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  Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press. ”It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also to silence media that are witnessing, documenting and reporting the truth of what is happening in Gaza,” said Walid al-Omari, Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau chief. ”But this is impossible,” he said on air shortly after the 13-storey Jala Tower in Gaza was obliterated. ”This is a crime among a series of crimes perpetrated by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.” Al Jazeera broadcast footage showing the building collapsing to the ground after the Israeli air strike, sending up a huge mushroom cloud of dust and debris. Jawad Mehdi, the owner of the Jala Tower, said an Israeli intelligence officer warned him he had just one hour to ensure the evacuation of the building. Al Jazeera’s co

There is anxiety again brewing at the University of Ibadan, following a move to extend the tenure of the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Adebola Ekanola by the Council. Independent findings by The Precision NG, revealed that the council in a letter to the senate of the institution, stated that the position of the Acting VC, which ends on 31 May, 2021, cannot remain vacant. “Given the circumstance, a vacuum cannot be created in the office of the Vice Chancellor and CEO of the University in that if the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor cannot be concluded before 31 May, 2021, the position of the Ag. Vice Chancellor shall lapse,” the letter read in part. A meeting is allegedly scheduled for Monday, May 17, 2021 to deliberate on the matter. But the law regarding the tenure of principal officers in Nigerian Universities stated otherwise. A copy of the Universities Amendment Act 2013, obtained by The Precision frowned at the extension of the tenure of an Acting VC

  Amidst rumours that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is trying to draft the current president of the African Development Bank (ADB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, into the 2023 presidential race, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reminded the former president that the next Yoruba presidential ticket must go to a Yoruba Muslim in the name of fairness, justice and equity.     The human rights organisation based its stand on the fact that whereas three Yoruba Christians have occupied Aso Rock villa, no single Yoruba Muslim has held the post of president or vice president since independence.     This was made known to newsmen in a press statement issued on Tuesday, 11 th  May, 2021 by Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director and Founder of the organization.     According to MURIC, “Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is reportedly making attempts to draft the current president of the African Development Bank (ADB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, into the 2023 presidential race. We object to this move. Obasanjo