Some of the students on Wednesday said that they would not leave the highway until their demands were met. However, the Senate of the institution held a meeting on Wednesday in order to meet with the…
e management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State has suspended the school’s ongoing second-semester examination indefinitely. The decision was taken following the killing, on Wednesday, of a final-year student identified as Olaoye Fabiyi, allegedly by suspected cultists. PUNCH Online reported on Wednesday that Fabiyi was dragged out of the examination hall while writing his final papers by some unidentified men. A source who witnessed the incident said the armed men dragged him to a corner, where they shot at him and hit him with a brick on the head. I shared a cell with confessed murderers,…
Police have arrested eighteen persons suspected to be in connection with the violent protest that rocked the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Wednesday. The Police Public Relations Officer for the state command, SP Catherine Anene, disclosed this in a statement issued and made available to journalists in Makurdi on Thursday. Anene said that the state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Yabanet, has relocated to the troubled local government. Recall that some youths had protested the killing of people in Ayati village by local bandits resulting in the destruction of personal and government properties by the protesters. Following the…
An Ondo State Magistrates Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, has ordered the remand of a commercial motorcycle, Blessing Akinmade, for allegedly killing a 71-year-old farmer, Toyo Olanipekun. The defendant was arrested by the men of the state police command, for killing the septuagenarian and allegedly burying the deceased’s corpse inside a shallow grave on June 6, 2024, at Igbobini, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state, during a dispute between Igbobini and Irele Communities over a piece of land. PUNCH Metro gathered that Akinmade was charged to court on two counts bordering on conspiracy and murder. The police…
The operatives from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers. The suspects were said to have abducted a resident in the Gwagwa area of the FCT on June 12, 2024. The kidnappers were said to have collected N12m from the victim’s family and killed two others. The suspected kidnappers, according to a statement by the FCT command police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh were arrested at Gwagwa and Dei-Dei areas of the FCT. THE ROUND TABLE: Minimum Wage: Labour Kicks as FEC steps down memo 0:11 / 1:01 She said, “In a continuous effort to rid the nation’s…
The governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday, received heads of local government administration across the 18 council areas of the state. The group, under the aegis of Conference of Heads of Local Government Administration, was in Akure to interact with the governor on critical issues, as it relates to development at the grassroots. Speaking on behalf of the team, the Chairman, Mrs Marian Awotoye, eulogized Governor Aiyedatiwa for his people-oriented programmes and projects since assuming office. The meeting, which lasted about an hour behind closed doors, led into an interactive session, where the governor tasked the administrators to…
The Special Adviser( SA) to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Gender Matters, Chief Mrs Olamide Falana has assured female commercial tricycle riders of the state government protection and productive collaboration. Falana, who assured the riders at an interactive meeting in her office in Akure, said the essence of the meeting was firstly to let the riders know that the government recognized the impact of their contribution in the society. She said as female commercial riders, the state government would seek ways to alleviate their challenges in their work environment. “The Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa acknowledges and appreciates your effort, also for…
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, on Wednesday, said that the operatives of the command in a gun duel killed two kidnappers who were among the hoodlums that abducted four travellers along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway on Sunday night. Alamutu equally said that the four abducted travellers, one Nigerian and three Indian nationals, had regained their freedom. The Commissioner disclosed this on Wednesday at a press briefing at the state command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. Recovered from the kidnappers were 109 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, five AK47 rifles, eight AK magazines, and two cell phones. Alamutu recalled how, on June 30,…