Tax Bill’s objective is to kill TETFund – ASUU

TETFund. Facebook/TETFund The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano Zone, has faulted the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, describing it as a “clandestine move” by the Federal Government to abolish the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The union argues that this will reverse decades of progress in Nigerian public tertiary education. Addressing journalists in Kano, […]

Police scale walls to arrest South Korea president

Yoon Suk Yeol | File Image South Korea’s judiciary and constitution are under test, as Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the country’s first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody. Yoon, 64, is being investigated on charges of insurrection for a failed martial law […]

Legacy promo: UBA rewards customers with N41m

By Valentine Amanze Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has distributed over N41.8 million in prizes to no fewer than 100 lucky customers in the just concluded UBA Legacy Promo series. The promo, which began last year, was specially designed by the bank to celebrate UBA’s rich legacy spanning over 75 years, […]

Man bags 12 years jail term for ‘horrific sexual offences’

Craig Short was jailed for 12 years with a further six years to be served on extended licence [Devon and Cornwall Police] A 53-year-old man, Craig Short, has been jailed for “horrific sexual offences” against two young victims. Short, of Woodland Mews in Paignton, was jailed for 12 years with a further six years to […]