ASUU bans online lectures National leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed lecturers nationwide not to engage in online teaching of students. Following the lockdown due to the Coronavirus, several universities resorted to online teaching while the Minister of Education in April directed public tertiary institutions to commence online lecturing. But in a a memo, ASUU …

  Zamfara: Man Rapes, Kills Brother’s Wife, Lands In Police Net Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala, for allegedly raping and killing his elder brother’s wife in Gusau, the state capital. The Command confirmed the arrest through its spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, while parading the suspect on Monday. Shehu said the suspect hailed from Damaga …

Igbo Union in US hits South East governors •Accuses them of weakness The Igbo Union, an organisation of citizens and residents of Igbo extraction registered in the State of California, United States of America, have told governors of the South East states that history would be unkind to them, if they failed to protect their ancestral land. The group also …

Schools that run international curriculum free to operate online — FG The Nigerian Government has said Private Schools that run International Curriculum are free to conduct their third term examinations online. The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwumeka Nwajiuba disclosed this in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19. …

  Imo State Herdsmen kill 65-year-old man in Imo, threatens to attack the Community and their farmland by Ngozi Blessed June 15, 2020 A 65 -year- old -man, Mazi Ozoemena Iriaka, has been killed by herdsmen yesterday, in Umuekpu-Agwa, Oguta Local Government Area (LGA),Imo State, DailySun reports. This happened barely 48 hours after president Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his administration’s victory …

  The good people  of Umuezeala Nsu autonomous community in Ehime -Mbano local government Area of Imo state has raised alarm ,calling on the  Imo state government and the other neighboring communities to come to their assistance as suspected  Fulani Herdsmen have forcefully and secretly  invaded their community, cleared their community plots of land with the intention of building their …

Pastor Ighodalo’s Wife, Ibidun Dies of Cardiac Arrest Pastor Ighodalo’s Wife, Ibidun Dies of Cardiac Arrest  Ibidun Ighodalo, the beautiful wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, who pastors The Trinity Church, is dead. Ibidun Ighodalo, late Pastor Ighodalo and late wife Ibidun reportedly died of cardiac arrest Sunday morning.   Calls to her husband when the news broke confirm the …

Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector. The 12 `frontline’ states, to benefit from the fund are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development made …

   BREAKING: Police detain First Lady Aisha Buhari’s aides •First Lady Aisha Buhari Some key aides attached to the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, have reportedly been arrested by personnel of the Nigerian Police. PRNigeria gathered that the aides were said to have been taken away by unidentified security operatives. It was however, gathered that the reason behind their arrest …

By Steve Unegbu Nigerians have been urged to cultivate the habit of personal hygiene, saying it is a major  necessary precaution  to avoid the spread of the   covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the beneficiaries of the fifth and sixth batches of the funds disbursement organized by  Rosy Cool Foundation, a non -governmental organization  ,whose major motive is to empower the  less privileged …