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Strike: We Will Look Into ASUU’s Threat, FG Assures Nigerian Varsity Students
by Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Chidiebube Okeoma, Sunday Nwakanma, Patrick Odey, Justin Tyopuusu, Tunde Oyekola and Chima Azubuike Punch Newspaper The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, assured Nigerian Students in various government-owned universities that the Federal Government would look into the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The minister also said…
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Updated: OAU Mourns, as 200-level Student Dies After Falling Into Soakaway, Management Speaks
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife on Wednesday, mourned the death of a part two (200 level) student, Heritage Ajibola, of the department of Linguistics and African Languages who accidentally fell into the soakaway this afternoon at Bver Hostel, Maintenance Hostels. The young lady’s death was confirmed in a release issued by the Public…
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Oyo Govt Backs Up Action Against IBEDC, Gives Breakdown of N400 Million Debt
The Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue has backed up its action against Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), adding that the latter offices in the states were shut over a tax default in excess of N400 million. The Board made the revelation in a statement issued by its Chairman, Mr. Femi Awakan, who affirmed that…
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Oyo Govt Owes Us N450 Million, IBEDC Alleges, Accuses State of Pursuing ‘Vendetta’
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, Plc, has accused Oyo State Government of pursuing vendetta against the Distribution Company, DISCO, adding that the closure of its offices by was borne out of the latter huge indebtedness. The firm said Oyo state Government on Wednesday commenced the sealing of its offices within the state over some…
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MTN Sends Important Message To Nigerian Customers Over Sim-related Services
One of the Leading telecommunications in Nigeria, MTN, has revealed that its teeming customers will now be required to provide their Virtual NIN or the improved NIN slip for all SIM related services. The company disclosed this in a vNIN update flier. According to the company SIM registration, replacement, mobile number portability, NIN linking, and…
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Alleged Fraud: Plea Bargain Between Ex-Jamb Boss, ICPC Fails
The plea bargain talks between a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, and the Independent Corrupt Practice and other related offences Commission, ICPC, failed on Tuesday. Mr Ojerinde is standing trial over alleged N5 billion fraud. On Tuesday, Mr Ojerinde, through his new counsel, Ibrahim Ishyaku, SAN, had…
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NIMC Server Outage: GBB Assures Nigerians of Swift Restoration of Services
Hosting Service Platform of Galaxy Backbone Limited, GBB, a Federal Government agency that provides Information and Communications Technology services has assured Nigerians that services will be fully restored on its platform soon . Recall that, thousands of telecom subscribers nationwide seeking to retrieve their lost SIM cards or acquire new lines could not do so…
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‘I be nobody’s ex’, Ooni Estranged Wife, Olori Naomi Breaks Social Media Silence (Video)
Estranged Wife of Ooni of Ife, Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, on Tuesday, broke her silence on social media since her divorce post on December 23, 2021. Taking to her Instastories and Facebook status simultaneously on Tuesday night, the 28-year-old evangelist uploaded a short video of herself after a makeover session. Playing rhythmically in the background was…
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FG Owes Us N880 Billion Revatalisation Fund, ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter on Tuesday stated that the union will explore legitimate means to stop the alleged plan of the Federal Government to refuse to sign the renegotiated agreement. Rising from their Congress at the University of Ibadan presided over by the Chairman Prof. Ayo Akinwole, on Tuesday,…
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2022 Oscars Nominees in Main Categories (Full List)
Here are the nominees in key categories for the 94th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Los Angeles on March 27. Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” an eerie psychological Western about a repressed 1920s cattle rancher in Montana, leads with 12, followed by sci-fi epic “Dune” at 10, and “Belfast” and “West…
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