Nationwide protests by SSANU, NASU rock universities
***Unions vow varsities won’t reopen unless… ***Want Adamu, Ngige sacked By Adesina Wahab, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Joseph Erunke, Ozioruva Aliu and Demola Akinyemi Non-academic staff on Tuesday in nationwide protests said universities in the country would not reopen unless the government do away with the controversial Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, address the issue […]
Why SSANU, NASU protested in UNN
By Ikechukwu Odu The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, chapter, Tuesday, joined their peers nationwide on a three-day protest over failure of the Federal Government to honour 2009 Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it reached with […]
German police take down ‘world’s largest darknet marketplace’
A German-led police sting has taken down the “world’s largest” darknet marketplace, whose Australian alleged operator used it to facilitate the sale of drugs, stolen credit card data and malware, prosecutors said Tuesday. At the time of its closure, DarkMarket had nearly 500,000 users and more than 2,400 vendors worldwide, as the coronavirus pandemic leads […]
Two Malawi ministers die of COVID-19
Malawi’s transport minister and another senior cabinet member died from Covid-19 on Tuesday, the government said. Sidik Mia, 56, tested positive late last week and was isolating at home with mild symptoms. The minister, who was also vice president of the ruling Malawi Congress Party, passed away Tuesday morning. Local government minister Lingson Belekanyama also […]
My dad, siblings didn’t die of COVID-19 – Orishabunmi’s nephew
The elder brother to late Nollywood actress, Folakemi Aremu, (Orisabunmi) has dispelled the rumour going around that his father and his siblings died of COVID-19 complications. Tunde Onishola, son to late Kwara Falcons Basketball Club Technical Director, Steve Onishola, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ilorin that the multiple deaths were […]
NCS Apapa Command generates N518bn in 2020
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command said it generated the sum of N518, 046, 832, 016. 84 in the year 2020 and remmitted same to the federation and non-federation accounts of the Federal Government respectively. The Comptroller, Mohammed Abba-Kura disclosed this at a media briefing held in Lagos on Tuesday. According to him, […]
