naija news today 270120

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has directed its members nationwide to go on strike as soon as the Federal Government stops lecturers’ salaries. The ASUU chairman of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Dr Adebayo Oni, said this in a telephone interview with one … Read...

An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps officer (NSCDC) has reportedly shot dead Ndubuisi Emenike, a senatorial candidate in Imo state. The Nation newspaper reports that Emenike was shot dead on Sunday evening... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/36uJJsY Get More...

12 aid workers were allegedly killed by terrorists in Nigeria in 2019 as stated by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon. Speaking at a joint press conference over the weekend with the European Union Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenari and the...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects for stealing a 4-year-old boy, Hammed Adeniran. The suspects who were arrested at Arepo bus stop along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State while waiting to board a vehicle to an undisclosed location, were identified as Abubakar Saidu, 22...

Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states are leading the drafting of model bills on the South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda, who gave this indication in an interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday, also said...

Prof Aloysius-Michael Okolie, the national president of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), has ruled out the chances of an Igbo man emerging as Nigerian president in 2023. The speaking in Nsukka on Saturday, January 25, the professor of political... Read more via Legit.ng –...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the repeated attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs and has ordered the Nigerian Air Force to deploy its fighter aircraft to check the menace. The president gave the … Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2vnawL3 Get...

You don’t have to be a basketball fan or even a Los Angeles Lakers fan to have been rocked by the shocking news. Yes, Kobe Bryant — the “Black Mamba,” a five-time world-champion and arguably one of the top five NBA players to ever don a jersey... read more via Inc.com –...

Real Madrid went three points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a hard-fought win at Real Valladolid. Defender Nacho scored the only goal with a header from Toni Kroos’ cross, his first La Liga goal in two … read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music &...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 700,000 candidates have so far been registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide in two weeks. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview with...

Tragedy struck in Bauchi, weekend, when a jealous man, simply identified as ‘Solomon’ stabbed his girlfriend, Patience Zakkari, to death for picking a phone call from another man. It was gathered that the incident occurred around 1.30 am in the house of the deceased located at Gwallameji …...

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of 86 suspected cultists in Ikorodu area of the State. 11 pistols were recovered from the suspects who were arrested around 6am on Saturday January 25, by a Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants acting on credible intelligence...

Indeed, what is destined to be will eventually be and it most often doesn't matter how long it takes. Many people thought Augustina Nwatoka had given up on love and this was due to the fact that she was in her 60's and unmarried. However, the elderly woman shocked many people when she recently...

The fight against building collapse suffered a setback in 2019 as the country recorded not less than 43 incidents within the year. Figures obtained from the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, an advocacy group of built environment professionals, showed that Lagos had the highest … Read...

A historic judgment condemning a discriminatory civil marriage law, passed in the 1980s that potentially marginalised 400 000 black women, was handed down in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Friday. Sections of the Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 were declared unconstitutional and...

A teenage boy has been suspended from school and told he will not be walking at his graduation because of his haircut. DeAndre Arnold, 18, from Texas, was told his dreadlocks violated the dress code and was given an ultimatum – cut them off or … Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog –...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the opinion of a former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) is not more important than that of millions of Nigerians who voted for his re-election last year. Buhari made this comment in an exclusive interview with ... Read more via...

Former US President, Barack Obama has joined the rest of the world in mourning the tragic death of Basketball legend, Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter, Gianna. Kobe and Gianna both died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26th 2020.... read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

Videos of the moment after Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crashed has been released online. The NBA legend, 41, alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday.... read more via Linda Ikeji’s...

Kobe Bryant’s laserlike focus and sublime skills were remembered by NBA colleagues, fans and athletes he inspired as they absorbed the shock of his death at the age of 41. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and … read more via Daily Nation | Home –...