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Gunmen have kidnapped a popular Anambra State-based native doctor, Chinedu Nwangwu, alias Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, after killing two of his aides in one of his hotels, Triple P Hotel, in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State. A source said that Tiwaraki was regarded to be among the strongest and was the richest witch doctor in Anambra.

The source said that many people were reported to flock to his mansion in Oba for anti-bullet charms and other money rituals. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, said the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday but that he had been released.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to put measures in place to avert industrial action. The union embarked on strikes for several months during the last administration of former President Muhammad Buhari over issues concerning funding and platform for payment of lecturers’ salaries.

ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said the union foresaw an improved working relationship between ASUU and the federal government led by President Tinubu. He, however, expressed worry over what he called bureaucratic attack on Nigerian universities by the federal government.

He described as anomaly the government’s undue interference in university administrations, including usurping the powers of councils, appointments and salary payments of staff members.