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Soldiers open fire, disperse students protesting against prolonged ASUU strike in Ondo
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Soldiers shot sporadically on Tuesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital to disperse some students who were protesting the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Westernpost learnt that the students had taken over the Akure-Ilesa highway, thereby blocking the road with many motorists stranded in the process. The soldiers in three buses, coming…
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ASUU strike: Protesting students block Sagamu-Benin Expressway
By Kolawole Olayinka, AbeokutaStudents in Ogun State, on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin expressway in protest against the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology (TASUED), Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta.The students…
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BREAKING: Police Service Commission promotes ex-EFCC boss, Magu, to AIG
The Police Service Commission has promoted former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to the rank of an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG). Magu’s promotion was announced in a statement by the spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani on Monday. According to him, Magu was promoted alongside some senior officers at the 15th plenary…
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2023: Tinubu’s support base soars, confident of victory
Indications have emerged that the former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may clinch the ruling party’s presidential ticket. Findings from the party faithful in Kano, Kaduna, Kastina, Niger, Adamawa, and other parts of the north-east and north-west revealed that no other aspirant was respected and trusted by the delegates as…
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