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  Nigerian military eliminates scores of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Published   on   December 13, 2020 By   Don Silas " The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has eliminated several Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to Enenche, the operation was executed on Dec.10 at Njimia after a series of aerial surveillance missions showed an uptick of activities in the settlement. “The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has recorded more successes in its air campaign against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in the North East of the Country. The latest of these was achieved through air strikes executed on 10 December 2020 at Njimia on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The attack, which resulted in the neutralization of several BHTs as well as damage to their structures, was conducted aft...

 FUOYE CRISIS: MINISTER OF EDUCATION WARNS THE VICE CHANCELLOR, COUNCIL and REGISTRAR Based on the outcry to the Minister of Education on the Vice Chancellorship successor crises rocking the institution of learning, the honorable Minister directed NUC Executive Secretary to summon the Council members, VC, Registrar and all members of both Search and Selection Committees. They were summoned on Tuesday 8th December 2020. At the meeting where everybody was allowed to express his/her mind, the Executive Secretary, having listened to all parties warned the VC never to interfere in the appointment processes again.  In fact, the Secretary told the VC that he has no job at the meetings of any of the committees that his job stopped at the election of Selection Committee by the University Senate. The secretary also warned the Council Chairman against further defiance from the Laws and guidelines on the appointment of VC. The Executive Secretary further blamed the University controversia...

  FUOYE VC Race: Unionists Lost Confidence In The Process, Vow Never To Work With Imposed Candidate     Olatunde Lincoln     December 8, 2020 FUOYE VC Race: Unionists Lost Confidence In The Process, Vow Never To Work With Imposed Candidate               Obafemi Sunday                   Ado Ekiti   Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU),those of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and those of the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) have vowed never to work with any imposed Candidate as the next Vice Chancellor of the institution.   Rising from it’s joint Congress held on Monday at the University Campus in Oye Ekiti, the Unionists strongly condemned the process employed by the current vice chancellor of the institution to appoint his anointed candidate to succeed him saying ...

Servant Sets Himself Ablaze To Protest Unpaid Salary in Monrovia A civil servant in Liberia, Archie Ponpon, has set himself ablaze over the nonpayment of his accumulated salary and arrears. Ponpon, who works at the judiciary branch of the government – Temple of Justice which houses the Supreme Court in Monrovia, set himself on fire to protest the delay of his pay. Co-workers told AFP that Ponpon had always threatened to set himself ablaze if the Temple of Justice failed to pay his salary and benefits owed him. “Since last October, we have not received a salary from the office. We are talking about one year,” one of Ponpon’s colleagues said. The colleague added that protests began in September over government refusal to pay salary, noting that Ponpon was part of a group of about 30 employees who staged a sit-in, all of whom were subsequently suspended. According to him, Ponpon set himself ablaze after receiving a court order to have him arrested for rioting and obstructing judicial func...

  FUOYE MAKES CRUCIAL  APPOINTMENTS 15th October, 2020. This is to announce the appointments of two new Principal Officers and a Director at the ederal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE).      The Governing Council of the university Rose from a 4-day meeting on Thursday October 15, 2020 announcing the appointment of Mr Olatunbosun Odusanya as the second substantive Registrar of the morning institution. Mr Odusanya was until his appointment, the Director Administration and Special Duties at the Vice Chancellor's Office .                    He replaced Mr Adeyemo who had been relieved of his assignment some years ago.    The Council session presided over by the Chairman, Dr Lawan Yahuza has all members in attendance.  The meeting also announced the appointment of Dr I. O. Busayo as the new Librarian of the university. Dr Busayo had been Deputy Librarian and with his new elevation, is expected to hit t...

  Late Friday Orobator Lecturer commits suicide in Benin Mr Orobator's lifeless body was discovered behind his apartment at about 1.30pm, with the rope which he used to hang himself, tied around his neck. By Mudiaga Affe     October 3, 202 0 Friday Orobator, a principal lecturer of the defunct College of Education, now Tayo Akpata University in Ekiadolor, Edo State, on Friday committed suicide by hanging himself at his Obakhazbaye residence in  Benin City , the state capital. Mr Orobator’s lifeless body was discovered behind his apartment at about 1.30 p.m., with the rope which he used to hang himself, tied around his neck. The tragic incident attracted a large crowd of neighbours, sympathisers and passers-by, who expressed shock over his death. The late Mr Orobator, said to be in his 50’s, was a member of the College of Education Academic Staff Union, (COEASU), and a principal lecturer at the Department of Adult Education. He was said to have complained bitterly to ...

  METRO Thunder strikes kill 15 cows Ekiti Published   on   September 20, 2020 By   Emmanuel Ani Thunder on Saturday evening reportedly struck dead 15 cows at the outskirt of Ikogosi Ekiti community, Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State. The incident, according to Asaoye of Ikogosi, Chief Ayo Ademilua, was a natural occurrence, which he said was strange in the town. Speaking with journalists via telephone on Sunday, Ademilua revealed that the incident happened at the Ikogosi Warm Spring site along Ipole -Ekiti road. Ikogosi warm spring has been a notable recreational and tourist centre, where warm and cold spring converge. The chief said the thunder was said to have struck during a torrential downpour that started around 4:00pm and ended at 6:02pm. “The whole town shook when the thunder struck. Later, some commuters coming into town and those returning home from their farmlands saw the Fulani herders who disclosed that it was thunder that killed the cattle...