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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged Nigerians to blame the Federal Government if its members down tools and shut down public universities in the country.     The union maintained that it has done everything to avert the looming strike but the government and its agents have not demonstrated sincerity of purpose in dealing with the union. …

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has opened up on his future after the club’s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham. Ten Hag and United have failed to win three of their first six Premier League games. They also  failed to beat FC Twente in their opening Europa League match. Sunday’s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham increased the speculation surrounding his job, with reports claiming the Dutchman has just two games …

A businesswoman has d!ed from complications after undergoing six plastic surgeries at a medical facility in the northeastern Brazilian city of Sobral.     Viviane Monte, 24, had surgery on August 31 and spent 20 days in the intensive care unit before she passed away last Thursday, one day before her birthday.     Her boyfriend of six years, Renan …

Suspected herdsmen men have k!lled two soldiers and seven villagers including the village head of Eguma community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state.    A former lawmaker, who represented the local government at the Benue State House of Assembly between 2011 to 2019, Audu Sule, in a telephone call with Channels Television, said the suspended herdsmen invaded Eguma …

President Bola Tinubu is set to go to the United Kingdom on annual leave.   His spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on Wednesday, October 2.   The statement shared by Onanuga reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of his yearly leave.   “He will use the two …

Late Hollywood actor, John Amos‘ daughter Shannon has revealed she learned about her father’s death through the media.  She added that her father died 45 days before his d£ath was announced.  She wrote on October 1, shortly after her father’s death was made public: “I am without words… Our family has received the heartbreaking news that my Dad, John Allen …

Two brothers in their 20s have been told they have 15 good years left of life.   Jordan and Cian Adams, aged 28 and 23 from Worcestershire, UK, have Frontotemporal Dementia, (FTD) a rare type of dementia caused by damage to the nerve cells at the front of the brain.   The disease affects people under the age of 65 but …

Karen Igho is insisting that all is not well with her and she called on Nigerians to help her.   The multi-talented Nigerian star, who won Big Brother Africa in 2011, previously claimed on Tuesday,  October 1, that she is in the process of getting a divorce from her husband, Yaroslav Rakos, who she claimed had been abusing her and …

The fleeing driver of a bus that burst into flames in Thailand has handed himself over to police this morning, October 2.   20 schoolchildren and three teachers died in a fire on Tueaday, October 1, after gas tanks ignited on a 50-year-old bus carrying them into Bangkok.   Following the incident, all field trips across the country were suspended, as …

A day-old baby boy was found alive inside a gutter in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.      The incident occurred at Karaworo, near Kutepa Juma’at Mosque on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.    A woman who identified herself as Talatu Ibrahim, said she heard the cry of a baby around 5am at the back of her window.      According …