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ASUU Strike: Varsity Students Protest, Barricade Roads In Benin

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4 years ago

May 4, 2022

Barely 79 days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embar on industrial action, students from the university of Benin (UNIBEN), Ambrose Alli University, (AAU) Ekpoma, Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, all in Edo State, Wednesday, barricaded the ever busy Ring Road, Benin City, to protest the prolong strike.

Addressing newsmen at the rally, the Students Union President, UNIBEN, Comrade Foster Amadin said the strike has made them stayed in their various institutions of learning more than necessary.

“The truth is, we are not for ASUU neither are we fighting against anybody, all we know and all we want is going back to our classes.

“You know as it stands now, we have been stagnated in our academy, we have been at home for 71 days and nobody is saying anything about it.

“The government is going about their electoral processes while the even ASUU are going about their individual businesses but forgetting that we are the young Nigerians, we are students and we want to graduate”, he said.

Amadin said their parents might not be wealthy enough to have sent them to school abroad just like some senators and house of representatives members do but that they are glad that they are peace loving Nigerians who want to go back to their classes respectively to learn and graduate at the nick of time.

Also speaking, the National Vice President, Special Duty of National Association of Nigerians Students (NASS), Comrade Thomas Ikine, said it is shameful that students are at home due to ASUU strike while those who are to front the course of the students and the ASUU are busy purchasing forms for millions of naira yet they are saying they have no funds to meet the ASUU’s demands.

“The educational sector of this country is faulty. Our leaders have bastardized it. And as it is, Nigerian students are at home and yet they are busy purchasing forms for over a hundred million naira to an amount that a president of other countries constitutionally cannot even earn throughout his own tenure.

“That is an insult to us. Imagine the Minister of Education for state coming out boldly to purchase a form of hundred million whereas he has been quite and voiceless ever since ASUU went on strike.

“Now, we are hearing from him and he is lashing out at ASUU whereas all this while we have not heard from him”, he said.

Ikine said the students will not leave the streets pending when the government listen to the cry of the students.

“So as it is, we are calling on Muhammadu Buhari who from all ramifications he has failed Nigerians.

“So we are calling on the federal government to do the needful. We are here, this is called “Unistreet”.

“Few months ago we admitted new students and today, we are here to start receiving lectures.

“This is our first day. So all the courses we are taking here is introductory.

“And as it is, we are here and we are not leaving here. Today is just the beginning.

“More of our colleagues who are not here will be here to join us as from tomorrow. If they want us to leave the street, they know what to do”, he said.

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Gunmen Kidnap Businessman In Ibadan

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1 day ago

May 4, 2026

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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a 60-year-old man in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The victim was kidnapped on Saturday while on his way to his residence.

The incident occurred at Jinarere, Alakia in Ibadan.

Public Relations Officer of the State Police command, Olayinka Ayanlade, when contacted, confirmed the incident.

Ayanlade in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, explained that efforts are ongoing to rescue the victim.

Ayanlade said, “Preliminary information reveals that the victim, a 60-year-old male and building materials trader, was accosted while returning home along the Jinarere axis of Alakia Road by four masked armed men, who forcefully whisked him away in an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla vehicle”.

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Tragedy As Suspected Kidnappers Kill Young Entrepreneur In Edo

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2 days ago

May 3, 2026

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A 30-year-old entrepreneur and CEO of Principle Takeout, Justice Abu Oshioke, has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

He was reportedly attacked by the suspected kidnappers on Saturday while on his way to pick up an order made for his child’s dedication on Sunday morning.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers attempted to force him into a nearby bush in a kidnapping attempt. However, he reportedly resisted and tried to escape.

In the course of the struggle, the assailants opened fire, shooting him multiple times.

Concerned residents quickly rushed him to a nearby medical facility, but he was confirmed dead on arrival.

The deceased was said to have recently gotten married and welcomed a baby boy.

The tragic event has turned a joyous occasion into a moment of grief for the family.

The shocking development has left the Ekpoma community in deep sorrow, with many residents expressing outrage over the growing insecurity in the area.

Edo State Police Command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem confirmed the incident and said the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika has ordered a “full-scale investigation and intensified manhunt for those responsible.”

According to her, the Police, in collaboration with the military, local vigilantes, and hunters, are actively pursuing the perpetrators through coordinated operations.

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Grandfathers Arrested For Drug Trafficking

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2 days ago

May 3, 2026

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Two grandfathers, aged 83 and 78, are among several suspects apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a fresh nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking.

Pa John Ofiel, 83, was arrested on Tuesday, 28 April during a raid in the Aba region of Abia State.

The NDLEA said that operatives acting on credible intelligence recovered 700 grams of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis already packaged into retail sachets.

The octogenarian, who claimed to be a professional shoemaker allegedly confessed to delving into the illicit trade.

In Ekiti State on Thursday 30 April 78 year old Ogunjobi Samuel was detained at his residence in Ilupeju-Ekiti where officers seized 350 grams of cannabis from him, identifying him as a local peddler.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, (CCEO), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), commended the various state commands for their drug supply reduction efforts.

He urged officers to maintain the current momentum, balancing enforcement with the agency’s War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities.
The enforcement drive also led to the arrest of a notorious drug dealer in Oyo State Taofik Adeyemi, 49.

He was apprehended on Saturday, 2 May, at his residence in Ibadan after months of evading the authorities.

He was caught alongside his salesman, Mustapha Oyerinde, with 3.085kg of cannabis and a getaway vehicle.

Across other states, the NDLEA recorded significant seizures including over 140,000 pills and capsules of Tramadol intercepted in separate operations targeting transit routes from Damaturu to Hadejia.

A raid on Awolowo Market in Mushin area of Lagos state resulted in the recovery of 740kg of cannabis while in Kaduna, two suspects were caught on the Abuja-Jos highway with 290kg of compressed cannabis concealed in a Honda Ridgeline.

A 65-year-old driver was intercepted at the Ile-Ife toll gate in Osun state conveying skunk and methamphetamine, leading to a follow up arrest of the consignment’s owner in Ilesha.

In line with it’s mandate, the NDLEA continued its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy, holding enlightenment lectures for students, Islamic schools, and commercial motorcyclists in Niger, Kano, Anambra, and Lagos states.

The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, noted that the agency remains committed to “cleansing the streets” of both notorious distributors and those who use age as a shield for criminal activity.