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Reopening of the doors of Federal Government universities in Nigeria is not sight following by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the government to shift intransigent stance. However, ASUU has denied plans to call off its nine months-old strike owing to some irreconcilable issues with the government. Friday night, social media was agog with reports that the academic union had concluded plans to call off the strike after meeting with the Government negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday, November 27. The Federal Government had a meeting with the union…

Manhunt for the abducted wife of the Chief of Staff to Ondo State Governor and her friend has yielded result as they have regained freedom. Olugbenga Ale and her friend, a co-occupant of the vehicle were hijacked on Thursday night. Mrs Ale and her friend were released this afternoon after a successful and extensive joint operation mounted by security agencies. Reports say security agencies initiated a manhunt for the criminals, following detailed intelligence  gathering spearheaded by the Amotekun Corps which indicated the location and track of the hoodlums. After sessions of hot exchanges of gunfire, the combined operations of joint security…

Nigeria has recorded two deaths owing COVID-19 infections, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed. In addition, the country recorded new 246 COVID-19 cases from nine states including Federal Capital Territory. In its Twitter handle, (NCDC) stated “On the 27th of November 2020, 246 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 246 new cases are reported from 10 states- Lagos (81), FCT (73), Plateau (39), Kaduna (25), Ogun (13), Bauchi (5), Rivers (4) Ekiti (2), Taraba (2) and Kano (2). On the caseloads of the pandemic, the health agency tweeted “Till date, 67,220 cases have been…

The National sports festival tagged Edo 2020, initially slated for March was shifted due to COVID-19 outbreak. The National Sports Festival (NSF) earlier slated for Benin from December 3 to 13, has been rescheduled to hold at the same venue from January 3 to 17, 2021, an official has said. The festival tagged Edo 2020, was initially slated for March, but had to be postponed to December due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser on Media to Minister of Youth and Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that the decision was…

The UK government, Friday, says it plans to create a Digital Markets Unit (DMU) to enforce “a new code to govern the behavior of platforms that currently dominate the market, such as Google and Facebook.” The aim is to protect smaller competitors and give consumers more control over personal data. Under the new code, some of the world’s biggest tech companies may have to be more transparent about the services they provide and how they use consumers’ data. They may also be forced to give consumers a choice over whether to receive personalized advertising, and they won’t be able to…

After spending four days in the Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja, a Federal High Court has granted bail to the senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume. Ndume has been in detention since Monday over his suretyship for former Pension Reforms Task Team Chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina, who had jumped bail. But Justice Okon Abang who granted the bail on Friday said the decision was based on the senator’s record of good behavior in court. The bail was granted to the senator pending the hearing and determination of his appeal filed at the Court of Appeal challenging his remand. He ordered the…

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited seeking to set aside a January 11, 2019 judgement of the court upholding damages to the tune of N17 bilion awarded against the oil company. The apex court had on January 11, 2019 upheld an earlier judgment by the Court of Appeal, affirming a June 14, 2010 judgement of the Federal High Court which awarded the damages against Shell over an oil spill at Ejam-Ebulu in Tai Eleme Local Government Area of River State in 1970. Dismissing the application on Friday, Justice Samuel Osuji…

Two suspected robbers were gunned down during a shoot-out with the police in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Odiko MacDon, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, November 27, said that a distress call was received about an ongoing robbery operation at Obo Annang Junction in Essien Udim on November 25. Straightnews had reported a story on Sunday, November 22 about the criminal activities of suspected cultists in Obo Annang Market on Saturday, November 21 resulting in the death of  one person and looting of wares worth thousands…

Kaduna State leads with 74 new COVID-19 infections as Nigeria recorded 169, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control tweeted. In its Twitter handle, NCDC stated “On the 26th of November 2020, 169 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. “The 169 new cases are reported from 12 states- Kaduna (74), FCT (42), Lagos (17), Kano (8), Ogun (6), Oyo (6), Rivers (6), Ekiti (3), Bauchi (3), Katsina (2), Delta (1) and Ondo (1).” According to the health agency, “Till date, 66,974 cases have been confirmed, 62,585 cases have been discharged and 1,169 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the…

Suspected gunmen have shot dead the Olufon of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. He was Isreal Adeusi, the first class traditional ruler, who ascended the throne 23 years ago. He was said to be returning to Ifon from Akure after a meeting, Thursday, Nov 26, when he ran into a barricade set up by the kidnappers along Benin-Owo-Akure Highway at Elegbeka of Ose Local Government Area. It was gathered that his driver attempted to manoeuvre his way to avoid the kidnappers but they shot at his vehicle. Oba Adewusi was said to have been hit by…