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PUBLIC university lecturers on Sunday insisted  that they would not return to the classrooms  on Monday (today). They also accused the Federal Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve its dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, confirmed this on Sunday via a Short Message Service  to an enquiry by  The PUNCH . The Federal Government had through the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie,  deferred its earlier ultimatum to the lecturers to resume work on Monday (today) or risk being sacked. The shift  was to enable them to participate in the burial of Prof. Festus Iyayi, a former president of ASUU on Saturday. Before this , the Supervising  Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, had advised  the striking lecturers to return to work on or before December 4 or face dismissal.

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar | credits: pointblanknews.com The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Kehinde Adejuwon, for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl at Oja Odan in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State. The suspect was arrested by a team of detectives attached to the Ayetoro Police Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent of Police Gbola Adigun, after the father of the victim reported the incident to the police. The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday that the suspect had already confessed to the crime. Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said that the suspect would be made to face the wrath of the law. He added that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, had ordered the transfer of the case to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department. “The command wil

Scenes of a multiple accident on the Otedola bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos... on Sunday. | credits: Sodiq Adelakun An unidentified woman and a pregnant lady were said to have died in the multiple accidents which occurred close to Otedola Bridge, along the Alausa area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. A large number of people were also said to have sustained injuries in the accidents. The accidents, which happened about three times, were as a result of a series of multiple collisions involving over 25 vehicles. The first accident was said to have been caused by an NNPC tanker with number plate, XG 321 MKA. The tanker was allegedly on top speed and had a brake failure. It rammed into the vehicle in front. Eyewitnesses said the development led to further collisions as other vehicles, which had slowed down because of the traffic snarl on the expressway, ran into one another due to the impact of the tanker. The driver was said to have also throw small