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A 15-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by three men in the Ose area of Ondo State.  The teenager was raped inside a classroom at St. Davids Anglican Primary School in the community.  Her abusers are named as Deji Solomon, Monday Aliu and Monday Olowu. Kehinde Ajayi, father of the victim, confirmed the incident on […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30zNNav via EDUPEDIA

Armed Fulani herdsmen The people of Owaelu, Orji in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State were thrown into a state of unrest on Monday night as Fulani herdsmen and vigilantes from the community clashed. Though no casualty was recorded, a resident of the community disclosed that the incident, which occurred around 9:30pm, witnessed […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hsOtFH via EDUPEDIA

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to give legal backing to the establishment of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State.  The passage of the bill followed a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on Nigerian Army.  Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ali Ndume, said the committee while undertaking legislative work […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2E0PRAM via EDUPEDIA

Agboola Ajayi Ahead of Wednesday’s governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, a High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has thrown out a motion seeking to stop the deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, from the contesting in the exercise. Justice Bode Adegbehingbe of the court threw out the motion exparte filed […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hs3HL9 via EDUPEDIA

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has named new police commissioners for Bayelsa, Cross River, Ekiti and Ogun states. The police disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. The new Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa is Michael Okoli; that of Cross River is Abdulkadir Jimoh, the one for Ekiti is Mobayo Babatunde, while […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hp2mVa via EDUPEDIA

More than 2,000 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party would vote in the party’s governorship primary election in Ondo State on Wednesday.  The delegates are drawn from the 203 wards of the 18 local government areas of the state. Caretaker Chairman of the PDP in the state, Mr Clement Faboyede, said the party had already […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hp2lk4 via EDUPEDIA

After a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, the Nigerian Senate has asked Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, to recuse himself from implementing the 774,000 special works programme of the Federal Government. The Senate had held a closed-door session to determine the next line of action on the job after Keyamo announced that […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3eK9Wbi via EDUPEDIA

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed cyber fraud charges against two lawyers, John Demide and Sarah Ajibola, for allegedly rigging the August 2018 Nigerian Bar Association national elections. The defendants were charged with 14 counts before the Federal High Court in Lagos State. The anti-graft agency accused Ajibola and Demide of manipulating the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2ZMePfN via EDUPEDIA

Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics of the Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State, has written to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to demand the immediate reversal of the reappointment of Dr Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi as the Rector of the institution. The union described the reappointment as “illegal”, stating that it violates […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WLylap via EDUPEDIA

Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond has said that Nigeria’s Economic Sustainability Plan launched recently by the Federal Government will fail to deal with the lack of the essentials of life, which is the major challenge facing more than half of the population of Nigeria over the next year. In a statement by Chairman of ASCAB, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/32DQmLv via EDUPEDIA

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday said that he would personally begin the reconciliation of all aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in the state particularly those, who contested the party’s governorship primary election.  Akeredolu after emerging winner of the primary election, said there was the need for APC […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hm435R via EDUPEDIA

Senators at the National Assembly are currently holding an emergency session over the commencement of the public works programme by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. Keyamo had announced that he had received the presidential nod to commence the recruitment process for the programme. The senators, who had earlier ordered the minister […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3eWxIRH via EDUPEDIA

Late Stella Okotie and her husband, Williams Okotie. A lecturer at the University of Benin in Edo State, Dr Stella Okotie, was on Monday night crushed to death at the university’s main gate. SaharaReporters gathered that the accident happened when policemen attached to Ugbowo Division were pursuing a commercial bus in a bid to extort […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3hnhJNR via EDUPEDIA

Speaker of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, a 48-hour ultimatum to name lawmakers that received contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission. Akpabio, while appearing before the House Committee probing financial misappropriation in the NDDC on Monday, revealed that over 60 per cent of […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/32C23lU via EDUPEDIA

File Photo For the second time in 2020, ex-Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Details about the meeting, which is still being held behind closed doors, is not known at this time. File Photo Jonathan had on January 30, 2020 met with Buhari […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CZ3tvN via EDUPEDIA

The police in Adamawa State have arrested one Obiora Patrick, 39, for defiling his nine-year-old step-daughter. Patrick reportedly confessed to have sexually abused the minor at his apartment on 46 Hospital Road in Yola, the state capital. Spokesperson for the state command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said the alleged rapist was currently in police custody. He […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CP5pXP via EDUPEDIA

The Nigerian Labour Congress has declared a three-day warning strike that would commence on Friday, July 24, to protest the decision of the Niger State Government to pay workers “slashed salaries” for the month of June. The state government had announced two weeks ago that it would cut the salaries of workers by 30 per […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WHEpRk via EDUPEDIA

Bandits on Monday night killed one person, rustled no fewer 1,000 cows and injured many others in Nakudna Village, Galadima Kogo under Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Many people were injured in the attack where over 100 bandits were said to have invaded the town, shooting sporadically and brandishing dangerous weapons. During the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WHGuws via EDUPEDIA

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the death of one of his closest allies, Ismaila Isa Funtua, has created a huge gap. Funtua died on Monday from a yet to be disclosed cause after falling ill for less than two hours. He is touted to be a member of the ‘Cabal’, a group of influential […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WHwm6L via EDUPEDIA

The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has said the ex-national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is disappointed because Governor Godwin Obaseki refused to be used in his quest to become a godfather in the state. Osagie, in a statement on Monday, said […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30sKbam via EDUPEDIA

Following the announcement by the Nigerian government to increase the train fares by 100% for the Abuja to Kaduna service, Nigerians have described the move as “unreasonable and insensitive.” The Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, had on Saturday while inspecting construction work on the Ikapke to Warri rail line announced the increment as part of […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2OKlW28 via EDUPEDIA

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has officially been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.  Akeredolu was announced the winner after he polled 2,458 votes, beating his rivals in the indirect primary.  The Ondo governor will now fly the APC flag for the October 10 governorship […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jqfviJ via EDUPEDIA

The Kasoa District Police Commander has confirmed the shooting of a Nigerian, known as Precious, at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region of Ghana. Superintendent Samuel Odame in an interview with Joy News said the shot was fired in an attempt to defend the patrol team on the ground from the victim. Narrating the incident, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2ZKDVLX via EDUPEDIA