COURT STRIKES OUT SUITS AGAINST BABALAKIN , OTHERS

Justice J.I. Essien of the National Industrial Court on Tuesday struck out two suits challenging the “purported” removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe. This…

UNILAG SENATE WITHDRAWS SUIT AGAINST OGUNDIPE’S SACKING, APPOINTS ACTING VC

The Senate of the University of Lagos has filed an application to withdraw a suit it earlier filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge the sacking of the varsity’s…

IN SIX MONTHS :TUNISIA ANNOUNCES SECOND GOVERNMENT

Tunisia’s prime minister-designate on Tuesday unveiled the country’s second government in six months, which must now seek approval from lawmakers incensed by how the administration was formed.  Hichem Mechichi had…

IN SOUTH AFRICA CLASH , TWO CHILDREN HIT BY STRAY BULLETS

One child was killed by a stray bullet in Cape Town on Monday and another wounded when illegal residents fired at police seeking to prevent them from moving into social…

IG SUSPENDS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has suspended entry requirements for applicants who wished to join the Nigeria Police Force as constables. The IG in a signal dated August 24…

Enugu killings: Commercial drivers protest members’ death

The commercial bus drivers in Enugu State on Monday withdrew their services in protest against the killing of their members’. The situation interrupted commercial activities in the state as residents…

Enugu killings: Army, police worse than B’Haram, says IPOB

Reacting to Sunday’s clash, IPOB said on Monday that security agencies in Nigeria were worse than the dreaded Boko Haram and ISWAP. The group, which was referring particularly to the…

Igbo unions condemn Enugu killings

SOME Igbo socio-cultural organisations, including town unions, have expressed dissatisfaction over the killing of members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra by security agencies. The Department of State Security,…

Don’t come for our celebration, MASSOB tells police

THE Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has called on the Nigeria Police Force to stay away from its 21st anniversary celebration slated for September 13,…

Gunmen abduct Enugu businessman, spares wife

There was tension in Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday as suspected Fulani herdsmen reportedly kidnapped a businessman in the area. It was gathered that…