Month: November 2021
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Things To Know About Recently Discovered COVID-19 Strain, Omicron
The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of Covid-19 variants, along with the globally-dominant Delta, plus its weaker rivals Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Nations rushed to…
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“I had a bet with my friends that I will make 60,000 dollars”, David Speaks on funds raised by friends
Popstar musician, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has told Cable News Network, CNN that he did not expect more than 60,000 dollars when he jokingly asked friends to send him money on his birthday. “I had a bet with my friends that I will make 60,000 dollars,” he told CNN in an interview. Davido…
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Death of OAU Student: Force Headquarters Reportedly Issues Fresh Directive To Osun Police Command
Despite the alarm raised by the family of late MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Adegoke Timothy about a suspicious move by Nigeria Police Force, NPF, headquarters in Abuja to take over the case, the Osun State Police has reportedly received directive to transfer the case to the force headquarters. When Punch contacted, the…
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Police Announce Another Phase of Recruitment Exercise (See How To Apply)
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with the Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced that, it would commence another phase of the recruitment exercise on November 29, 2021. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, says the force invites applications from interested and qualified Nigerians for enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force as Police…
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OAU Sets To Launch ‘Advancement Foundation’, Targets N1 Billion
Management of Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU) Ile- Ife is set to launch an advancement foundation with the aim of turning the institution to be the most preferred brand in Africa. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Eyitayo Ogunbodede, gave this hint on Friday, in Lagos, at a pre-launch media briefing. He said the foundation, which had…
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NANS Threatens To Shut Down Economy, If…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has threatened to shut down the country should the Federal Government go on with its plan to remove subsidy from petrol. The students’ body through its National President, Mr Sunday Asefon, issued the threat during a press conference held in Abuja. According to him, although NANS was not…
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Varsity, Polytechnic Graduates Get N4-N5million CBN’s ‘TIES’ Loans
Selected graduates from universities and Polytechnics in the country were on Thursday presented loans ranging from N4.1m to N5m at the launched of the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme, ‘TIES’ designed to tackle underemployment and unemployment in the country. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the launching ceremony said it’s imperative…
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Police React To Call To Declare Adedoyin’s Son Wanted Over Death of OAU MBA Student
Following call from different quarters to declare son of the owner of Hiltons Hotels and Resorts Ile-Ife, Roheem Adedoyin, wanted over his alleged complicity in the death of OAU post graduate student, Timothy Oludare Adegoke, the Osun State Police Command has finally reacted to the resonating call most especially by the family of the deceased.…
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Family of Late OAU Student Berates Osun Police For Not Declaring Adedoyin’s Son Wanted
Family of the OAU Masters Student, late Timothy Adegoke has berated Osun State Police Command for not declaring the son of the owner of Hiltons Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Raheem Adedoyin, wanted over his ‘role’ in the death of his client. Reacting through their lawyer, Kayode Ajuko who said it was befuddling that Raheem, who…
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Ooni Of Ife Not Present in Princess Adeola Early Life, Mother Refutes Monarch’s Claim
The mother of Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, daughter of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has refuted the claims that the king raised her daughter as a single parent. This comes as a response to the Ooni’s post on his official Instagram and Facebook pages when he celebrated Princess Adeola’s birthday on October 18,…