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A former Vice-Chancellor of University of Benin, emeritus Professor Osayuki Oshodin is dead.A statement announcing the demise of Professor Oshodin, which was signed by his brother on behalf of the family, Christopher Oshodin, said the former UNIBEN VC died in the early hours of Sunday, at the age of 71.Until his death, Oshodin was a a professor of Health Education.The statement said the family shall in no distant time release details of hi...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have confirmed that the Professor Nimi Briggs Committee is in negotiation with the unions.The ASUU’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke told reporters that the union had been negotiating with the Briggs Committee since last week over its demands....

The former governor of Zamfara State, Abdullaziz Yari, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over his complicity in the 84 billion naira loot for which the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, is being detained.The former governor, according to a top EFCC source, was arrested at about 5pm on Sunday along with the managing director of a firm known as Finex Professional.The former governor is mentioned as having benef...

A Nigerian drug baron based in Italy, Nwakanma Uche, has reportedly excreted 95 pellets of heroin after being arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).The 36 years old was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after it was discovered that he had ingested the pellets.The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said Uche, who hailed from Arodizuogu village, in the Ideato Local Government Area of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 21 confirmed cases of Monkeypox with one death from nine states and the Federal Capital Territory.NCDC-DG-Chile-Ihekweazu-and-Monkeypox.png This came as it activated Monkeypox Emergency Operations Centre to strengthen in-country preparedness and contribute to the global response. The NCDC, in a statement ...

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