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Niger Govt Gives Updates on Abducted Pupils
The Niger Government says it has begun negotiation with bandits responsible for the kidnapping of the pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamic School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of the state. The government also said that it had the knowledge of the ongoing negotiation between the parents of the abducted pupils but insisted that it will…
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20-year-old Nigerian Emerges Overall Best Graduating Student in U.S. Varsity
A 20-year-old Nigerian I student from Rivers State, Miss Alaba Ann Tam Danagogo, has emerged as the 2021 overall best scholar at the Syracuse University in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A). Graduating with distinctions in Biology Major and Minor in English and Textual Studies, among other academic accomplishments, Alaba was also awarded…
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Owerri Jail Break: Fleeing Inmate Re-arrested in Lagos After Allegedly Stealing SIM Cards, Memory Cards During Church Service
One of the inmates who escaped from Owerri Correctional Centre, Imo State, Oyemachi Maduabuchi, has been re-arrested in Lagos after allegedly stealing a SIM card and some memory cards. The suspect was one of the inmates who escaped from the Correctional Centre during a jailbreak on April 5, 2021. He was re-arrested by the Lagos…
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NANS Berates Ekiti Varsity Management Over Plan To Charge N100,000 as Acceptance Fee
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has berated the management of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) over plan to charge prospective students N100,000 as acceptance fee. Deputy Coordinator of South-West Zone (NANS ZONE D) Comrade Oladimeji Uthman, in a statement issued on Tuesday noted that the management of BOUESTI…
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NECO Reacts To Purported Assassination Of Registrar, Godswill Obioma
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has reacted to the point assassination of its Registrar, Godswill Obioma, saying that he died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. The NECO’s Director of Human Resources, Abdul Mustapha, made the disclosure on Tuesday following reports of Mr Obioma’s assassination by unknown gunmen in Minna, the Niger…
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OAUTHC Sends Message To Job Applicants On Interview, CBT Screening
Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, OAUTHC, has given an update on the interview for applicants seeking employment opportunities in the medical facility which was earlier scheduled to hold between Monday, 31 May and Friday, June, 2021. Director of Administration, S.O. Fawole in a statement titled, ‘Postponement of recruitment exercise at Obafemi…
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Anambra Governorship Poll: INEC Sends Message To Nigerians
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Yakubu Mahmoud has assured Nigerians that the Governorship election will hold in 2022, Nigerian Tribune reports. Mahmoud, who was represented by the National Commissioner of the commission, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola gave the assurance in his remark at the opening of the National Retreat On The Validation Of The Draft…
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FG Reveals Plan To Increase TraderMoni From 10,000 To 50,000, Speaks On N-power Backlog
The Federal Government has revealed its plans to raise the TraderMoni facility from N10,000 to N50,000 under the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs), as part of ongoing efforts aimed at improving business activities across the country. Special Adviser to the President on National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs), Dr Nasir Mahmoud, disclosed this in Abuja during…
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UTME Registration: No Further Extension Of Closing Date, JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the Direct Entry, DE, applications. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin, published by the office of the Registrar and made available to the newsmen…
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Strike Looms In Varsity, as SSANU Decries Non-Implimentation of MoA, Insecurity
Nigerian university workers, under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have again warned the federal government against paralysing academic activities in tertiary institutions with the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) both parties signed. SSANU decried the growing insecurity across tertiary institutions in the country, saying none of its members…
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