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Buhari appoints Chris Ngwodo as DG National Early Warning Centre
National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, saying the president had…
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Mbaka Begs Peter Obi Over Stingy Remark
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Friday begged the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and his supporters, a day after he described the politician as stingy and unfit to be President. Speaking during one of his programmes in Enugu, the vocal Mbaka had declared that…
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I Have Submitted Name of My Running Mate To INEC – Tinubu
Daily Trust Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has submitted the name of his running mate for the 2023 Presidential election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu stated this in a statement issued on Friday. Although the APC Presidential Candidate did not disclose the name…
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CNG Threatens To Shut Down National Assembly, Airports, Others Over Lingering ASUU Strike
The Students Wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has threatened to shut down the National Assembly, major highways and airports in the 19 northern states and Abuja to protest the government’s handling of the demands of the academic and non-academic staff unions which has grounded university education in the country for months. Addressing…
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Tension in Imo as Lightning Kills 20-Year-Old 100-Level Female Student In Imo
There was palpable tension at the Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State where a 20-year-old 100-level student of the Imo State University Owerri (IMSU) was reportedly struck dead by lightning following torrential rains. The victim, identified as Chiamaka Obodo was said to be making a call with her phone inside her parents’…
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Incessant Strike by Varsity Unions Capable of Causing Irreparable Damage – JAMB Boss, Oloyede
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has described the ongoing industrial strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as unnecessary. Professor Oloyede said this when the university admission regulatory agency presented multi-billion naira medical equipment to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for improved health…
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Names, Photos of Owo Terror Attack Victims (Full List)
Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Friday held mass funeral for the victims of the terror attack. Terrorists had on June 5 attacked worshippers during mass. Twenty-one coffins were brought to the church for the funeral service. Here are the names and some of their photos.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court overrules Lagos on hijab ban in schools
The Supreme Court has overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of head covering (hijab) by female Muslim students of public schools in the State. In a split decision of five to two on Friday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal,…
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Strike: ASUU Commends Members For Steadfast, Accuses FG of Attempt Intimidation
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended its members for their steadfast in the face of what its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke described as attempt intimidation by the government to demoralize the striking lecturers from the ongoing strike which according to the union is for the revitalisation of tertiary education in the…
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Deputy Governor Loses Two Children To Road Accident
The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his daughter, Khadija, in an auto crash. The accident, which occurred along the Maiduguri-Kano highway on Saturday, June 11, also claimed the life of Gubana’s seven-year-old son, Mai Mala Buni Junior, on the spot. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to…
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