Month: August 2021
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Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho, Other Separatists Make Ignorant Demands, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi, the deposed emir of Kano and ex-CBN governor, says he does not know why IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi, and separatist advocates want Nigeria to be divided. He described them as making ignorant demands. “I hope that my story and the story of many of us here is…
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University Workers Threaten Strike Next Month
Adanna Nnamani, Abuja The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has threatened to embark on industrial action by September if the Federal Government fails to execute agreements entered with it. According to NAAT President, Ibeji Nwokoma, the Federal Government had in September 2020 and February 2021 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the association…
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Sex-For-Grade: Varsity Suspends Lecturer, Places Him On Half Salary
The Management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the Department of Curriculum Studies, Dr. Samuel Abiye, over sex-for-grade scandal. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 24, via his Facebook page. Ndimele…
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100-level Student Wins N100,000 IPC Award
100-Level student of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Adamu Hauwa, has won a N100,000 worth of scholarship award by the International Psychometric Centre, IPC, for emerging as overall best at a recently held Psychometrics examination organised for polytechnic and colleges of education students in the country. The award was organised by IPC following a…
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Buhari Approves N292.6 For Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges, Sends Message To Managements
In a bid to further strengthen the quality of education in the federal-owned institutions in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N292.6 billion for disbursement to Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education as Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) 2021 interventions. Breakdown of the figure indicated that each public university is allocated N906 million while…
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Video: Watch As Nollywood Actor Beats Up Colleague After Accusing Him of Fraud
Nollywood actor Jim Iyke, physically assaulted his colleague and gay activist, Uche Maduagwu, who accused him of engaging in fraudulent activities. A video that is now making rounds on social media shows Mr Iyke in a very angry state as he physically assaults Mr Maduagwu at a yet to be confirmed location in Lagos. On…
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Christ Embassy Pastor, Other Church Members Fined $35,000 For Flouting COVID-19 Restrictions
Christ Embassy Sydney pastor, Marvin Osaghae, and thirty members of his church have been fined for flouting Covid-19 restrictions. Australian police were on Sunday, August 22, called by fed-up neighbours of Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy church in Sydney as members gathered for another service despite COVID-19 lockdown. When police arrived, there were 60 devotees in…
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo Speaks On 2023 Presidential Race
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he has not declared to run for president in 2023 as campaign posters and similar materials appear on social media and the street. On Monday, his media aide Laolu Akande claimed that videos and other materials linking Mr Osinbajo to the 2023 presidential election had no connection to the vice…
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Plan To Take 100 Million Nigerians Out of Poverty To Take Off This Year, FG
Clem Agba, Minister of State, Budget and National Planning has said that the Federal Government’s new Medium-Term National Development Plan, MTNDP, 2021-2025 is expected to be launched in October with an i-monitoring system which would also be introduced in government’s websites. Mr Agba made this known on Monday during the opening of a capacity building…
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Court Bars Embattled Uche Secondus From Parading Self As PDP Chairman
Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday issued an interim injunction barring the embattled National Chairman of the leading opposition party in the country, the peoples democratic party, Prince Uche Secondus from laying claim to the apex seat in the party. Justice. O. Gbasam granted the order following a suit number: PHC/2183/CS/2021…