Month: December 2020
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Just In: Sanwo-olu Tests Positive for COVID-19
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The state health commissioner, Akin Abayomi announced on Saturday. Recall that the governor had gone into isolation on Friday following contact with persons infected with the infection. Akin Abayomi said the Governor is currently experiencing “mild symptoms and fatigue typical of…
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Are you an Undergraduates or Postgraduates in Public Tertiary Institutions? Apply for Nigeria Award Scholarship
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education hereby has called on interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2020/2021 Nomination Computer Based Test (CBT) for Nigeria Award Scholarship (NA) Tenable in Nigeria Public Tertiary Institutions. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR NIGERIAN AWARD AS FOLLOWS: Applicants for Postgraduate studies should possess a minimum of first…
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Young Medical Graduate Who Was Set to be Mobilised For NYSC Drowns in Swimming Pool
A young medical doctor, ThankGod Odo who was due for his mandatory one year youth service has reportedly drowned in the swimming pool of a popular hotel in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital. The deceased was until his death, a medical house officer doing his housemanship with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. He…
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Suspected Bandits Attack Katsina School, Abduct Students
Some suspected bandits on Friday evening attacked Government Boys Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and reportedly abducted an unspecified number of students from the boarding house. The attack occurred few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Katsina enroute his home town, Daura. Eyewitness accounts said the bandits had earlier…
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Analysts Project $32 billion as revenue for COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
As the US government prepares to authorize immediate distribution of Covid-19 vaccine, Wall Street analysts are projecting pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna will generate $32 billion in Covid-19 vaccine revenue, next year alone. According to Wall Street analyst, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer (PFE) by itself is projected to make $19 billion in Covid-19 vaccine revenue in…
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Just In: Many feared dead in Ondo Petrol Tanker Explosion
Tragedy struck in Akungba-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday as many people died in a fatal road accident, Daily Sun reports. The actual number of the victims could not be ascertained as at press time but a source put the total figure of casualties at 12. Although,…
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Stolen Ogun Assembly Mace Recovered in Lagos
Lagos State Police Command has recovered Ogun State House of Assembly mace which was carted away by suspected hoodlums. The mace was recovered in Abule Ado area of Lagos state at about 8.30am on Friday December 11. It was reportedly thrown out from a Toyota Siena Space Wagon. The mace has been handed over to…
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Cybercrime: Management Expels Convicted Fedpoffa Student
Convicted Offa Poly Student
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LASU Increases Tuition Fee By 168%
Lagos State University has increased tuition of new students by 168 per cent, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that new students of the university would pay N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously paid. When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the increment of tuition for new students. He, however, clarified…
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Ooni of Ife Unveils Education Trust Fund For Five Million Nigerian Students
Foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has unveiled an education Trust Fund tagged the “Ooni of Ife Tertiary Tuition Fund”, aimed at paying the tuition fees of five million students across Nigerian universities. While unveiling the project at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife, the monarch cited the…