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The Ika South chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Delta State, on Thursday protested the alleged killing of a teacher, Sunday Ufah, in the school compound. Ufah was allegedly attacked by a pupil’s father simply identified as Uweke at Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor on Wednesday, leading to his death. PUNCH Metro gathered that the pupil and others drank someone’s palm wine on a farm, hence the school authority disciplined them. A source in the community said, “A man complained to the school authority that some students entered his farm and drank his palm wine, so the teacher disciplined them…

Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed how the former President Olusegun Obasanjo missed out the opportunity to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Gambari stated this at the public presentation of the biography of the first African UN Secretary-General, the late Boutros Boutros-Ghal. The late Boutros-Ghal assumed office in 1991 but served only one term till 1996. According to Gambari, Obasanjo’s military background disqualified him from being selected by the countries with veto power. Speaking on the event that led to the choice of the late Boutros-Ghali as the US Secretary…

The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrests of two suspects, Adamu Alhaji Ibrahim m 31 years old of Dikechiri and Bukar Wadiya 39 years old of Dikechiri over the killing of the 24 years old daughter of Borno House of Assembly member representing Ngala local government area. The deceased before her unfortunate death was the wife of Ibrahim who is the first suspect mentioned. Recall that Vanguard had earlier reported how the deceased was strangulated to death by unknown persons around Gidan Dembe in Maiduguri last Tuesday, while her remains were buried last Wednesday according to Islamic rites.…

A former Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, has explained that the naira would continue to experience a free fall if Nigeria remains an import-dependent country. He said it was not a wise decision to defend the naira with billions without appropriate investments in the manufacturing sector to drive the country’s exports. Aganga made this known on Thursday at the 3rd Adeola Odutola lecture, during the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. He added that Nigeria must produce for local consumption and more importantly for export, for the naira to be strong. Vanguard reports that the local…

Daredevil armed robbers on Friday stormed three banks in the Otukpo area of Benue State and carted away money several millions of naira. The suspected robbers were said to have driven into the town around 3:15 p.m. and used dynamites to force the door open. Seven people, including policemen and a former councillor transacting business in one of the affected banks, were reportedly killed by the suspected robbers who operated for more than an hour. Otukpo is the political seat of Benue South Senatorial District comprising of Idoma and Igede ethnic groups. An eyewitness who simply identified himself as Sunny,…

Acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has allayed fears being expressed by corporate organisations that the resolve of FIRS to increase the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio to 18 per cent from 10.86 will lead to increase in taxes. In a statement, Adedeji said such resolve would not necessarily lead to increase in taxes or introduction of new taxes, as the President Bola Tinubu-led administration was determined to create a wholesome environment for businesses to flourish. The FIRS chairman had said the agency under his leadership, would in the next three years, achieve eight per cent raise in…

Amnesty International said a total of fifteen protesters arrested during the #EndSARS protest of 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained three years later. The international organisation on Friday said in a statement on its website that the majority of the protesters are in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Centre in Lagos without trial. The organisation also accused the authorities of filing trumped-up charges including theft, arson, possession of unlawful firearms, and murder against many of the protesters. “Our investigation shows the Nigerian authorities’ utter disdain for human rights. Three years in detention without trial is a…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu as chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who announced this in a statement, on Tuesday, also said Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu was appointed as the new Secretary of the commission. Ngelale said the appointments were subject to confirmation by the Senate. “In exercise of powers conferred on the President as established in Section 3(6) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and in furtherance of the Renewed Hope mandate to…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has begun the stakeholder consultation process for its phase 4 Regulations development. The stakeholder consultation process, which is a requirement of the Petroleum Industry Act per S.216(1) in the development of new regulations, had begun earlier in July with the Commission calling for inputs to relevant draft regulations from concerned stakeholders. In a further statement signed by the Commission Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe FNSE, the upstream regulator had then proceeded to announce its follow-up consultation forum billed to hold in two segments across different dates within October and November of this year.…