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In an attempt to clip the wings of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government will on Tuesday present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige will do the presentation. This was contained in an invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun Olajide. CONUA, a breakaway faction of ASUU with a presence in a few federal universities, is led by its National Coordinator, ‘Niyi Sunmonu,…

A cross-section of Imo youths on Sunday, staged a protest against the former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha over his comment describing as saboteurs, the Igbo who would not vote for the Presidential candidate of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar in 2023. The Imo State chairman of Coalition for the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, Chukwuka Anukanti, spoke to newsmen during the protest at the freedom square in Owerri. They said that Ihedioha’s comment was an insult to the sensibilities of the South Easterners. Also, they vowed that they would continue to…

The Kwara State Police Command said its operatives arrested a medical doctor, Adio Adeyemi, of Kaiama General Hospital, over alleged kidnap and murder of two ladies. Adeyemi was alleged to have kidnapped and killed his girlfriend identified only as Ifeoluwa, and another housewife, Nofisat Halidu, in 2021. Ifeoluwa was declared missing in the Tanke area, while Nofisat, a housewife in Kaiama, was reported missing by her husband, one Mr Halidu. The police confirmed the incident in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Sunday. The statement read in part, “On assumption of office as Commissioner…

Constituents from Ohafor ward in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State have commended Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for reconstructing the Ebem-Asaga-Ndi Ibe Ohafia road. The residents who expressed their satisfactions over some newly constructed roads, school renovations, distribution of improved seedlings and fertilizer, provisions of motorize bore holes, while speaking with newsmen during Senator Orji Kalu's visit to the ward, noted that the gestures, have impacted positively on the lives of the people. Madam Mary Kalu Ukonu, a farmer from Asaga Ohafia told newsmen that, they were eternally grateful to the senator for constructing the Asaga-Ndi Ibe road. According…

A retired senior military officer, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, has endorsed the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and his running mate, Sen. Datti Baba Ahmed, for the 2023 presidential election. Enenche, the pioneer Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, DMO, made his endorsement of the Obi-Datti ticket in a 3-minute video, trending on social media and obtained by THE WHISPERER. According to the erstwhile military officer, Nigerians have depended so much on political parties for the choice of presidential candidates for about two decades now, and it has not produced the expected result. “Therefore, it is…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a former footballer, Okafor Junior at the Lagos International airport with 1.40kg of crack cocaine. Junior was arrested on September 26, upon his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airlines flight. The 33-year-old had concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug. A statement by the NDLEA signed by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi revealed the outcome of preliminary interrogation. “Okafor disclosed that he was an ex-footballer with the…

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami has stated that a beautiful Nigeria is possible through the proliferation of Entrepreneurship and Industrial Hubs across the Federation, noting that the adoption of this model would create all-round economic transformation. In his Goodwill Message to Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary, Mr. Nami urged Nigerians to invest in creating entrepreneurship and industrialization hubs as they hold the “key to unlock the massive economic potentials of the country.” The Executive Chairman of the FIRS called on States to emulate Ondo State’s Entrepreneurship Village which…

The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Chris Musa, on Saturday said about 80,000 ex-Boko Haram terrorists are in military custody. He stated this during an interview on Channels Forum, a Channels Television special to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence anniversary. “80,000 now,” he said in response to the number of Boko Haram ex-fighters and their family members that have surrendered and are in military custody. The figure, he stated, is 30,000 more than the initial 50,000 former insurgents that gave up their arms to turn a new leaf last year. “The strategy now is an all-government activity, the military,…