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The Management of the University of Port Harcourt has disowned a fake Facebook account opened with the name of the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Professor STEPHEN OKODUDU. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of UNIPORT, SAMMY KPENU, said the account was opened by criminally minded persons asking individuals to […]
This report says the Access to Justice, A-2-Justice group has demanded the immediate removal of Danladi Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, for alleged abuse of power. UMAR was reportedly seen on video hitting a security man who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular […]
Workers under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in the judiciary sector say they will shut down courts across the country tomorrow. JUSUN said it would commence a nationwide strike over the non-implementation of financial autonomy of the judiciary in line with the constitution of the country and other laws. The union had issued […]
Meanwhile, an Igbo women socio-cultural organization, NDINNE IGBO, has condemned the killing of Igbo people by suspected killer herdsmen in Enugu and Ebonyi States. In a statement, the Igbo women organization led by its President, BEATRICE CHUKWUBUIKE, said many Igbo children had become victims of the deadly herdsmen attacks, and called for stronger and more […]
The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), BUBA MARWA, has requested that all Nigerians be made to undergo mandatory drug tests to identify drug addicts. He also advised parents to make their children and their partners go for drug tests before marriage. According to MARWA, such measures will ensure that their children […]
One officer was killed and a second injured on Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the U.S Capitol, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress. Acting Chief YOGANANDA PITTMAN said Capitol Police shot dead the driver after he jumped out of […]
The Nigerian air force (NAF) says its alpha jet was not shot down by Boko Haram insurgents. Recall. the aircraft went off the radar on Wednesday during an operation around the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The NAF Director of Public Relations, Air Commodore EDWARD GABKWET said the footage in circulation which is still being […]
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says it will implement the ‘no work, no pay’ on the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if they refuse to resume work. NGIGE who issued the warning on Friday during an interview, said by Tuesday the association will be invited and […]
The G7 group of leading economic powers has raised strong concerned of report on human rights abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. The group, which includes the UK, US and the EU, called for the reported crimes to be investigated and those responsible to be held to account. They also urged Eritrea to withdraw troops […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Rivers State has deployed one thousand one hundred and eighty one marshals for this year’s 2021 Special Easter Patrols in the State. The command said three hundred and fifty seven Regular Marshals and eight hundred and twenty four Special Marshals as well as about twenty patrol vehicles would be […]
