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Following the end of the tenure of Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the 6th Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on June 30, 2024, the Senate of the University has elected Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor. Maikudi is a Professor of International Law and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University. Born in Zaria, Kaduna State, on January 31, 1983, she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). After her secondary school education, she attended…

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Ex-governor Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, maintained that only Lokoja Division of the high court has the territorial jurisdiction to entertain the allegations that were raised against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At the resumed proceeding in the matter on Thursday, Bello,…

Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his death, the businessman reportedly made a call to his United States-based brother to give him instructions on how to distribute his wealth and also called his young daughter to inform her that he would always be there for her. According to a post on an online platform, TheWill, friends,…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan airport, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday. The governor said his administration’s efforts to have the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, upgraded to an international airport have yielded positive results, stressing that the upgrade would commence in the next three weeks. According to Channels TV, Governor Makinde made this known when he received the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Baba Abubakar, at the Executive Chamber, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The project, according to the governor, would include the construction of a new terminal, runway and other structural features,…

The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, says he will work with his colleagues in the red chamber to seek President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis in Rivers state. Kalu spoke on Wednesday when he led a delegation of the senate committee on privatisation and commercialisation on a visit to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers. Rivers is engulfed in a political crisis over a power tussle between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, his successor, who is now the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). During the visit, Kalu said Fubara…

Tochukwu Aloysius Nnadi and Chinwe Patricia Ebunam, prosecution witnesses in the trial of Willie Obiano, an ex-Anambra State governor, have told the Federal High Court in Abuja that millions from the state’s security vote account were channeled to multiple private entities under the former governor. Nnadi, a bank manager in Awka, the state capital, testified that documents originating from his bank showed that Easy Diamond Integrated Links, C.I Patty Ventures Nigeria Limited and Xpressive Consult Nig. Limited were among the private beneficiaries of the state’s security vote account outflows. The witness also said that the Anambra State Government under Obiano…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said his opponents tried to use a dynamite attack to give the impression that the state is unsafe, and by extension make another case for State of Emergency. Recall that amid the ongoing Local Government Area crisis rocking the state, the All Progressives Congress caretaker committee in Rivers had called for emergency rule in Rivers. Referring to the incident of dynamite explosion during a protest by supporters of former local government chairmen, the governor said God destroyed the plans of those behind the evil plot. The governor spoke when he received on courtesy…

The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Sim Fubara at Government House, Port Harcourt. Kalu, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization disclosed this through a post on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon. In the photos shared by the former Abia State Governor, other members of the committee like Senators Osita Izunaso (APC, Imo West), Abba Moro (PDP, Benue), Tony Nwoye (LP, Anambra North), among others were sighted. He wrote: “On the sideline of an oversight function in…

Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Tuesday, attacked a Mosque in Tazame village, Bungudu local government Area of Zamfara state. Two worshipers observing morning prayers were killed, while 17 were reportedly abducted. A resident in the area, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen on Wednesday that the bandits surrounded the worshipers at around 5:00 am on Tuesday. The source said two persons were killed, while the Imam of the mosque sustained a gunshot on his leg during the incident. “As I am talking to you now, 17 of our people have been kidnapped by the bandits while observing morning prayers, while…

There was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in the Lekki Free Zone, Lagos. Reacting to the incident, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, disclosed in a statement sent to Vanguard that the fire has been contained and there is no cause for alarm. The statement read: “We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP) today, Wednesday, 26th of June. “There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating normally, and there are no recorded injuries or bodily harm to any of our staff…