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Parents, Students Cry Out, as Varsities Review Tuition Fees
Parents and students of some universities across the country have cried out over the hike in school fees, saying the development could worsen their current economic pains and lead to mass students’ withdrawals, Daily Trust reports. Many universities, both federal and state-owned, have issued releases on upward adjustments of registration fees for courses being offered…
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Bank of America Speaks On Nigeria’s Devaluation of Naira
The Bank of America (BoA) has said the it sees the value of the naira settling at N680 to the dollar by the end of the year, saying that the currency has moved from overvalued to being undervalued following the government’s recent foreign exchange reform. This as it postulates that the next move of President…
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Anxiety, confusion trail proposed electricity tariff hike
The Nation Newspaper A massive rush by electricity consumers to recharge their accounts ahead of the alleged planned hike in tariffs has sent the various platforms of the Distribution Companies (DisCos) into a gridlock, according to reports from across the country. Although speculations had put today as the beginning of the planned tariff regime, the…
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Lagos PoS agents to charge N500 for N10,000 cash withdrawal
Punch Newspaper Point of Sale, POS, agents in Lagos State will soon begin to charge customers N500 for N10,000 cash withdrawals. This is after the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, announced a new price list for PoS transactions on Channels Television’s Business Morning programme by the Public Relations Officer,…
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New Academic Curriculum: ASUU Flays NUC
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the National Universities Commission, NUC, of imposing the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards, CCMAS, on Nigerian universities, vowing not to recognise it. ASUU said the action of the nation’s universities’ regulatory body was contrary to the law guarding operations of universities in the country. The university lecturers’…
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Three Secondary School Leavers ‘Involved in Death’ of Naval Officer in Ondo Speak
The three suspected Killers of a Naval Officer, Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun, in ldo- Ani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have revealed what led to the death of the officer. In an interview, while they were paraded by the state police command, the suspects, Ayomide Sambo, Johnson Adeleke and Shagari Francis, 17, confessed to…
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NAFDAC alerts public on contaminated Sprite 50cl glass bottle
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the general public of a batch of contaminated Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in the country. It disclosed that the unwholesome product was discovered following a consumer’s complaint, and the investigation of the particular batch of Sprite 50cl glass bottles, which were…
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Details of President Tinubu’s Meeting With Ogun Monarchs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, declared that with him at the saddle, the hope for a better Nigeria has been recharged and it would not fail. The President also urged Nigerians not to be in a hurry in seeking solutions to the challenges facing the nation as he was taking “baby steps of faith” as…
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Unilorin Student Returns N500,000 Mistakenly Sent To His Account
FIJ Ahmed Adebowale, an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, has returned N500,000 mistakenly sent to him by an unknown person. Adebowale told FIJ he got the money in his Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) account on December 24 from one Oladejo David Damila. He said although he was bothered about the source of the money,…
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Popular Nollywood Actress is Dead
Popular Nollywood actress better better known as Iyabo Oko, is dead. The deceased daughter, Bisi Aisha, who is a soldier, confirmed her mother’s death in a social media post. “May your soul Rest In Peace mummy,” she wrote. Before her death, the actress had a long battle with ill-health, forcing her to take a break…
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