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Two KWASU students found dead in off-campus hostel

Two KWASU students found dead in off-campus hostel

Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Tobiloba Daniel and his suspected lover, Arewa Abayomi, have been found dead in Daniel’s off-campus hostel room. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased were both 200-Level students and were writing ongoing examinations when the incident happened. According to an eyewitness, a KWASU […]

Last of the strong ones: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Last of the strong ones: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took over in 1985, is best known for opening up the USSR and for his rapprochement with the West, but he was unable to prevent his country collapsing in 1991. Many Russians blame him and his reformist policies for the country’s demise. Read […]

NSCDC nab 2 suspected railway vandals, 3 others in Kwara

NSCDC nab 2 suspected railway vandals, 3 others in Kwara

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected vandals, Waheed Ganiyu and Mojeed Afolabi, for allegedly removing some rail tracks in Kwara. Mr Ayeni Olasunkanmi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NSCDC, Kwara Command, told newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday that they were nabbed on Aug. 26. Olasunkanmi expressed dismay […]

Buhari pledges to support over 500,000 flood victims

Buhari pledges to support over 500,000 flood victims

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to support over 500, 000 Nigerians that are victims of flood disasters. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Sgehu disclosed this via a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The statement said that President Buhari receivies regular updates on the flood […]

Birth Registration: Lagos leads with 94%, FCT follows – Report

Birth Registration: Lagos leads with 94%, FCT follows – Report

Lagos state has topped the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on the number of children registered at birth with the Civil Authorities with a total of 94 per cent, according to the just released Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, 2021 by the National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF.

Tunde Ayeni refutes news of Dubai trip

Tunde Ayeni refutes news of Dubai trip

…says it is the handiwork of mischief makers Tunde Ayeni, has reacted to a false online publication that he was headed for Dubai, United Arab Emirate, for some alleged meeting in the company of the EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa. The fake report had alleged that the said meeting was to promote what it described […]

Why PDP is in crisis ― Dokpesi

Why PDP is in crisis ― Dokpesi

By Bashir Bello A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, on Tuesday, opened up on why the party is entangled in the current crisis. Dokpesi accused the former President, Goodluck Jonathan of jettisoning the power rotational arrangement in place, hence the current crisis befalling the party. The High Chief said […]

I never used ‘quacks’ for state universities, says ASUU President <strong> </strong>

I never used ‘quacks’ for state universities, says ASUU President  

By Miftaudeen Raji  The president Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said he never said state universities are quacks.  The ASUU president said this while speaking on Politics Today, Channels TV on Tuesday.  He said, “What I said was very clear. The person on the seat asked me a question that […]