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NIN: FG Orders Immediate Closure of Enrolment Activities At NIMC Headquarters
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of enrolment activities at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Headquarters in a bid to ease the process for the teeming applicants. Rather than NIN enrolment at the NIMC headquarters, the FG ordered the reactivation of 20 centers within the FCT. According to Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate…
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NYSC Gives Condition For Admission of Prospective Corps Members Into Orientation Camps
The National Youth Service, Corps, NYSC, has given condition for prospective corps members, PCMs, to be admitted into the 3-week mandatory orientation program stating that, only PCMs whose COVID-19 test results are negative would be allowed to participate in the program. The scheme will commence its three weeks orientation course for 2020 Batch B Stream…
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66 Medical Professionals Successfully Separate Conjoined Female Twins in UITH
A Team of medical professionals at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, on Thursday, January 14, successfully separated a set of conjoined female twins. The babies were separated by a 66-member all Nigerian team of paediatric surgeons, paediatricians, paediatric cardiologist, anaesthetists, cardiothoracic surgeon, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral scientists and many more. The team was led…
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Ritual? Suspected Yahoo Boys Spotted Throwing Money Inside River (Video)
A video of some suspected Yahoo Boys has gone viral on the internet which showed the moment they threw money into a dirty river as they made a prayer. The unidentified young men could be seen chanting and spraying cash while taking turns to wash their faces with the water. The 29-minutes video has however…
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Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni Wins Presidential Election
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent, the electoral commission announced on Saturday. “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the republic of Uganda,” said election commission chairman…
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Nigerian Law School Bans Foreign Law Graduates, Advises Parents
The Council of Legal Education has reiterated its ban on Law graduates of the Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic from being admitted into the Nigerian Law School. The Council also advised parents and students to exercise due diligence in the choice of educational institutions “in order to avoid frustration at the end of…
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KASU Sacks Lecturer Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
The Kaduna State University, KASU, has sacked Dr. Idowu Abbas of the Geography Department, over allegations of sexual harassment. The management of the institution disclosed it through the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the school, Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, in a statement issued in Kaduna on Friday, January 15. Ashafa also announced the promotion of 12 other…
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Over 15,000 Varsity Lecturers Are Being Owed 11-month Outstanding Salaries
A member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from the Northern zone on Friday disclosed that the Federal Government is owing over 15,000 lecturers 11 months outstanding salaries. The member from ASUU University of Bayero Kano branch, said “about 15,000 lecturers have not been paid salaries since February 2020 till date. Eleven months…
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UI Gives Updates on Resumption of Academic Activities For Returning, Fresh Students
The senate council of the University of Ibadan (UI), has given update on mode of Academic Resumption in the premier Varsity stating that the students will not be accommodated on campus but will receive their 2020/2021 First Semester lectures online. The institution annouced development in a circular released by the school’s governing council earlier today…
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COVID-19: List of Universities That Have Announced Resumption
Some Undergraduates in Nigerian Universities are returning to school after several months of being out of their lectures rooms which was occasioned by ravaging COVID-19 Pandemic cum industrial action embarked upon by ASUU. Below is a list of universities that have announced resumption or have resumed as of Friday, 15th January, 2021: University of Benin…
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