COURT PERMITS DSS TO DETAIN MAMU FOR 60 MORE DAYS

Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted permission to the Department of State Services to detain the former Kaduna train attack negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. The…

NANS DEMANDS EDUCATION MINISTER’S RESIGNATION

The National Association of Nigerian Students have called for the resignation of the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, over the lingering strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union…

ASUU; REVITALISATION FUND NO LONGER APPLICABLE TO ECONOMIC REALITY.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU describing the N1.1 trillion outstanding revitalisation fund for the nation’s universities no longer applicable going by the current economic realities. The chairman of…

TALKS BETWEEN ANTHONY JOSHUA AND TYSON FURY PUT ON HOLD AS TO RESPECT LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Talks between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury over a potential heavyweight super-fight have been put on hold out of respect for the late Queen Elizabeth the second who died on…

POLICE ARRESTS OF ANTI-MONARCHY PROTESTERS IN SCOTLAND

The arrests of anti-monarchy protesters after the death of Queen Elizabeth the second are "deeply concerning". Police in Scotland have arrested two people in recent days, while a man was…

OHANAEZE BEGS UK TO RELEASE EKWEREMADU AFTER HIS DAUGHTER APPEALED FOR KIDNEY DONATION

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again appealed to the United Kingdom authorities to grant bail to Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The lawmaker has been in detention for months now…

TWO PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES AS FLOOD HIT ALIMOSHO AREA IN LAGOS STATE

Two persons lost their lives during the flood that submerged various communities in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State on Monday. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency,…

MOTORISTS, COMMUTERS SPEND HOURS IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY GRIDLOCK

Traffic gridlock experienced by travellers on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway by Magboro-Berger section of the road. VOP News gathered that the gridlock started from Magboro, Ogun State inward Lagos State on…