Scores of students on Friday protested the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union had in February this year declared a warning strike due to the non-implementation of the agreement reached by the Federal Government and the union in 2009. The union, after the expiration of the […]
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Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has reacted to the gruesome killing of Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, North-West Nigeria. Kokomansion recalls that the female student was beaten to pulp and burnt alive by Muslim youths, who accused her of blasphemy on […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has suspended his political activities and returned to Sokoto over the gruesome murder and lynching of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. According to reports the serious tension surrounding the killing and lynching of the female student on Thursday led to a close […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has faulted the conspiratory silence for over 24 hours of President Muhammadu Buhari over the brutal hacking to death of a 200 level Christian student of the Sokoto College of Education, Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu, by Islamic extremists in the school over alleged blasphemy. The human rights […]
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Catholic Communicators in Nigeria, under the auspices of SIGNIS, have described the alleged stoning to death and setting ablaze of a female student, Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto State by a mob as satanic and babaric. The group, while condemning in strong terms the lynching of the 200-level female Christian student, of Shehu Shagari College of […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday disclosed that it may consider alternatives for storing sensitive election materials outside the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said this while responding to a question on the political ambition and partisanship of the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Kokomansion recalls that Emefiele […]
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The Federal Government and the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council on Thursday failed to convince the striking lecturers of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to calloff their industrial action during a meeting called by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Agboola Gambari, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The meeting […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has tagged the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as nothing but a scam. The coalition was angered by the news that the former ruling party had thrown open its presidential ticket ahead of its primaries. The presidential primaries are slated for May 28-29, 2022. HURIWA expressed […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, sought delegates’ support in Ondo State for his ambition. Osinbajo, who had a closed-door meeting with the party delegates in Akure, told newsmen that he was very happy to interact with the delegates. “I am very happy with […]
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Bashir Ahmad, Aide on New Media and Digital communications to President Muhammadu Buhari on, has resigned his appointment. Indications to this emerged on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, when the Media Aide changed his designation on his Twitter handle. This came hours after President Buhari directed his aides, including members of the Federal Executive Council, seeking […]
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