Year: 2021
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109 Bag First Class, as OAU Set To Convocate 7,634 Graduating Students
All is set for the 60the years anniversary and 45th convocation ceremony of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, as the school is set to convocate over 7000 graduating students. Speaking at a press conference organised to formally herald the activities marking the 45th convocation and 60th anniversary, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Eyitope…
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Acclaimed Apostolic Church Pastor, Others Arrested For Kidnapping Catholic Priest in Imo
A 35-year-old Pastor with Apostolic Church of Christ, Izuchukwu Anoloba has been arrested alongside others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fidelis Ekemgba. The suspects held Ekemgba for over seven days and reportedly forced him to pay a N5m ransom to them. Imo state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini who paraded the suspects, described them as…
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Laspotech, AOCOED Upgrade To Varsity, Sanwo-olu
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the annual Governor’s Lecture with the theme “Educational leadership and technology as viable options for economic recovery and nationhood: The experience of Lagos State, ” said two of the state owned Tertiary Institutions have been upgraded to offer university education. The annual governor’s lecture was organised by…
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LASU Students To Embark On Peace Walk With Sanwo-olu
Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, have said they will embark on the Walk of Peace proposed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. President of the Student Union Government, LASU, Comrade Oladipupo Uthman Badmus said this when the Governor visited the school on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu who commissioned a new students’ arcade at the…
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Court Adjourns Trial of Nnamdi Kanu To January, 2022
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rescheduled the trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from January 19 to 18, 2022. The shift in the trial date followed the abridgement of time granted by the Judge following a passionate plea to…
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COVID-19: Omicron Variant Now in 23 Countries, WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of the new Omicron variant have been reported in at least 23 countries in five of the six WHO regions. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed on Wednesday in Geneva and said that the number of cases was expected to grow. “WHO takes this development extremely seriously, and…
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How Hoodlums Murdered Lagos NURTW Leader
The Punch A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment.…
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U.S. Confirms First Case of Omicron Variant of COVID-19
The United States of America has confirmed its first case of the infectious Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus on Wednesday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified confirmed the case in California, according to President Biden’s Chief Medical Adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Dr Fauci stated that…
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eNaira: CBN frowns at Commercial Banks
The Nation The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has frowned at the commercial banks for not doing much to educate Nigerians about the recently launched e-Naira platform. Officials of the CBN, who were in Kaduna on Wednesday to lecture youth corps members, hundreds of students from tertiary institutions across the state and other members of…
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WAEC Sends Message To Prospective Candidates, Schools On NIN Registration, CA
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has maintained its stance on the directive issued to prospective candidates to register for the National Identity Number, NIN, in other to partake in the examination adding that, any candidate who fails to get the NIN won’t have full access to the registration portal. The exam council also said,…