Month: January 2021
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Video: President Trump Finally Adreesses Supporters
President Donald Trump has called on his supporters who ‘lay siege’ to the Capitol Building where Congress men were counting the Electoral College ballots on Wednesday. The President made the call following a clash between his supporters and the police after they were denied access to the building in a bid to allow the lawmakers…
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Video: Watch As Donald Trump Supporters Clash With Police Following Attempt To Gain Access To U.S. Capitol Building
Some supporters of the incumbent President of United States of America, Donald Trump on Wednesday clashed with police as they attempted to gain access to the U.S. Capitol building where Congress are meeting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win in the November election. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza on Tuesday evening, January…
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NIN: FG Releases List of Enrollment Centers for Nigerians in Diaspora
The Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy has released a list of centers where Nigerians in the Diaspora can have their National Identification Number NIN done. The Minister released a list of accredited centers on its website today January 6. The Federal government in December 2020 extended the dates for the registration of NIN and…
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Arise Foundation Empowers #EndSARS Protesters With Cash Gifts
Mrs Joke Akinseye and the beneficiaries 📸 Vanguard
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FG To Borrow From Nigerians Unclaimed Dividends, Bank Accounts Not Used For Six Years
The Federal government will be borrowing from Nigerians unclaimed dividends and bank account balances unattended to for at least six years. This is according to the provisions in the Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Buhari. The remitted funds will be available as special credit to the federal government through the Unclaimed…
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Second Wave of COVID-19 Is Easily Transmittable, Deadlier, LUTH Warns
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH has warned that the second wave of COVID19 is easily transmittable and deadlier than the first one. The hospital in an advisory issued by its Chief Medical Director, Professor Chris Bode, warned Nigerians to take very seriously all the COVID19 protocols. According to Professor Bode, the hospital has seen…
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COVID-19: 3 Days After Losing Former VC, UNILAG Loses Another Professor
Three days after the University of Lagos, Unilag, lost a former Vice chancellor of the institution to Covid-19, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, the Varsity today, lost a retired professor of Science Education, Prof. Duro Ajeyalemi, to COVID-19. Ajeyalemi, the institution’s former dean of students affairs and immediate past registrar of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board…
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Lagos Deputy Governor Reportedly Loses Brother To COVID-19
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has reportedly lost his half brother, Dr Haroun Hamzat, half-brother to COVID-19 complications. His death was announced in a statement by the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday. According to the statement, Haroun, who worked in one of the public health centres…
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Jamb Announces Opening of Portal For Admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the opening of its portal for the institutions to upload names of shortlisted applicants for the 2020/2021 admission. This was announced by the board’s registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, in Abuja on Tuesday, January 5, The Nation reports. According to the JAMB registrar, all the admission processes…
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UI Confirms Obaseki’s Certificate, Says Copy Submitted To INEC Incomplete
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday began the defence in the alleged certificate forgery suit against him by tendering originals copies of his academic certificates which were admitted in evidence by the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. This came as the University of Ibadan has confirmed to the Court that it issued…