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Dangote Speaks On Petrol Price, Says Fuel To Hit Stations In 48hrs
Kano-born Billionaire, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday, spoke on pricing for petrol produced at his 650,000 barrels per day facility. Dangote who owns the biggest Indigenous Refinery in Africa said as soon as his company finalises modalities with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the product will hit the market. “Our PMS (Premium Motor…
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UNILORIN Gives Updates on Merger of Newly Admitted Students
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Ilorin, Prof. Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, has confirmed that new students of the University will resume for the 2024/2025 academic session in October, saying that the new students will be drawn from a merger of those earlier admitted for the 2023/2024 session and those that participated in the just…
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Protest: Why Police Arrest Two UI Students on Campus – CSO
Tribune Online Chief Security Officer of the University of Ibadan (UI), Victor Fadebiyi, has revealed reason two of its students, Aduwo Ayodele and Olajide Olawale were arrested on Monday. The duo, TRIBUNE ONLINE gathered, were arrested in the school premises by Oyo Police Command. “The police said they were inviting them but I am trying…
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Briton Accused of Plotting to Overthrow Tinubu Breaks Silence
Daily Trust British national declared wanted, Drew Povey has reacted to the allegation of building “a network of sleeper cells to topple” the Bola Tinubu administration “and plunge the nation into chaos.” On Monday, the police high command promised to reward any Nigerian who facilitates the arrest of Povey. Daily Trust reports that apart from…
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Withheld Results: WAEC Sends Message To Affected Candidates, Schools
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has asked schools or candidates whose May\June Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are being withheld over various reported cases of malpractice to check their statuses on the council’s portal. The organisation says that is the only way they can know the update if they had lodged complaint and…
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Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso Resume Merge Talk Ahead of 2027 General Elections
Three leading opposition bigwigs in the country, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, are discussing a potential merger to address the nation’s issues of hunger and insecurity ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy national spokesperson, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who revealed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily…
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Cleaner Who Returned $10,000 Found On Aircraft Gets Cash, Promotion, Other Rewards
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has showered encomiums on one of its employees, Auwal Ahmed Dankode, for his exemplary honesty in returning a missing sum of $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. LEADERSHIP reports that Dankode, an employee of NAHCO discovered the…
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Protest: UI Shutdown Institution, Issues Directive To Students
The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State, on Friday, has shut down the institution for 3-weeks following students protest over the increment of the tuition fees. Vreporters had earlier reported that the undergraduates on Friday staged a peaceful protest over tuition hikes by the management of the institution following the approval of…
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NCC Gives Insight into Why Kidnappers, Bandits Are ‘Difficult’ To Track, After NANS Reaction
Vanguard News Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make contact with their victims’ families. Senate President of the Nigerian Association of…
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UI Students Protest After Governing Council Approves Upward Review of School Fees
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, have resorted to protest after the governing council adopted a new fee structure. Earlier in February, the UI management was reported to have commenced an upward review of the fees for its fresh students. The rates were said to have been hiked by up to 480 percent, prompting…
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