Month: September 2021
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Former France Footballer, Jean-Pierre Died After Spending 39 Years in Coma
Former France footballer Jean-Pierre Adams, who had been in a coma for 39 years, has died at the age of 73. Adams was admitted to the hospital for knee surgery in March 1982 but never regained consciousness after an error with his supply of anaesthetic. Born in Senegal, the defender made more than 140 appearances…
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Fear in ABSU as 3 Lecturers Died Same Day
There is palpable fear in Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu, over the mysterious death of three lecturers of the institution the same day. According to Punch, a university source said the lecturers, Prof. A. I. Nwabughuogu of History/International Relations Department, Dr D. S. Okoroigwe of Geography/Planning Department and Dr Osince Okike of Political Science, all…
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Why Igboho is still in detention, Adeleye explains
Maxwell Adeleye, spokesman for the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has explained that the release of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) was delayed by the vacation embarked upon by judges in Benin Republic. Recall that the Beninoise Court had ordered that Igboho should be returned to prison custody when he…
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Stop giving prefential scores to northern students, El-Rufai Tells Jamb Boss, Oloyede
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advised the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede to stop preferential scores giving to Northern students in its exams. El-Rufai disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television on Monday, he said, standardization of the scores would make students from the North to be…
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Igbinedion University Reacts To Olajide Sowore’s Death
The management of Igbinedion University has described the death of Olajide Felix Sowore, brother of media publisher/activist Omoyele Sowore, as an irreparable loss. Sowore was murdered by kidnappers Saturday morning, September 4, while on his way from Okada to Benin. A statement on the University’s website yesterday, read: ‘The Management, staff and students of Igbinedion…
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Corps Member Donates e-Library as Personal CDS Project in Abuja (Photo)
A Corps Member serving in the federal capital territory, FCT, Abuja , Ahmad Abubakar FC/20B/1340 has donated an electronic library, e-library, to the National Youth Service Corps as his personal Community Development Service (CDS) Project. Abubakar while speaking during the commissioning of the project yesterday at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja,said the manual system…
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Resumption: Lagos Govt Releases Guidelines for Public, Private Schools
Lagos State Government has released guidelines for resumption of secondary schools students in the state for the third term of the 2021/2022 academic year. The state’s commissioner for education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, let this out in a statement released on Monday night. The statement was made available on Monday night by the head of the…
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Update on trial case of suspected murder of SuperTv CEO, Chidinma Ojukwu
Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that Chidinma Ojukwu charged with murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super Television, Usifo Ataga, should face trial for murder at the Lagos State High Court. The court also ordered that one Adedapo Quadri and Chidinma’s sister, Chioma Egbuchu, found in possession of Ataga’s iPhone…
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I’m not afraid of being extradited to Nigeria, Detained Yoruba Nation Advocate, Igboho
Detained Yoruba Nation Advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, aka as Sunday Igboho, says he has accepted his detention at a prison facility in the Republic of Benin as his “journey in life between me and God.” saying that, he is not afraid of being extradited to Nigeria. Recall that Igboho and his wife, Ropo, wife, were arrested…
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NDE Recruits, Deployed 2,572 Unemployed Graduates
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has recruited and deployed 2,572 unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions across the country to various corporate organisations under its transient job creation scheme. The scheme, known as Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP) is aimed at providing transient employment opportunities for graduates, enhancing their employability, reducing restiveness among the youths and…