ASUU laments mass resignations in public varsities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that most departments and units in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed due to the resignation of lecturers in search of greener pastures. The Chairman of the University of Ibadan Chapter of ASUU,

NCF, CIDAC partner on Eco/food tourism

The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Catalysts Integrated Developing Agro Company (CIDAC) International Ventures on Eco and Food Tourism in Lagos. The partnership saw the exhibition and sale of Indigenous Nigerian foods and food items for tourists visiting the Lekki Conservation

British soldier killed in Kenya

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said said that one of their soldiers have been killed in Kenya while off duty. . 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. MoD officials confirmed the soldier’s

End of Gaza truce ‘serious mistake’ – UN rapporteur

As the Israeli military resumes its strikes on Gaza and rockets are fired from southerm Gaza into Israel, aid agencies say resuming fighting will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the strip. Francesca Albanese, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur for the Occupied

Ethiopian Airlines bans ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags

Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria has banned the infamously nicknamed “Ghana Must Go” bags from their flights there. The luggage got the nickname in Nigeria in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, many of whom were Ghanaian, were expelled. People fled

Guinea-Bissau: Soldier detained after gunfire in capital

A man described as the leader of a group of soldiers who tried to free a detained minister and a senior state official in Guinea-Bissau has been caught, the military says. Heavy gunfire was reported in the capital on Friday morning. Members of

President Tinubu didn’t present empty budget box – Doguwa

The Northern Caucus chairman in the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ado Alhassan Doguwa, has debunked as incorrect the report that President Bola Tinubu presented an empty budget box during his budget presentation on Wednesday. “What people don’t know is that the President had

Troops eliminate 52 terrorists, kidnappers, arrest 262 others nationwide

Troops fighting to rid the nation of terrorists and other criminal elements across the country neutralized 52 terrorists, kidnappers, and bandits and arrested 262 others, including perpetrators of oil theft, in the last week. Troops also rescued 234 kidnapped hostages abducted for ransom

Obasanjo tells Nigerian youths to take over leadership

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has told youths in the country that they will not smell the leadership of the country again if they fail to take it now. Obasanjo advised the youths to take over the leadership roles in the country now. Obasanjo

Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Imo

A priest in charge of St. Michael’s Catholic Church Parish in Umuekebi, Osuoweerre autonomous community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev Fr Kingsley Eze, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The priest was kidnapped on Thursday night at Orieama