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Strike: Gov. Bello is paying lecturers’ salary through the media – ASUU

As the strike action embarked upon by lecturers of Kogi State University Anyingba clocks 150 days, the Academic Staff Union of Universities in the institution has accused governor Yahaya Bello of misinforming Nigerians through the media about the payment of lecturers’ salaries. Chairman of ASUU kogi State chapter, Daniel Aina, who stated this during an interview with journalists in Lokoja, slammed the government for their insincerity over the plight of education in the state. He said the government had failed to put genuine effort to meet the demands of the aggrieved lecturers. “The state government is doing practically nothing to resolve the crisis. What we have heard from the Government is that he is paying salaries as at when due which is far from the truth. “Some of our lectures were last paid in March, while others were paid 13 months ago”, he alleged. Expressing disappointment that the standard of the school was falling, the ASUU chairman challenged the governor to show the

100 suspected Badoo cult members arrested

The Lagos State Government has arrested 100 suspected members of the dreaded cult group, Badoo, who have been terrorising residents of the state, especially in the Ikorodu axis. The state government also cautioned residents to desist from carrying out jungle justice on suspected members of the gang, as the government would leave no stone unturned to bring the perpetrators of any dastardly act to justice. For some time now, members of the Badoo cult group have been fingered in violent killings in Ikorodu axis, a development which had prompted some suspected members of the group to be lynched through mob action. The 100 suspects were arrested in a joint operation carried out by men of the Lagos State Police Command, Rapid Response Squad, Odua People’s Congress, as well as local vigilantes, including Onyabo, in Ikorodu on Saturday. As at Sunday morning, the number of arrested suspects had risen to 100. The team, in the operation which started early in the morning of Saturday, moved