Month: March 2021
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US Mission Contacts Nigerians, Other Applicants Affected by Trump’s Travel Restrictions
The United States mission has begun contacting all immigrant visa applicants whose applications were affected by the travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamations 9645 and 9983 signed by former President Donald Trump in 2020. It is also prioritising the processing of such pending cases in Nigeria. Trump had suspended entry into the United States for certain…
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UI Matriculates 4,174 Students, Honors Matriculation Speaker
The University’s Librarian, Dr. Helen Komolafe Opadeji later presented a plague of honour to the Matriculation Speaker
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Kidnapped OOU Female Students Released
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye kidnapped by gunmen have been released. The release of the abducted students was authenticated to Channels Television on Tuesday night. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, noted that the students, identified as Adeyemo Precious…
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Suspected Kidnappers’ Kingpin in Oyo, Iskilu Wakili, 2 Sons Remanded in Prison
Suspected Kidnappers’ Kingpin in Oyo, Iskilu Abdullahi Wakili and his two sons have been remanded in a correctional facility in after an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court Sitting in Ibadan dismissed their pleas. Wakili was dragged to Court by the Oyo State Police Command alongside histwo sons, Abu who is 45 years old and 27-year-old Samaila…
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Covenant University Lecturer Arrested For Allegedly Raping 17-year-old Undergraduate
A lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University Ota, Dr. Stephen Ukenna was on March 11 arrested by men of Ogun State police command for allegedly raping a 17yrear old student of the school (name withheld). A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, says…
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Lagos State Releases List of 88 Centres Where Residents Can Take COVID-19 Vaccine
The Lagos State Government has released a list of 88 centres where residents of the state can take the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The 88 centres cut across all 20 Local Governments of the State. A statement released by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been declared safe…
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CBN Introduces New Charges for USSD Services
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said from Tuesday customers will pay a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time they use USSD services. The charges were part of the agreements after banks and telecommunication operators met on…
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Two JAMB Officials Land in Trouble for Defrauding Admission Seekers of N500,000
Two workers of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have been paraded for defrauding admission seekers of N500,000 after promising to help the victim secure admission into a university. The affected staff members are Mr Andy Okoro – a level 12 officer in Delta State JAMB office – was said to have collected N500,000 from…
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CAPE VERDE POLITICAL CRISIS LOOMS AS ECOWAS DECLARES ALEX SAAB ARREST ILLEGAL AND ORDERS IMMEDIATE Release By Olayemi Stella
By Olayemi Stella A major political crisis is brewing in the self-styled “model African democracy” of Cape Verde after the ECOWAS Court of Justice declared that the arrest and detention months of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab on 12 June 2020 was illegal. Alex Saab’s defence team led by Nigeran Femi Falana, SAN, hailed the decision…
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Pregnant Wife Hacked Husband To Death in Delta
A pregnant wife , Faith Okiemute, has hacked her husband to death over an alleged extramarital affair in Delta. Okiemute, 22, reportedly killed her husband, Edafe Unuakpor, aged 27, with a machete at Ekrejebor axis of Ughelli town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident happened on Monday just as it…