ASUU strike: Idle students take up menial jobs in Kaduna
Kaduna – Some undergraduates in Kaduna have ventured into various vocations to keep them occupied as the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) persists, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Some of them who spoke with NAN on Friday in Kaduna said that they had to find something to do, to […]
New tax law: Lagos to lose N6.25bn monthly
Lagos State will lose about N6.25 billion monthly from its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, put at about N25 billion monthly, as a result of the new tax law put in place by the Federal Government, barring state governments from engaging consultant tax collectors.
No hiding place for Iraq, as Eaglets go for goals spree
As the Golden Eaglets file out against Iraq in today’s final Group F match of the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates the coach Manu Garba tutored lads will be preoccupied with how to qualify for the next round and reassert their authority in the tournament.
Lagos identifies, investigates suspected sources of cholera
An unnamed female food vendor of African salad, otherwise known as Abacha at Cele Bus-stop junction, suspected to have been the primary source of contamination of the reported cholera cases in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos, has been identified and is being investigated.
Pirates kill 2 soldiers in Rivers, one missing
Suspected pirates have reportedly killed two soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, in an ambush along Ikuru community in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, while another soldier was said to be missing.
Oronto Douglas’ sister freed
After nine days with her abductors, Mrs. Augusta Douglas-Ayam, sister of Special Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas, has been released.
