The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Private Universities (CVCPU) has written the National Universities Commission (NUC), demanding the reopening of private universities for on-campus delivery of teaching and learning. In the letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of NUC Professor Abubakar Rasheed, the CVCPU noted that there will be serious distortion and damage in academic calendar and resource base should […]
The Federal Ministry of Works says it will be closing the ever-busy 3rd mainland bridge in Lagos for a period of six months beginning from Yesterday July 24. Disclosing this to newsmen on July 6, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, said consultations are currently ongoing for another phase of repair works to […]
Thirteen reverend sisters who all worked and lived together at a Michigan convent have died from Coronavirus, with twelve sisters passing in the span of a month. From April 10, which was Good Friday, to May 10, twelve sisters ranging in age from 69 to 99 died of COVID-19 at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin […]
Rob Kardashian’s ex, Blac Chyna has come to Kanye West’s defence and she said his tweets calling out his mother-in-law, Kris Jenner should not be dismissed as crazy. Chyna, who is involved in a lawsuit with Kris Jenner and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner family over the cancellation of E!’s “Rob & Chyna,” is speaking out after […]
A United States court has dismissed the case against Olalekan Ponle, a Nigerian accused of multi-million dollar wire fraud. Mr Ponle, popularly known as Woodberry, was arrested, alongside Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi) in the United Arab Emirate on June 10 for multiple fraud charges after a raid by operatives of the Dubai crime unit. The duo […]
Coronavirus survivors are likely to have immunity against the disease for six months, Sweden’s top epidemiologist has claimed. Dr Anders Tegnell, who has guided the nation through the pandemic without calling for a lockdown, says he hasn’t seen evidence of people getting infected twice since the start of the pandemic in December 2019. He added that […]
About 15 Nigerians said to be members of the ‘Eiye’ confraternity have been arrested in a raid dubbed “Pesha”, conducted by the Italian police on Tuesday, July 21. The Italian police which said that the Nigerian cultists had roots in Nigeria and have series of international contacts in France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden and other European countries, also disclosed […]
