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Inside Ogun Private Polytechnic Running Unaccredited Law, Nursing, Pharmacy Programmes
Punch Newspaper The Gateway State, which usually prides itself as the cradle of Western education and civilisation, is now playing host to a private polytechnic where students are being admitted to study Law, Nursing, Pharmacy and other professional courses. DARE OLAWIN investigates how the institution, Havarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, secures accreditation…
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Unilever, GSK Plc, P&G, Four other Multinational Companies Leaving Nigeria in 2023
Nigerian Tribune Nigeria, despite being the largest economy in Africa — with over 200 million population, is lately facing a mass exodus of multinational companies. From January 2023 till date, no fewer than seven multinationals have either left or announced their decision to exit the country by December. Many of these companies have spent decades…
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Sexual Harassment: Presidency To Set up Students Complaints Units in Tertiary Institutions
The presidency has expressed commitment to opening a complaints unit to curb the menace of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. Sunday Asefon, the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Student Engagement, disclosed this during Nigerian students’ presentation of pens to the president for him to assent to the Sexual Harassment Prohibition Bill before…
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Reversal of Naira Redesign, Forex Policies Balloon Banks’ Deposits
Vanguard News Major banks in Nigeria have recorded customers’ deposits growth rate of 53.6 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) to N64.26 trillion in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (9M’23) from N41.83 trillion recorded in the corresponding period in 2022. The banks are Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, FBN Holdings Plc, United Bank for Africa…
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FG Breaks Silence Over World Bank Claim on Subsidy Regime
The Federal Government has said contrary to the claim by the World Bank that government is still paying subsidy on petrol, the era of petrol subsidy is “gone for good”. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV on Thursday morning, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said President Bola Tinubu made it clear…
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What To Know About IPPIS, Why ASUU Rejected it
Punch Newspaper In the past 24 hours, the media has been abuzz with reports of the removal of tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the announcement on Wednesday to State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the…
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CBN Increases Naira Notes in Circulation To Address Cash Scarcity
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reassured Nigerians that there are enough naira notes in circulation to meet their cash needs. CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Ali, gave the assurance in a statement on Wednesday. This came amid growing apprehension over cash scarcity in different parts of the country, especially among…
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‘Fuel Price Fall Predicted As Port Harcourt Refinery Begins Operation’
Major stakeholders in the downstream petroleum sub-sector drawn from the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) and their counterpart at the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) have assured that the prevailing crisis in the energy sector would soon end with the envisaged return of operations at the Port…
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ASUU Reacts To Removal of Varsities, Others From IPPIS
Daiiy Trust The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday jubilated over the federal government’s directive to remove universities and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) payment platform. The union also called on the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government to resolve all other pending issues that were raised in…
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JUST IN: FG Exempts Universities, Polytechnics, Others from IPPIS
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the exemption of universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions of learning from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. It said, henceforth, remunerations to staff members of these institutions would no longer flow through the platform. The Minister of the Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris,…
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