The Federal Government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities met on Monday at the Ministry of Education headquarters, Abuja, to review the grey areas in the 2017 Memorandum of Action, trying to reach a middle ground. The…
MeToo: Theologians publish ‘Women’s Bible’ (Punch)
As the #MeToo movement continues to expose sexual abuse across cultures and industries, some scholars of Christianity are clamouring for a reckoning with biblical interpretations they say have entrenched negative images of women. The women we know from translations and…
Premier League: Aubameyang winner extends Arsenal’s unbeaten run (Punch)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang extended Arsenal’s unbeaten run to 17 matches with the goal that sealed a 2-1 win at Bournemouth on Sunday. Unai Emery’s side took the lead through Jefferson Lerma’s bizarre own goal before Josh King equalised on the stroke…
Ogun policemen assault two women, go after reporter (Punch)
Two women have been beaten to a pulp by the men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the Lafenwa Division in Abeokuta, the state capital. The video of the women, which was posted on www.nairaland.com on Thursday, showed the bloodied…
174 Nigerians return from Libya, says NEMA (Punch)
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 1.10am on Friday.They were brought…
We’re the heroes of Jonathan’s concession of defeat, says Adoke (Punch)
A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, on Wednesday, said he and three other former top government officials were the heroes of the decision of former President Goodluck Jonathan to concede defeat in the 2015…
Five dead, 18 hurt as car rams into children in China (Punch)
A car rammed into a group of schoolchildren crossing a street in front of an elementary school in northeast China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring another 18, state media said. Police took the driver into custody and are…
Police arrests five for murder of graduate in Lagos (Punch)
Five suspected cult members have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of a graduate, Sadiq Saka, near the gate of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto-Ijanikin, Lagos State. The suspects were apprehended by the police…
Police investigates alleged killing of woman by son (Punch)
The Enugu State Police Command has began investigation into the alleged killing of an 85-year-old woman by her son at Eziokwu Amurri community of Nkanu West Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, Superintendent Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in…
BREAKING: Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon’s anglophone region (Punch)
A Kenyan priest was killed in francophone Cameroon’s volatile English-speaking Southwest region where violence has surged after separatists declared an independent state, church sources told AFP on Thursday. “A Kenyan priest was shot dead in Kembong yesterday,” one source said. “There was…