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Gunmen Killed Varsity Lecturer, Deputy Registrar, 1 Other
Gunmen attacked and killed six travellers, including a lecturer from the Federal University Wukari and the Deputy Registrar of Taraba State School of Health Technology Takum, in the early hours of Monday along the Takum/Wukari road. The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the attack. DSP Kwache Gambo, the command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, confirmed…
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Why Over 200,000 Results Were Withheld – WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has given more detailed report why it withheld the results of 215,267 candidates who participated in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The 2024 WASSCE began on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024. In a statement made on Monday while announcing the…
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Just In: WAEC Announces Release of 2024 SSCE Results
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the release of results for its 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The 2024 WASSCE was held for a period of seven weeks and six days, from April 30 to June 24. A total of 1,814,736 candidates registered for the examination from 25,126 recognized secondary schools in…
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12 African Countries that Outperform Nigeria at Paris Olympics
The curtains were drawn yesterday Sunday August 11, 2024, on this summer’s Olympic games in Paris with Team Nigeria failing to win a single medal. Despite parading one of Africa’s biggest contingent and taking part in 12 sports, Team Nigeria fail to register their name on the medals table. The trio of Kenya, Algeria and…
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FG Clears Air Over N573 Billion Received By State Governors
The Nation Newspaper The Presidency has shed more light on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the Federal Government guaranteed, and not a grant. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan should not be at…
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N70k Minimum Wage: NYSC Clears Air Over Purported Directive To Corps Members
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has cleared the air over purported directives issued to corps members to upgrade their accounts for the payment of N70,000 minimum wage. Recall that , President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in July, 2024, approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The decision followed weeks of…
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27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Punch Newspaper Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kaduna, Cross River and…
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UI, UNILORIN, UNIMAID, Other Varsities Students Celebrate Receipt of FG’s N20, 000 Monthly Stipends for Upkeep
Punch Newspaper Some university students who recently benefitted from the N20,000 stipend paid by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund have begun celebrating the receipt of the money. While some took to social media to share their surprise, others narrated how they spent the money on foodstuffs. A few said it took the burden of care…
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UNIBEN Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment, Management Reacts
The University of Benin, UNIBEN, has launched a panel to probe allegations of sexual harassment against a professor in the Faculty of Arts. The panel was inaugurated following a complaint made by a graduate on social media, who claimed to have experienced sexual harassment by the professor during her undergraduate studies. The panel, however, did…
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LG Autonomy: Supreme Court CTC’s Indicates 4-year Tenure To Council Chairmen, Councillors
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, in a landslide judgement on local government autonomy, ordered that the four-year tenure enjoyed by executives be extended to the offices of all local government chairmen across the country. This is contained in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Garba and six others on…
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