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NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

NANS Threatens To Shut Down Yola Airport Over ASUU Strike

September 20, 2022 8:26 pm

In lieu of their recently coordinated protests all over the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened that on Friday, they will be shutting down the Yola International Airport in Adamawa State over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Zone E chapter of NANS which is to effect the shutdown of the Yola Airport, has also revealed that it will be in line with NANS nationwide ‘Occupy The Airport’ protest over the lingering ASUU strike.

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NCC Grants Over ₦500m For Research To Nigerian Universities

NCC Grants Over ₦500m For Research To Nigerian Universities

August 1, 2022 12:43 pm

In lieu of the rising need to revitalise the research sector in the Country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it would be committing over ₦500 million to some of the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to further facilitate for the increase in research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

Prof. Umar Danbatta who is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission had made this disclosure at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia, Industry and Other Stakeholders which ended in Kano at the weekend.

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Army Reshuffled As Top Officers Are Redeployed Due To Insecurity

Army Reshuffled As Top Officers Are Redeployed Due To Insecurity

July 29, 2022 12:41 pm

As a result of the rising spate of insecurity in the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has made the approval of the redeployment of some top military officers and also the  appointment of new ones as insecurity rages in Nigeria.

The appointments had been announced in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Thursday in Abuja.

Nwachukwu said the new postings and appointments were done in an effort to reposition the army for operational efficiency.

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According to him, …

NYSC Cries Out To Nigerian Army As Terrorism Fears Heighten

NYSC Cries Out To Nigerian Army As Terrorism Fears Heighten

July 27, 2022 2:25 pm

The Chairman, NYSC National Governing Board, Amb. Fatima Abubakar had also made the call when the board paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Wednesday in Abuja.

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Abubakar said the call became necessary because of the prevailing security situation in the country as well as …

HURIWA Backs Gov Ortom On Creation Of Armed Vigilantes

Insecurity: Gov Ortom Challenges FG About $1bn Security Fund

July 27, 2022 10:02 am

In lieu of the rising insecurity in the Country, Samuel Ortom who is the Benue State Governor, has thrown an open challenge to the Federal Government of Nigeria to openly give account of the one billion dollars security funds jointly which had been put together by the 36 states of the federation to fight insurgency in the country.

Governor Ortom had also thrown the challenge on Tuesday July 26th, 2022 while addressing some of the journalists at Benue Peoples House, Makurdi shortly before the commencement of the State Security Council meeting.

He wondered what the Federal Government has done with …

We Can't Handle ₦165/litre - IPMAN Reveals Stance On Fuel scarcity

We Can’t Handle ₦165/litre – IPMAN Reveals Stance On Fuel scarcity

June 21, 2022 7:43 am

While reacting to the news of harsh fuel scarcity in the country, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has finally given a tangible explanation as to why there is fuel scarcity in Lagos and other parts of the country.

Akin Akinrinade who is the Lagos Zonal Chairman of IPMAN had in an interview with Channels Television,  insisted they were not on strike.

Akinrinade noted that the operating environment has become hostile to their businesses.

Read Also: IPMAN Reveals Real Reason Behind Current Fuel Scarcity

He also insisted the marketers had not embarked on strike as speculated.

“Members of

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Ukraine Plane Crash Death Toll Rises To 23

Ukraine Plane Crash Death Toll Rises To 23

September 26, 2020 3:29 pm

The death toll climbed to 23 on Saturday from the crash of a Ukrainian air force plane carrying mostly cadets in the east of the country, emergency services said.

The Antonov-26 transport plane was carrying 20 cadets and seven crew when it crashed late Friday two kilometres (about one mile) from the Chuguiv military airbase near the city of Kharkiv.

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One more body was found under the charred remains of the plane early Saturday, the emergency services said, bringing the number of victims to 23. Two people were …

Israel: 16-Year-Old Girl Gang-Raped By 30 Men In A Hotel

August 22, 2020 5:39 am

The alleged gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl by some 30 men in the Red Sea resort of Eilat has sparked outrage in Israel and protests across the country.

Protesters gathered in several cities after media reports described how men in their 20s queued outside a hotel bedroom where the minor was, awaiting their turn to take advantage of her intoxicated state.

Two suspects have been arrested according to the police after allegedly threatening to send the girl video of her ordeal.

The girl, who spoke of how she is encouraged by the support she has received from the public, had …

COVID-19 - Abia govt approves new working hours for markets

Abia Govt Approves New Guidelines For Markets, Weddings

July 2, 2020 9:46 am

The Abia State Government has approved new working hours for markets in the State as COVID-19 continues to spread across the country.

It also released new guidelines on how wedding ceremonies will henceforth be conducted in the State.

Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Barr. Chris Ezem, made this known in a statement on Thursday.

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Ezem stated that violators of the guidelines would face serious consequences, including disruption of the event(s) and prosecution by the relevant court.

“Going forward, Abia State’s new

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Lebanon Bank Attacked With Explosive Amid Economic Crisis

Lebanon Bank Attacked With Explosive Amid Economic Crisis

April 26, 2020 6:22 pm

Assailants lobbed an explosive device at a bank in Lebanon Saturday, in the latest attack on financial institutions in a country facing its worst economic crisis in decades.

The official National News Agency said the night-time assault targeted a branch of Fransabank in the southern port city of Sidon, damaging its glass facade.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

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The attack came a day after Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Lebanese bank deposits had plunged $5.7 billion in the first two months of the year, despite curbs on withdrawals and

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Bangladesh Executes Assassin Of Country’s First Leader

Bangladesh Executes Assassin Of Country’s First Leader

April 12, 2020 6:56 am

Bangladesh has executed a military captain less than a week after he was arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country’s founding leader, a minister said Sunday.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was killed along with most of his family in a military coup on August 15, 1975,

The assassination occurred , nearly four years after he led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan.

In 1998 Abdul Majed was sentenced in absentia to death along with a dozen other army officers over the murders.

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld the verdict …

Insecurity Now A Ticking Time Bomb In Nigeria – Babatope

Insecurity Now A Ticking Time Bomb In Nigeria – Babatope

March 14, 2020 11:14 am

The worsening insecurity across the country has been described as a worrisome development that must be quickly tackled to prevent it from snowballing into a bigger crisis capable of threatening the nation’s democracy. Former Minister for Transport, and member, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope who stated this in an interview with TUNDE THOMAS described the present situation as a ticking time bomb that must not be allowed to explode. He also spoke on other national issues.

 

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