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Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider their future and resume to work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke with the  News Agency of Nigeria  in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged strike. The students said they were tired and frustrated due to the time wasted without any academic achievement. They said the strike would make them remain in the university more than it was necessary. ASUU has been on strike since March 2020 over demands for more funding for public universities and renegotiation of the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement. Others are outstanding earned academic allowances, the proliferation of universities by state governments, and the constitution of Visitation Panels to Federal Universities. A law student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Azubike, said he was appealing to the university lecture...

The Cable Network News simply known as CNN has retracted its initial report, which claimed that troops of the Nigerian Army killed 38 #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. Dubbed: “Lekki Massacre,” PRNigeria reports that the incident, which occurred on October 20, 2020, is fraught of a lot of misinformation, disinformation and fake news, to which a lot of reputable local and international media organisations were found culpable, including CNN itself and the British Broadcasting Corporation. After heated controversy and strategic interventions, CNN has officially backtracked its initial report via a tweet on its Twitter handle, which was titled: “Clarification.” In the Clarification, CNN said it did not attribute the death toll to Amnesty International and also failed to say in the report that the 38 persons killed were not just at the Lekki tollgate but across the country during the #EndSARS protest. Recall that PRNigeria had through its fact-checking in...

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC has arrested the acting Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Alex Akpa, for allegedly defrauding the federal government of N400 million. In a statement signed by the  anti-graft agency 's spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua on Wednesday, the agency said it is also investigating the official for abuse of office. According to the report, Mr Akpa, who is a professor of microbiology, was arrested by operatives of the commission to answer questions on how the said amount was misappropriated under his watch. The ICPC also said investigations revealed that the money, which the acting DG had claimed to be an intervention fund for the biotechnology agency, was diverted into private pockets. The  anti-graft agency  also accused Mr Akpa, who was recently appointed in June, to have allegedly shared the money with top management staff of the agency. The commission said his offence is ...

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, has told United Kingdom lawmakers to desist from imposing sanctions on Nigerian Government officials, who violated rights of citizens during the peaceful #EndSARS protests. Members of the UK Parliament had on Monday reached a unanimous decision to consider sanctions against Nigerian Government officials, who disrupted peaceful protests across the country as well as those involved in the attack and shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20. Reacting to the decision, Mohammed in an NTA interview on Wednesday morning said, “We earlier stated that governments all over the world who have taken hasty decisions about Nigeria on this issue should please seek the truth. “If the decision of any government all over the world is based on fake news, it is very risky. It brings me to the issue of the UK Parliament resolution.  “We are not panicking at all as a government for two reasons – the resoluti...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is set to unveil an 8,230 capacity bed-space hostel at the Lagos State University, simply known as LASU during the Investiture of Chancellor, Award of Directorate Degrees, Conferment of Honorary Doctorates and Distinguished Professor on Thursday, Dec 17th, as part of activities marking the 24th convocation ceremony of the institution. Announcing the programme schedule for the event, LASU Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ademola Adekoya said that the convocation ceremonies will run from Convocation Ceremonies Thursday, Dec. 10th to Friday, Dec. 18th. Adekoya also noted that convocation, a hybrid programme, to hold both physically and virtually will allow only invited graduands and guests at the physical event with others joining virtually via shared links to be provided by the university. LASU PRO in a statement explained that “Lagos State University will hold her rescheduled 24th from Thursday, Dec....

The president of the Academic staff union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi has declared that the Union doesn't has a Twitter handle, describing guise accounts as impersonators. The Academic union president released this statement during a virtual interview with Arise News at The morning show program.  During the interview Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi when asked about the inconsistency in it negotiations between the Federal government about how the body via it supposed Twitter handle advised Lecturers and members of its Union to not depend on only their educational job, advising it's member look into other source of income... The Professor said ASUU doesn't have a Twitter handle and hasn't made any such statement, describing those account claiming to be ASUU's as impersonators, therefore, advised the public to disregard any information released by those Twitter handles. Also, during the interview the Professor when asked if the ...

The Cable News Network simply known as CNN has released a detailed visual documentary which proves allegations against the Nigerian army for killing peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on the 20th of October 2020. The event which occurred on October 20 and claimed the lives of young Nigerians has been denied by the Nigeria Army head authorities.  The army denied shooting at protesters while Lagos State Governor, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said only two protesters were killed, a statement which is believed to be false by reputable numbers of people. However, CNN investigation has revealed hours of videos and heard from dozens of witnesses to establish the massacre indeed happened and that many lives were lost. Click Here to Watch the video  

The Federal Government has approved the enrolment of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the National Health Insurance Scheme. This was revealed today 9th November in a statement released by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim The Brigadier general started his statement by saluting and expressing gratitude towards the security agencies and other stakeholders for their support Furthermore, he said the scheme has concluded arrangement with the  National Health Insurance Scheme  ( NHIS)  for the enrolment of corps members into the NHIS in line with a presidential directive.  He then concluded his statement saying that they have also expended huge resources on critical health needs of corps members, including footing of medical bills

It's been a week since the west African Examination Council WAEC released the result of candidates that participated in the 2020 West Africa Senior school certificate examination WASSCE.  The 2021 WASSCE registration is ongoing and surely lot of funds are needed to successfully conduct this exam. In this regards, The Head of WAEC National Office in Nigeria, Areghan Patrick has revealed that over N1.5 billion was used to conduct the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE)  And so urges the government that it would need more funds to conduct the 2021 WASSCE as the registration fees collected from candidates aren't enough to fully fund their budget. This was disclosed in Abuja at the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services. The council head stated that over 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination were made to pay N13, 900 as examination fee. He further said that 80,000 offic...

Renowned Nigerian poet, Prof. John Pepper Clark has died at the age of 85.   The emeritus and highly respected professor of Literature who was born on the 9th April, 1935  in Kiagbodo, Nigeria  died today, October 13, 2020. JP Clark reportedly joined his ancestors on Tuesday morning in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos where he had been receiving treatment. His death was announced in a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark.   The statement reads: "The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark, has finally dropped his pen in the early hours of today, Tuesday, 13 October 2020.   "Prof. J. P. Clark has paddled on to the great beyond in comfort of his wife, children and siblings, around him.   "The family appreciates your prayers at this time. Other details will be announced later by the family."   J.P. Clarke is one of the most rep...

The Saudi Arabian government has denied hacking the phone of Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon and Washington Post, after a private investigation set up by Bezos last year proved with almost certainty that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was responsible for the hack.   According to the bombshell investigation results, first released by The Guardian, forensic digital analysis concluded that Bezos' phone was compromised after Bezos received a malicious video file from a phone number used by Mohammed bin Salman, and immediately "large amounts of data" were extracted from Bezos' phone within hours. The National Enquirer, a US tabloid, weeks later gained access to private texts Bezos exchanged with a woman named Lauren Sanchez, with whom he was having an extramarital affair. After the news broke, Bezos had to break up with his wife making her a billionaire in the process after she was settled.   According to the Guardian Newspaper, Bezos became targeted by Saudi Ara...

Nigerian soldiers including terrorists have died during a bloody gun battle along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. Six Nigerian soldiers have died during a gun battle with Boko Haram terrorists along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.  The insurgents also lost a large number of casualties in the tragic encounter. According to Punch, soldiers and mobile policemen have now cleared the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway off remnants of Boko Haram that have terrorised motorists in the last few days. Security sources said the insurgents were engaged between Mainok and Benesheikh on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway between 11am and 1pm on Tuesday. The sources said the soldiers had engaged the insurgents in a shootout between 11am and 11.35am. One of the sources said, “Two gun trucks were recovered, but six soldiers were lost in the gun duel, two corpses of Boko Haram were seen after the crossfire ceased but many corpses were taken away by the insurgents.” He added, “Boko Haram equally suffered a h...