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Sep

12

2022

US online university graduates over 400 Nigerians as ASUU strike rages on.

Education, MetroASUU, Education, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

More than 400 Nigerian students have graduated from N^exford university (NXU), an American online university, for the 2021 to 2022 session. The online university, according to Country Director Olamidun Majekodunmi-Ogundoyin, was launched in the country in 2019 and has since enrolled over 3,000 students in Nigeria. Although the university said it does not see itself as a beneficiary of the ongoing protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), it acknowledged that it saw significant growth in claims during the strike. In her remarks on Saturday at a graduation ceremony held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Ms. Ogundoyin noted that…

Sep

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gunmen kill vigilante leader’s wife in Enugu

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Enugu State, Gunmen, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen killed the wife of a local vigilante leader in Umuopu, Enugu-Ezike, a community in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State southeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Friday night. The victim, Ogochukwu Onuh, was shot to death after her husband, known simply as Akada, allegedly ran away from the gunmen. Sources said the gunmen were furious that the vigilante leader, who was their target, escaped, prompting them to kill the wife. The incident comes just three weeks after another community self-defense group leader, identified as Levi, was shot dead by armed men. It is not clear, for now,…

Sep

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Armed men kidnap traditional ruler in Imo

NewsCrime, Kidnappers, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Armed men abducted the traditional ruler of the Isiala Umudi community, Nkwere Local Government Area Imo State southeastern Nigeria. The monarch, Jewel Ndenkwo, was kidnapped in Owerri around 7 pm on Friday. The armed men took him away in front of one of his companies, Udekings Electronics, in the area. A store owner in the area, who asked not to be identified, told PREMIUM TIMES that gunmen fired into the air as the monarch tried to flee. “So, he stood still in front of the gunmen. They took it away while people were still moving,” he said. The kidnappers have not…

Sep

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Terrorists: Tension heightens as schools resume in FCT, others

Education, MetroEducation, Metro, Nigeria

Following the deteriorating security situation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, parents and guardians are worried over the safety of students as schools resume for a new academic section on Monday. Recall that the Federal Government had on July 25, 2022, directed the closure of federal colleges in the nation’s capital over series of terrorists’ attacks recorded in Abuja. Recall that the National Examination Council was also directed in July to hasten the conduct of examinations for final-year students in a bid to forestall attacks on those participating in the exercise. The directive was sequel to an attack on Sheda and Lambata…

Sep

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

I wish either Tinubu, Obi wins 2023 presidency -Umahi

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dave Umahi, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has reacted to the presidential bid of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, saying his aspiration is making the South East geo-political zone relevant. Umahi, who was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to intimate him of the completion of a new Governors’ Lodge in Asokoro, did not openly support the Labour Party candidate, but noted that Obi’s presidential aspiration was good for the region. Reacting to questions thrown at him on the chances of the APC clinching the Presidency in 2023 going by wide support for the Peter Obi…