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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kaduna State University, KASU Chapter, says 75 per cent of the university’s students may drop out of school due to the monumental increase in tuition fees. Its chairman, Peter Adamu, said in a statement in Kaduna on Wednesday, that the students might have to leave because their parents could not afford to pay. Mr Adamu urged the state government to rescind its decision to hike the tuition fees and engage relevant stakeholders on the issue in line with its Open Government Partnership. According to him, education is a right and not a privilege,…

Two police officers in Akwa Ibom have been killed following an attack by unknown gunmen on Ika divisional headquarters in the state. Odiko MacDon, Akwa Ibom police spokesperson, confirmed the attack on Wednesday. Macdon, who noted that the gunmen came in motorcycles and burnt down a police vehicle, said the attack occurred on Tuesday. The officers have been identified as Esther Akpan and Isonuyo Effiong Paul. The police spokesman explained that the gunmen attempted to raze the divisional headquarters, but were repelled by officers on the ground. “On 27/4/2021, at about 7:00pm, some armed men on motorcycles, heading towards Ika…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted seven traders, comprising three women and four men while returning from Ugya Village Market, in Toto Local Government Council of Nasarawa State. A driver, who escaped the attack, Ibrahim Saidu, said the incident happened around 6:12 pm on Tuesday. He said the kidnappers first opened fire on his car and deflated one of the tyres, but he managed to escape. Unfortunately, the vehicle behind him, which was also conveying traders from Ugya Village Market back to Toto town, was attacked. He said the driver of the Volkswagen Golf, who was conveying the traders,…

BREAKING: Gunmen raze Nkporo police station in Ohafia, Abia State Gunmen have attacked Nkporo police station in Ohafia government area of Abia State. The attackers were said to have razed the main building of station. The arsonists also burnt exhibits, including motorcycles and cars at the station, The Nation learnt. It was gathered the gunmen also released some suspects in detention during the attack. The situation was said to have left many residents and indigenes of the area apprehensive. Efforts to get Abia police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna were unsuccessful. He didn’t pick calls or respond to text messages. Nkporo is…

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the 2023 general elections will hold on February 18, 2023. Mr Yakubu stated this at a public hearing on the ‘National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2021’ organised by Senate Committee on INEC, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the exercise is exactly one year, nine months, two weeks and six days away from today. The INEC expressed confidence in the National Assembly’s ability to pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill before the 2023 general elections. The INEC boss, who noted the importance of the bill to the…

Governor Dave Umahi narrowly escapes death as unknown gunmen trail him to Ebonyi Airport site The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, on Tuesday reportedly escaped death when unknown gunmen stormed the site of the proposed Ebonyi International Airport after allegedly getting information that he might be visiting the place to inspect the level of work there, the News Express reports. According to News Express, the gunmen stormed the airport site at about 3:30 p.m. but missed their target as the Governor failed to turn up. A highly placed source at the Ebonyi State Government House told News Express…

Bandits Attack Popular PDP Senator In Kogi, Injure Three Police Officers Bandits on Monday opened fire on a convoy of Senator Clifford Ordia (APC-Edo Central), injuring three police officers. The lawmaker who was returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo was attacked along the Okene-Lokoja road in Kogi State. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Ordia said the gunmen rained bullets on his convoy. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator called on the federal government to take urgent measures to secure lives and property across the country. “I’m seriously traumatised by the experience,” Senator Ordia said. “We were…

“I pray that Nigeria will never know conflict, but I know that every conflict is as a result of elite failure to speak up the truth and tell the truth to their communities." Following series of killings and violence across the nation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress Anambra governorship aspirants organized by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja. “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing…

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has named the Imo State Government House at Douglas road, Owerri, after Ikonso, the commander of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) allegedly killed by security agencies. The group which announced this in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Douglas Road Owerri and Awomamma Junction would also be named after the late Commander. It explained the decision which was with immediate effect, was one of the ways its members and Biafrans globally wished to immortalise the fallen leader and his men. The statement reads: “We the global family of…

Gunmen suspected to be assassins have invaded a Fulani settlement and shot dead a 30-year-old man, Abdulmumin Jagaba, near Sabon-Gari village in Kwali Area Council in the FCT. A resident of the community said the incident happened around 11 pm on Monday, when the gunmen invaded the settlement and opened fire on the deceased. He said the assassins shot Jagaba on the forehead and fled immediately. He added that members of the vigilante in Gada-Biyu were alerted and they mobilised to the scene but the assailants had already left. The gunmen came, shot the young man and left without taking…