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The striking university lecturers, ASUU, have agreed to consider the federal government’s offer and suspend their strike. The agreement comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government delegation in Abuja. The leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week. Biodun Ogunyemi, the national president of ASUU, told journalists after the meeting that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions. “Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said. On his part, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.

Argument over desirability of Biafra by some Nigerians in India has been blamed for the death of N. Chigozie, a 33 year old who came to India with a student visa. Indian police in Bengaluru are already probing the death. The body of the Nigerian was found near the railway gate in Hennur, northeast Bengaluru, in the wee hours of Monday. Chigozie, a resident of Hennur, was found with head injuries at 2am; his motorcycle had skidded off the road. While the body has been shifted to Ambedkar hospital for autopsy. Kothanur police, based on his brother’s statement have registered a murder case, reports the Times of India. “It seems to be an accidental death. Preliminary evidence shows Chigozie, who was speeding on his bike, crashed into an iron railing and died of head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet. But his younger brother Nieskho claims he was murdered,” police said. On Sunday evening, Chigozie, Nieskho and four other Nigerians partied at African Kitchen restau...

A Nigerian teenager is among 3 foreigners to be extradited for gang raping a polish tourist on a beach in Italy. The 16-year-old Nigerian, 20-year-old Congolese asylum-seeker and two Moroccan brothers, aged 15 and 17, are accused of beating the Polish woman’s companion to an unconscious state, robbing and also raping a Peruvian woman. According to the Sun News, Poland’s Deputy Justice Minister, Patryk Jaki, said the country will seek the extradition from Italy of the four suspects in the gang rape of a Polish tourist on a beach in the Italian resort of Rimini. The minister on Monday said the four should face a very severe punishment to discourage others from committing such crimes. Although the Polish authorities opened investigations into the attacks, it is not immediately clear if the country would agree to extradition.

A serving policeman attached to the Ebonyi State police command, Donatus Oyibe, has reportedly committed suicide at Ukwuakpu axis of Abakaliki. Oyibe, a native of Ndiagu Ishieke in Ebonyi Local government area of the state was said to have jumped inside a deep well on Sunday night when he went to fetch water. According to Sun newspaper, family source say his death was connected with his recent transfer to Borno state, after his posting letter was released on August 28. The deceased daughter, Ukamaka said that her late father took bucket to fetch water from the well but could not be seen for several hours. This she said created suspicion and tension that led to his search. She added that when they reached the well, his bucket was seen and they looked inside the well only to discover that he has died. “My father took a bucket that he was going to fetch water from our well on Sunday night but could not come back after some time that created suspicion and we started looking f...

Few days ago, three women, who identified themselves as Doris, Finegirl, and Beauty, from Ughelli community, Delta state, have been arrested by the Vigilante Network at the Tombia market Etegwe, Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state for selling vulture meat. The women who were handed over to men of the Akenfa Division, Bayelsa Police command confessed selling Vulture meat and carcasses of donkeys to unsuspecting buyers, saying they import these meats from neighbouring states into the state and sell at cheap and affordable prices to buyers, mostly those who own restaurants, bars and canteens. Speaking with reporters during the parade of the suspects, the Yenagoa coordinator of the Vigilante Network, Bunas Samuel, advised all Bayelsans to be on alert and be careful on what they consume. He called on NAFDAC to live up to its responsibility and checkmate the activities of food hawkers. In another development, a man was also apprehended in Yenagoa, by members of the Bayelsa S...

The political rift between the former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso and the present governor of Kano state, Umar Ganduje has taken another dangerous dimension. Former Secretary to Kano State government, Dr. Rabi”u Sulaiman Bichi and junior brother to Dr. Rabi”u Musa Kwankwaso were among the scores injured yesterday following a clash between the supporters.  The injured have been taken to the hospital and are currently being treated. Kwankwaso has been at loggerheads with his successor, Umar Ganduje. In March last year, the leadership of the APC in Kano chapter had initiated moves to suspend him over what it termed anti-party activities. Below are the photographs from the recent bloody clash between supporters of Ganduje (Gandusiiya) and Kwakwaso (Kwankwasiiya) in Kano on Sallah day. Viewer discretion is advised. Photos below;