ASUU strike protest: Soldiers fire live ammunition to disperse students

By Mandy Park Military personnel on Tuesday dispersed students of various universities in Ondo State who were protesting the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.The soldiers were said to have opened fire to chase the students away from the Ilesha/Akure highway on Tuesday. The students who were drawn from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, and Olusegun Agagu University of Technology, Okitipupa, OAUSTECH, had since on Monday barricaded the highway disrupting vehicular movement. The protesting students who bemoaned the attitude…

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NNPP mourns Kano gas explosion victims …urges govt to take precaution dealing with combustibles

By Mandy Park New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has expressed shock on the gas cylinder explosion in Sabon Gari area of Kano State in which nine persons reportedly died and many were injured.The incident took place on Tuesday.The party called on the Kano State Government to ensure that those dealing with combustible and inflammable materials were not permitted to operate near schools to avoid a recurrence of such traged in futurey. The Party made its position known in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, in Abuja.Part of…

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