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Jamb To Prosecute 200 Out of 400 Candidates Involved in Admission Fraud With 100 Million
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Tuesday that 400 candidates seeking admissions into institutions in the 2020 admission year were caught in admission fraud, alleging that some tertiary institutions and Computer Based Test (CBT) centres were accomplices in the irregularities, Daily Sun Reports JAMB confirmed that accomplice tertiary institutions were engaged in…
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Varsity Student Arrested With 5 Pistols, Live Ammunition, Others
A 400-level Student of Nasarawa State University, Musa Mohammed Nurudeen, has been arrested by Operatives of Kogi State Police over alleged possession of five pistols, magazines and ammunition on Okene-Auchi Road on Monday. The suspect was nabbed after the police at stop-and-search point stopped a Toyota Tacoma vehicle in which he was a passenger. Nurudeen,…
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WTO Set To Appoint Okonjo-Iweala As Director-General
After nearly six months without a captain, the World Trade Organization looks set to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader next week. The global trade body announced Tuesday that it would hold a special meeting of its General Council on February 15 “to consider the appointment of the next…
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Photo News: 50-year-old Woman Enrols Self Into Secondary School in Ilorin
A 50-year-old woman, Mrs Ajayi Folashade enrolled herself into Ilorin Grammar School, Ilorin. Folashade Kickstarts her education despite her age from junior secondary school 2, with kids younger than her children as her classmates. The woman, who hopes to become a teacher someday, said she enrolled in school to better herself. She added that she…
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Why We Don’t Join SSANU, NASU Strike-Varsity Workers Reveal
National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) President, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, speaks with Tribune Reporter, SOJI-EZE FAGBEMI, on why the Union did not join the on-going strike by NASU and SSANU. He also states the immediate demands of the Union, without which it will review its stand and consider a strike option. WHAT is the decision…
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UBEC: FG To Build Digital Schools Across the Country
The federal government has revealed its plans to build state-of-the-art digital schools and facilities for learning across the country. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, disclosed this during the commissioning of Basic Education projects at the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. In a statement signed by its Head…
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Kwara Lecturer Accused of Internet Fraud Pleads Guilty
Opashola Abdullahi, a lecturer of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, has pleaded guilty to a charge of romance scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 8, 2021, arraigned him before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin. Opashola was among…
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Meet Newly Inducted Pharmacy Graduate from UI Who Has Published Over 50 Research Articles
One of the newly inducted pharmacy students of the University of Ibadan, Adebisi Yusuf Adebayo popularly known as ProfRx was inducted into the Pharmacy Profession by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) a couple of days ago, graduated with Distinctions (First Class Honors) despite his extra-curricular activities and his achievements throughout his stay in the…
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FG Reveals Plan To Replace BVN With NIN
The Federal has revealed its plan to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the…
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Makinde Speaks On Purported Plan To Dump Party
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has reacted to the news making the rounds on social media that he is set to dump his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Makinde let this out through his Chief Press secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Monday, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adisa described the unfounded story as…
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