The students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo state, on Friday protested over planned strike by the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Damilola Okunomo, President, Students Union Government (SUG), said that the ASUU strike would cripple academic activities in the school. According to Okunomo, the strike will cripple the forthcoming second semester examination scheduled for Aug. 2, 2021. “We have decided to continue the protest until the management and ASUU resolve their grievances, we have paid our school fees and we cannot be denied our examination,” he said. Meanwhile, in a communiqué signed by Dr…
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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested one Yahaya Zakari for allegedly taking a young woman to his house at Sabuwar Gandu in Kano metropolis. The Commander General of the board, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Kano Friday. A copy of the statement signed by the spokesperson of the agency, Lawal Ibrahim was available to t newsmen on Friday. According to him, the arrest was made following reports from residents of the area. “The young woman went to buy drugs from Zakari’s chemist when he took her to his house,” he said. Ibn-Sina expressed…
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer and Activist, says extradition of DCP Abba Kyari to the U.S. is not automatic as being speculated. A U.S. District Court for the Central District of California had alleged that a suspect, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi used Kyari, Commander, IGP Intelligence Response Monitoring Team to arrest and jail a co-conspirator, Chibuzo Vincent, after the latter threatened to expose an alleged one million dollars fraud committed against a Qatari businessman. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari for his alleged links to Hushpuppi, who was standing trial for various offences that included internet fraud and money laundering,…
The International Centre for Higher Education Innovation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO – ICHEI) has donated digital devices to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. This is to strengthen research and digital educational infrastructure of the university, it said. A statement issued by Auwalu Umar, the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of ABU on Friday in Zaria, said the donation was under the framework of UNESCO – ICHEI academic partnership. According to Umar, a letter of explanation by Director, UNESCO – ICHEI, Prof. LI Ming, regarding the donation to the institution, said the devices were delivered to…
More than 50,000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other parties have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba. A member of the National Board of Trustees of APC, Prof. Dalhatu Sangari, received the defectors in Wukari at a grand ceremony. Sangari said that the defectors came from the 52 political wards in southern senatorial zone of the state. He said that the occasion was a major milestone in the party’s efforts to take over leadership in the state as the defection was unprecedented and unique. “Today, a new chapter…
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has been bestowed with the Humanitarian Airline of the Year 2020 Award by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC). The Chairman of LAAC, Mr Olusegun Koiki, made this known at the 25th Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony in Lagos on Friday. The airline received the award at the LAAC conference with the theme: “Nigeria’s Aviation Industry: Management, Policy and Regulation. Koiki said the award was in recognition of the airline’s humanitarian interventions during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. He added that the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2) operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation…
Unity Bank Plc has announced gross earnings of N23.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, representing an increase of four per cent. The bank said this in its unaudited financials submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Friday. The gross earnings was higher compared with the N22.8 billion posted in the comparative period of 2020. The bank grew its bottom-line by 34 per cent as profit before tax closed at N1.50 billion from N1.12 billion in 2020. Similarly, the profit after tax stood at N1.38 billion against N1.03 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2020. The lender…
The federal government of Nigeria has debunked media reports that there is an existing $875 million ammunition deal with the US, purported to have been blocked by the Congress. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, described the purported ammunition deal reported in some sections of the media as “fake news.” Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja, the minister said there was no contract of such nature and sum between Nigeria and the US. “There is no contract of arms between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the United States of America as at today apart from the…
The Director of Programme Development and Commercialisation at the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF, Dr. Emmanuel Okogbenin has said that strong supportive voices for agricultural biotechnology are crucial for the effective deployment and utilisation of biotechnology for improved crop productivity in Africa. Speaking during the 23rd virtual annual meeting of China Association of Science and Technology (CAST), anchored by the China Crop Science Society and held on 27th July 2021, he further said that more emphasis should be placed on farmer benefits and consumer preferences if biotechnology is to make impact. This was said by According to Dr. Okogbenin, good…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Global Environment Facility (GEF) has warned against use of synthetic pesticides on food products. The UNDP further said that such usage could have implications on trade and health of the farmers if not properly applied. The Project Manager, UNDP-GEF in charge of Resilient Food Security Project, Mrs Rhoda Dia made this known in an interview on Friday. Dia said the UNDP-GEF in partnership with Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was training 50 beneficiaries on Formulation, Calibration and Application of Indigenous-based Bio-pesticides in Crop Production Systems According to her, modern day agriculture…