Month: September 2021
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Ibrahim Musa Becomes First Nigerian To Bag ASH Research Global Award
The American Society of Hematology, ASH, has conferred the 2021, ASH Research Global Award on a researcher, Dr. Ibrahim Musa, of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, AKTH, making him the first Nigerian to receive the prestigious honour. Announcing the award in a statement on Friday, Professor of Community Medicine, AKTH, Awwalu Gajida said Mr Musa…
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Pantami’s fake professorship joins other intellectual frauds by Farooq Kperogi
It emerged late last week that Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami (or his agents) possibly instructed Zamfara State governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle to place an advertorial in the Daily Trust to congratulate Pantami on his “promotion to the Rank of Full Professor of Cybersecurity” by an unnamed university. (In the advertorial,…
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Strike: ASUU Sends Message To Students, Parents
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, assured teeming Nigerian Students that, the union has no plans to embark on another indefinite strike action that would leave students stranded,adding that that, the government is frustrating the varsity teachers to go on strike. The union also urged the student union government in universities to back ASUU…
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Forensic Company Fingers Nigerian Army in Lekki Shooting
A Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and the October 2020 #EndSARS protest took a different turn today, September 10 when a forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, disclosed that bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. Channels TV reports that the company’s representative,…
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Anglican Priest Reportedly Slumped, Died While Ministering in Delta
A priest with the Anglican Communion in Nigeria, Rev Efe Urhogo has reportedly died while ministering at St John’s Anglican Church, Okpara Inland, Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State. It was learnt that the priest slumped while ministering from the pulpit on Wednesday evening during the Anglican Youth Week programme. He was subsequently…
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Nigerians can travel to 160 countries across the world without visa requirements, Agency
Winnington Citizens & Partners, a visa processing and citizenship acquisition agency said on Friday that Nigerians “can travel to as many as 160 countries across the World without Visa requirements.” Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Winnie Okoh in an interview with newsmen, said the firms had packages that could ensure such visa-free travels for…
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24-year-old Man Commits Suicide, Leaves Phone’s Security Pattern, Bank Transfer Pin Behind
A 24-year-old Lawrence Munene who committed suicide in his house on Monday September 6, has been found to have left behind a suicide note, his phone security pattern and his money transfer pin (Mpesa). The deceased is reportedly from Kithiruri village in Kianjakoma Sub-location of Kenya. Lawrence’s father, Silas Nyaga said his son’s corpse was…
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NCC Orders Telecos To Shut Down Networks in 13 LGAs in Buhari’s State, Katsina (See List)
Federal government has reportedly ordered Telecommunication to shut down GSM services in at least 13 local government areas of Katsina State. Recall that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, issued a directive to telecom operators to shut down their services in Zamfara State to stem the tides of rising insecurity challenges in the state. According to…
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ASUU Raises Alarm Over Demands Tabled Before FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Thursday said only two of its eight demands have so far been met by the Federal Government in the last nine months. The Ibadan Zone of the union made this known in a statement after its meeting at the Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso chaired by its…
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Lagos Assembly Passes Anti-open Grazing, VAT Bills
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the State’s Value Added Tax (VAT) Collection Bill and the Anti-Open Cattle Grazing Bill in the state. The House passed the two bills after a unanimous votes by all the 40 lawmakers during the plenary session where they were read for the third time. The bill…