Month: September 2021
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UI, Unilag, Covenant Varsity, Others Rank Best in World Rankings
The Nigeria’s premier institution, University of Ibadan, has maintained its top spot in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Also, the University of Lagos, Unilag moved a step ahead to rank second in Nigeria and 501–600, out of over 1,600 institutions across the world. Lagos State University, LASU, dropped to sixth in Nigeria…
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Just In: Bandits Reportedly Abduct Prominent Traditional Ruler in Niger
A prominent traditional ruler in Niger state, the Dodo of Wawa, Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu of Borgu has been reportedly abducted by armed bandits. Borgu is in New Bussa Local Government Area of Niger state. According to The Nation, Aliyu was abducted in his palace on Saturday around 10 pm. The gunmen, numbering about 20,…
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NYSC Issues Directive To PCMs Earlier Deployed To Plateau
The National Youth Service Corps has issued a fresh notification to the 2021 Batch C B Stream 2 prospective corps members initially posted to Plateau State to reprint their call-up letters, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is coming at a time there is apprehension in the state over renewed attacks and killings. The directive was…
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LG Poll: Stray Bullet hit 9-year-old Girl in Kaduna
A 9-year-old girl, Zainab Bala-Umar has been reportedly hit by stray bullet at Gwanki Ward, Makarfi Local Government during the ongoing local government elections in Kaduna State. An eye witness, Alhaji Yahaya Gwanki told Daily Trust that the stray bullet was discharged from a military personnel in an efforts to disperse the crowd after the…
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Prospective Corps Member Died in Police Cell, as CP Orders Arrest of ASP
A prospective corps member of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Kubiat Isaac, has died under controversial circumstances while in police cell in Akwa Ibom State. Consequently, the commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, Andrew Amiengheme, has ordered the arrest and detention of one Joweigha Michael, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, over the the…
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NYSC DG Pays Congratulatory Visit To PCM Who Gives Birth at Orientation Camp
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has paid a congratulatory visit to a Prospective Corps Member (PCM) Ramatu Yunusa, who gave birth to a baby boy shortly after registering as a member of the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream II service corps in Bayelsa State. Expressing delight at the safe birth…
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How I become kidnapper after studying law, Suspect Opens up
Two suspected kidnappers arrested by police operatives attached to the Imo State Police Command have been spilling beans and pleaded for mercy. The suspects pledged that they would never return to a lifestyle of crime if they ever got a reprieve. Meanwhile, the command is on the heels of one Emmanuel Anyanwu who it claimed…
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Gunmen Reportedly Gun Down SaharaReporters Publisher Younger Brother, Sowore
Gunmen suspected to be headsmen have reportedly gunned down Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher Omoyele Sowore , the activist claimed in a statement. Sowore said his brother was killed by armed men suspected by witnessed to be herdsmen while travelling between Benin and Ondo on Saturday morning. He was studying pharmacy…
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Banditry: NCC Orders Telecos To Shut Down Networks in Zamfara
The Nigerian Communications Commission has ordered all telecom operators to shut down their networks in Zamfara State. In one of the letters addressed to telecom operators, the executive vice chairman of the commission, Umar Danbatta, on Friday said the action was one of the strategies taken by security operatives in curbing banditry ravaging the state.…
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Drama as boy who sued JAMB for N1bn is handed over to Police
by Frank Ikpefan, Abuja September 3, 2021 There was mild drama at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) Bwari, FCT as a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Chinedu Ifesinachi John, who accused the board of altering his original score of 380 was handed over to the Police for…