Month: October 2021
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Fake News: Nigerian Army Engages Social Media Bloggers, Online Journalists
The Nigerian Army says it is engaging social media bloggers and online journalists in the country to combat the fake news syndrome. The Chief of Civil Military Affair, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this at the 15th Edition of Social Media Influencers Seminar for social media bloggers and online journalists in Kaduna on Monday. Kangye, who…
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Suspected Bandits Kill 17 Worshippers in Niger Mosque
No fewer than 17 worshippers have been killed by suspected bandits in a mosque in an early morning attack in Maza Kuka village in Mashegu local government area of Niger State. Another 18 persons people were said to have been abducted during the attack on Monday. The gunmen invaded the community in motorcycles while the…
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JAMB Issues Fresh Directive To Institutions Running Part-time, Sandwich, Other Programs
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,has directed universities and other tertiary institutions in the country running degree programmes from directly admitting candidates on their sandwich, distance learning, part-time and other programmes. The board insisted that henceforth,all admissions to the various programmes in the nation’s higher institutions must be processed through it, warning the institutions against…
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Recruitment: Police Give Updates For Successfully Screened Applicants
The Department of Training and Development of the Nigeria Police Force has announced the continuation of the 2020 recruitment exercise, saying that all applicants who have been screened successfully for the recruitment exercise last year 2020 should proceed to the next stage of the recruitment exercise. Such candidates are advised to check the police recruitment…
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LASU Management To Refund 50% Of Students Tuition Fee Every Session
Lagos State University (LASU) has promised to refund 50 per cent of school fees to students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.50 in every session. Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, revealed the existence of this new policy during the matriculation ceremony of the 2020/2021 students on Monday. She said the policy was…
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ASUU Disagrees With FG Over Payment of Bursary Allowances To Varsity, College of Education Students
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to make the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) responsible for payment of the proposed N75,000 and N50, 000 bursary allowances per semester to students who are studying education courses in public universities and colleges of education in the country, respectively.…
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Armed Soldiers Detain Sudanese President, Ministers in Likely Coup Attempt
Some yet to be identified soldiers in Sudan have launched an offensive against members of the country’s caretaker government, raising fears of yet another military coup in a country long beset by political turmoil. Reports have it that the Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has been taken into custody by soldiers on Monday morning after an…
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Why Lawmakers Must End Dichotomy Between Bsc, HND, ASUP President
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has called on the House of Representatives to without further delay pass into law a bill before it aiming at abolishing the existing dichotomy between first degree (BSc/B.Ed) and the Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, adding that, the gap was in the interest of growth and development of…
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Flash: Police Arrest 13 Oyo Fleeing Inmates in Osun
Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of thirteen inmates who escaped from Abolongo Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State on Friday night. According to the Nation, It was gathered that the police, with the help of residents, arrested the fleeing inmates in the communities in the Ejigbo Local Government Area…
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Ebonyi: Inspector Killed, Gunman Shot Dead as Police Repel Attack on Station (Graphic Photos)
Police inspector has been killed while another was injured when gunmen attacked Unwana Divisional Headquarters station in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The yet to be identified gunmen numbering about 35 attacked the police station at about 3am on Sunday, October 24. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Odah Loveth Obianuju,…