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Punch Newspaper The management of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, has denied allegations of covering up some students caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps. The Principal, Mrs Tofunmi Akamo, who spoke to our correspondent on Wednesday, said the students, numbering six, were picked up from…

Punch Newspaper A communications specialist and senior crime reporter with Daily Trust Newspaper, Idowu Isamotu and five others have been attacked by gunmen along the Lokoja-Obajana road in Kogi State, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent exclusively gathered that the attack happened at about 5 pm on Wednesday. In an SOS message sent to our correspondent,…

The Nation Newspaper The naira suffered steep depreciation in 2022 with the national currency losing between at least 11 per cent and 23 per cent. Analysis of the exchange rates’ movements showed that the naira lost 11 per cent of its value at the official market and was worse at the parallel market, where it…

Punch Newspaper The Students Loan Bill recently passed by the National Assembly recommended two years imprisonment or N500, 000 or both for students who default in repayment or anyone found aiding defaulters, The PUNCH reports. As part of efforts geared towards addressing funding challenges in the country’s tertiary institutions of learning, the National Assembly recently…

Punch Newspaper The check-off dues deducted by the Federal Government from the November 2022 salaries of university lecturers were not remitted into the account of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH has learnt. Check-off due is the money deducted from an employee’s pay for membership in a union or an organisation that represents…