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$19bn Dangote Refinery Gets Another 1m Barrels Crude Oil
Vanguard News With the delivery of two million barrels of crude, the $19 billion Dangote Oil Refining Company is set to commence production of petroleum products paving the way for additional jobs and foreign exchange relief to the economy. This follows yesterday’s delivery of an additional one million barrels of crude oil yesterday to the…
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Naira Scarcity: NLC Sends Strong Message To FG, CBN
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday asked the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to find immediate solutions to the current scarcity of naira being experienced by Nigerians. The NLC said the CBN and Federal Government’s disregard for warnings meant they were deliberately inciting Nigerians against the system and constituted authority.…
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ASUU President ‘Reveals Powerful Nigerians’ Behind Employment Crisis in Varsities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Vice Chancellors (VCs), political officeholders, and traditional rulers of hijacking staff employment against due process in the varsities. President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osaodeke, who raised the concern yesterday in Uyo during the Heroes’ Day Celebration of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, wowed…
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CONUA Breaks Silence Over ‘Reconciliation’ Talk With ASUU
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has debunked the insinuations making the rounds in some quarters that its leadership is not in any reconciliation talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union, in a statement on Tuesday by the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said a statement credited to the Vice Chancellor…
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Rivers Political Crisis: Fubara, Wike Strike Deal
The Nation Newspaper Peace may return to Rivers State following the decision of the two warring camps led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Chief Nyesom Wike to embrace the peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu. The eight-point agreement titled: ‘Directives for the resolution of the political impasse in Rivers State’ was signed yesterday by…
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JAMB Hikes 2024 UTME Registration Fee
The registration cost for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for 2024 has been raised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to an official release, the revised registration costs are as follows: The cost of registering for the UTME is N7,700 if a mock exam is included, and N6,200) if it is not. Prior to the…
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NNPCL Gives Update on Readiness of Port Harcourt Refinery by December, 2023
Port Harcourt Refinery,
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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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