10 Must-Know News Items For Your Friday

10 Must-Know News Items For Your Friday

1.Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has warned that many Nigerian universities are on the brink of closure due to the escalating cost of electricity. He made this statement during the opening of a two-day national conference hosted by ASUU in Abuja, themed “Nigeria in a State of General Crisis: The Search for a New Path to Development” on Thursday…….CONTINUE READING 

2.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has presented four tax reform bills to the House of Representatives for urgent consideration and approval. In a letter addressed to the Speaker, which was read during the plenary session by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen on Thursday, October 3, the President stated that the bills align with the goals of his administration.

3.A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an injunction prohibiting the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (VIO) from stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating them, and imposing fines on motorists.

4.Local divers, along with officials from the Niger State Emergency Management Agency and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), recovered an additional 20 bodies from the water on Thursday after a passenger boat capsized while carrying Mawlid celebrants at Gbajibo in the Mokwa LGA of Niger State. This brings the total death toll to 36, according to the agency.

5.Alhaji Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) for the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has expressed grave concerns over the current security situation in the North, stating that it poses a significant threat to the survival of the northern population. He made this statement yesterday in Maiduguri while visiting to extend condolences to the people of Borno State following the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri.

6.Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have threatened to shut down all polytechnics nationwide if the government fails to address their demands within a 15-day ultimatum, which begins on Monday. The polytechnic lecturers conveyed their intentions during a press briefing following their emergency National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

7.Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, has stated that with the current state of affairs in the country, Nigerians will demand change by 2027. He made this remark while welcoming a significant number of All Progressives Congress (APC) members who joined the NNPP in the state.

8.Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara affirmed on Thursday that the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, October 5, will proceed as planned, despite protests from supporters of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. The governor warned against any attempts to disrupt the electoral process, stressing that he would not tolerate actions that could lead to chaos or instability in the state.

9.The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for unidentified gunmen responsible for the killings of two police officers in the Nnewi North Local Government Area on Thursday. The officers were shot dead in the Uruagu community within the area.

10.A middle-aged man, identified as Odogwu Chibuzor, was shot while attempting to steal diesel from heavy-duty trucks at the Dangote Cement plant in Ibese, Ogun State, on Thursday. Reports indicate that three other members of the armed gang escaped when security personnel intervened, but Chibuzor was apprehended.

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