Unidentified gunmen, believed to be kidnappers, launched an incursion into the Gandu community, situated approximately two kilometers from the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State. During the incident, which occurred on Monday, November 6, 2023, at around 8:30 PM, a third-year Sociology Department student was shot. In addition to this, the assailants also kidnapped a well-known local businessman.An eyewitness, speaking to Punch, disclosed that the...

An ex-lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Peter Ekemezie, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for publishing defamatory statements against one Prof. Alex Asigbo.Ekemezie who was charged with three-count bordering on forgery and defamation, was however given an option of N300,000 fine.While delivering the judgment at an Awka Magistrates’ court, on Tuesday, His Worship, E.C. Chukwu, said he took into consideration...

Some staff of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, paralysed activities at the institution yesterday over the mass dismissal of some members of staff.According to the protesting workers who gathered in front of the school gate, 35 of their colleagues were unjustly sacked by the management of the institutionThe workers who shut the main gate of the institution vowed to paralyze all academic and non-academic activities in the school unti...