Author: Michael Right

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila last night said that in a matter of days the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will call off the 7-month-old strike that had kept the citadel of learning under lock and keys. Rising from a meeting with the ASUU leadership led by its President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke called at the instance of the lawmakers, the speaker said that the deal had been sealed. It will be recalled that the leadership of the House led by Gbajabiamila had in the last 4 weeks held 4 different meetings with the academic body to resolve…

A recently founded party led by a millionaire diamond magnate looked set on Sunday to win Lesotho’s parliamentary election, having secured enough for a simple majority, according to preliminary results from the election commission. By Sunday afternoon, results from the Oct. 7 vote were in for 49 out of a total of 80 constituencies. The Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party, formed by Sam Matekane in March, had secured 41 seats, the minimum required to reach a simple majority. The current ruling party All Basotho Convention (ABC), which has run the country of 2.14 million people since 2017, was faring badly with…

Nigerian model Favour Rufus was diagnosed with glaucoma at the age of seven but she still had a clear vision of becoming a beauty queen. Favour recently competed against 18 other models for the crown in Miss Port Harcourt City, the biggest state beauty pageant in Nigeria. She finished second and, in a subsequent beauty contest, was crowned Miss Port Harcourt City Humanity 2022. “A lot of people discouraged me from contesting. Most were not even family members,” Favour told the BBC. Onlyfans model sentenced six years in jail She says it was one of her teachers who first noticed…

Rampaging hoodlums have set ablaze the Council headquarters of Ezza North local government area of Ebonyi State. The attacks of Ezza North LGA came barely a month of swearing in of a new council chairman in the state. Recall that the new chairman Mr. Ogodo Ali Nomeh took over from Nora Alo, the former chairman. It was gathered that the hoodlums broke into some of the offices, where important documents were kept and carted them away and set some of them ablaze. Troops arrest 64 hoodlums on Independence Day – DHQ The new chairman of the council, Mr. Ogodo, confirmed the…

Senator representing Ogun Central, Ibikunle Amosun has said he will work against the ruling All Progressive Congress in the state. Amosun said he is supporting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate, Biyi Otegbeye, in next year’s election. However, the former Ogun State Governor said he is strongly backing the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emerge as the next president. This confirms earlier report that Amosun had unleashed another political son, against Governor Dapo Abiodun who is seeking re-election under the platform of the APC. Don’t look away from Amosun, Fayose tells EFCC The report revealed how Amosun had…

Three brothers and their friend have been apprehended by the police “for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.” The Ogun State police image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the three brothers as Hammed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo and Tobi Jagbojagbo, while their accomplice was named Tosin Ogundeko. Their arrest, Oyeyemi said, followed a distress call received at Igbeba divisional headquarters that some armed robbers invaded a Premier Lotto agent’s shop at the Odi Olowo area of Ijebu Ode and made away with his N90,000. “The robbers also snatched a Bajaj motorcycle belonging to one Clement Conleth,” Oyeyemi…

The All Progressive Congress (APC) as reacted to assertions from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the ruling party lacks a legitimate presidential candidate for the general election of 2023. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s national publicity secretary, requested that the ruling party’s presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, seek legal counsel regarding the ramifications of the court decision from last month that invalidated Governor Mai Mala Buni’s position as the party’s national caretaker committee chairman. The main opposition party also urged Tinubu to account for the consequences and implications of the discrepancies in his academic qualifications and other controversies he has…

An early morning fire has completely razed the Kogi State House of Assembly complex located at Crusher Area, Lokoja. The fire ripped through the roof of the Chamber, causing extensive damage to the floor of the house. The Speaker of the house, Mathew Kolawole, and the state security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara, were among the early callers at the assembly complex. It is unclear the source of the fire as of the time filing this report. Fire service recovers two bodies from Ilorin river The Speaker of the Assembly said that he suspects sabotage but fell short of where the…

Chelsea are looking at Villarreal’s Spain midfielder Yeremy Pino, 19, as a contingency plan with England midfielder Mason Mount, 23, heading into the final 20 months of his contract. Roma’s Italy midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini, 27, is another option for the Blues. (Telegraph) Inter Milan are set to launch another bid to try to tempt Netherlands centre-back Nathan Ake, 27, away from Manchester City. (Ekrem Konur on Twitter) Arsenal have shown an interest in signing Club Bruges’ Spanish forward Ferran Jutgla, 23. (Totofichajes – in Spanish) Chelsea are set to discuss Denis Zakaria’s situation at the club, with the 25-year-old Switzerland midfielder failing to feature under new manager Graham Potter. (Fabrizio Romano) Broja on…

Hon. Lucky Idoko, a former councilman and All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader in Enugu State’s Igbo-Eze South local government area, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen. Idoko, a councillor who represented the Unadu community, is thought to have been killed on Saturday while conducting business in the village on a motorcycle. Although specifics of his assassination are still hazy, reports claim that Idoko, who also serves as the leader of a vigilante organisation in his neighbourhood, was shot while the person he was carrying on his motorbike at the time of the incident managed to escape unharmed. A…