Month: August 2021
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FG Recieves Visitation Panels Reports To Federal Universities, Other Institutions
The Federal Government has received the reports of the Presidential Visitation Panels to Federal universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. The reports submitted to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu on Tuesday in Abuja by various chairmen of the panels indicated that tertiary institutions give priority to Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) at the…
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Pastor in Court For Defrauding Church Members
A 47-year-old pastor appeared before the Kroonstad Magistrates’ Court in Free State, South Africa on fraud charges. It is alleged that in 2013, Pastor Seth Malefetsane Radebe, encouraged members of his church to invest money into his company with a promise of getting lucrative returns after a year. The members reportedly did not receive their…
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Yahoo-Yahoo: Kwara Poly Student, Others Sentenced To Jail
A student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Oyadiji Temitope Ridwan, and one Asimiyu Idris have been sentenced to jail over offences bordering on personation and internet fraud. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin convicted and sentenced the defendants to various jail terms, having found them guilty of the separate charges levelled against…
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Jamb Cancels National Cut-off Marks, Empowers Schools To Set Benchmark
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cancelled the traditional national cut-off marks for admissions into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education in the country. This means that institutions are now at liberty to set their minimum benchmark for admissions into their various institutions as approved, on Tuesday, at the 2021 policy meeting on administrations…
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Fact-check: Did Taliban Hang Man From U.S. Blackhawk Helicopter?
Vice News Right wing blogs and Republican lawmakers like Sen. Ted Cruz are falsely claiming that the Taliban has hanged a man from a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter as it flies over the city of Kandahar. The claim is based on a video shared by an account claiming to be the official news source for the…
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FG Launches Job Scheme, To Absorb 20,000 Graduates Annually
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday launched Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme designed to create new opportunities for 20,000 recent graduates annually. Speaking during the ceremony at the presidential villa, Abuja, he assured that it would provide an opportunity for mentors who were already engaged in various industries, gained relevant experience and built capacity over the years to…
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Beheading 12-year-old Boy
A Ghanaian commercial motorcyclist identified as Dovi Tsidi, has been arrested by the police in Volta Region of the country for allegedly beheading a 12-year-old boy. The suspect, 25, who is a resident of Mafi Aflokofe in Central Tongu District of Volta Region, reportedly carried out this heinous crime on Sunday 29th August 2021. It…
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Insecurity: Comparing Afghanistan to Nigeria Doesn’t Match Up, U.S. Ambassador
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, said comparing Nigeria to Afghanistan doesn’t match up, according to her, Afghanistan situation was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed. Leonard added that the American family is prepared to partner with Nigeria to identify the sponsors of Boko Haram and extremism…
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CBN Patners Fintech, as electronic Naira Begins in October
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced the formal engagement of the global Fintech Company, Bitt Inc., as the Technical Partner for its digital currency, eNaira, which is billed for unveiling October 1, this year. Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications of the Bank, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos, but…
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2021 UTME: Jamb, Head of Institutions, Others Meet Today
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions in Nigeria will be meeting today, Tuesday, to brainstorm on the 2021 admissions exercise. The salient meeting will decide the fate of 1.4 million candidates who wrote the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide and in three foreign countries. The admission policy…