Month: December 2020
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Strike: FG, ASUU Reschedule Meeting
The hope for university students to return to classes has again been dashed, as the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU), scheduled to hold yesterday, Wednesday, December 9, was been postponed. According to the Director, Press and Public Relations, of the Labour ministry, Charles Akpan, the…
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Offa Poly Student convicted over internet fraud
A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon, has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for his involvement in internet scam. Juwon, an HND student at the Federal Polytechnic was sentenced on Thursday, December 10, by Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The sentence followed…
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UNIBEN Recalls Candidates To Re-write Post UTME
Some candidates who sat for University of Benin (UNIBEN) post utme have been recalled to rewrite the examination following the collapse of the university’s server. The university, in a terse Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent out on Wednesday afternoon, directed the affected candidates, who came from different parts of the country to write the examination,…
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Many graduating students can’t read, write, and communicate – Minister
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has expressed utmost concern about the qualities of graduates being produced by some tertiary institutions in the country, charging the management and other stakeholders to do the needful in order to change the ugly narratives. Adamu, who spoke Thursday at the commissioning of 7 various projects a the…
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Video: Brother of Keke Napep driver who was allegedly shot dead by Police in Port Harcourt Speaks
A brother to the late Keke Napep driver who was allegedly shot dead by Police in rukpokwu, Port Harcourt has given more insight into the tragic incident. The young man who was interviewed by Nigeria info in Port Harcourt identified the deceased has ‘school boy’, he told the reporter that, the deceased had no issues…
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Man Set Self Ablaze Over Alleged Non-Payment of 3 Years Allowance in Benue
A young Benue local government staff died on Wednesday morning, December 9, after setting himself ablaze over alleged non-payment of three years allowance. The young man identified as Aondona Yaga was until his death, a casual staff at the Gwer local government secretariat, Aliade. According to his grandmother who was seen around his abandoned corpse,…
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Money Laundering: Over N454 million Seized From Nigerian Man at Kenya’s Airport
A High Court in Kenya on Wednesday, December 9, ordered over N454million confiscated from a Nigerian man at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to be deposited at Central Bank of Kenya pending money laundering investigations. Mauzu Bala was arrested on Friday, December 4, with USD 880,000, 60,000 euros and N63,000 (N454,303,000 all together), stacked in…
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COVID-19, ASUU Strike, Naira Marley, Who is Laycon Top List of Google Search for 2020 [Full List]
Technology giant, Google has released its list of top online searches of 2020 by Nigerians and Coronavirus, ASUU strike, Rema, Naira Marley, and Hushpuppi topped the list. Coronavirus topped online searches by Nigerians in 2020, followed by US election, US president-elect, Joe Biden, Google Classroom, ASUU, Zoom Live, Rema, Naira Marley, Rahama Sadua, and Hushpuppi.…
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COVID-19 FG Disburses N12.4 Billion to 978 MSMEs
The Federal Government said, it has disbursed over N12.4 billion to owners of 978 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), through the Bank of Industry in other to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 12th National Council on Industry,…
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How ASUU Strike Turns Me To Emergency Newspaper Vendor, Final Year Student
A 400 level Computer Science Student of the Federal University Lokoja, Thomas Kehinde has decried the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that both the union and the government are playing games with the lives and future of Nigerian youths. Kehinde, in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on…