Year: 2021
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How Police, Amotekun Foil Attempt To Kidnap Me, Elder Brother Of Late OAU Student
Olugbade Adegoke, the elder brother of the late Timothy Adegoke who died in mysterious circumstances in the Hilton Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife, Osun State, hasnarrated how he escaped being kidnapped by some suspected kidnappers on Saturday. Olugbade said that, the incident happened around 9pm in Eruwa, Oyo State. Olugbade, whose family is from Eruwa,…
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Instagram Comedian, Cute Abiola Reunites With Family After Serving One Month Extra-duty
Instagram Comedian, OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, better known as Cute Abiola,has completed his one month extra duty punishment for violating its employers’ rules, The Nigerian Navy, on the use of social media by its personnel. The popular skit maker has been permitted to reunite with his family after serving one-month ‘extra duty’. According to the PUNCH,…
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Customs Opens Portal For Supplementary Recruitment (See How To Apply)
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the process for supplementary recruitment into the service. A statement on Monday by the management of the service said the recruitment process began with the opening of the portal for applications. According to the statement, the portal which was opened today, Monday, December 13, will be closed by December…
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JAMB Speaks On CBT Centres That Will Be Used For 2022 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says only Computer Based Centres that were 100 per cent prepared will be used for its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, made available to the newsmen on Monday in Abuja. JAMB said as…
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COVID-19: NYSC Sends Message To Prospective Corps Members
In a bid to contain and curtail the spread of Omicron Variant of COVID-19, The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has resolved to make vaccination against the deadly virus mandatory for prospective corps members (PCM) from 2022. This was even as it stressed that it would not let down its guard on strict adherence to…
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Flash: Champions League draw to be ‘entirely redone’ after error —UEFA
The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League is to be “entirely redone” after a technical error, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. UEFA blamed a “material error” due to a “technical problem with the software of an external service provider” as it announced that the draw for the first knockout…
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India’s Harnaaz Sandhu Crowned Miss Universe 2021
Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to “know that you are unique and that’s what makes you beautiful, stop comparing yourself to others. I believed…
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Strike: 38 Universities Received N22.127 Billion Earned Allowances, FG
The Nation The Federal Government yesterday said it had released N22. 127 billion earned allowances of both academic and non-academic workers of universities to their respective institutions. Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, told The Nation in Abuja that 38 universities have so far received the sum on behalf of the unions. The workers…
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53 UI Lecturers, Other Academic Members Have Not Been Paid Salaries For More Than One Year, ASUU Cries Out
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has cried out that 53 lecturers of the University of Ibadan, UI, and several others in state universities, including the Ebonyi State University, have not been paid salaries for more than one year. The union explained that this was the reason it would embark on another strike soon.…
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Fully Vaccinated South African President, Ramaphosa Tests Positive For COVID-19
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former deputy president F W de Klerk in Cape Town earlier in the day but was…