Year: 2021
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Ronaldo Statue Sparks Controversy in India
A new statue of footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in the Indian state of Goa. Locals in Goa are objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India. Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue had been supposed to promote football as a…
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Why Nigerians Should Stop Patronising Herbal Concortion Hawkers, NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of herbal concoctions. NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said such concotions lack storage standards and might be coming from a non-credible source. Adeyeye added that though some herbal medicines work, consumers must ensure that they had passed NAFDAC’s safety and efficacy…
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Police Crushed Colleague To Death While ‘Chasing’ Yahoo Boys in Ekiti
An operative of Nigeria police force in Ekiti simply identified as Supol Ayeni has been crushed to death by a patrol van belonging to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the Command. The incident, according to report occurred on Tuesday evening along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road in Ado-Ekiti. An online news medium, SaharaReporters, gathered…
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80-year-Old Man Stabs Wife To Death Over Sex
An 80-year-old Italian man allegedly killed his 61-year-old wife in a jealous rage when she refused to have sex with him – after he already swallowed a Viagra pill. Vito Cangini told police he fatally stabbed his Ukrainian wife, Natalia Kyrychok, between Christmas Day and Sunday in the town of Fanano di Gradara, New York…
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FG Working With Beninese Government To ‘Kill’ Igboho, Spokesman Alleges
Embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has raised alarm over alleged plan to kill him in Benin Republic. Olayomi Koiki, spokesman of Igboho, in a podcast released on Tuesday evening, alleged that the Benin President Patrice Talon was working with the Federal Government to extradite Igboho to Nigeria. He said:…
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UDUS Approves Promotion of 38 Lectuers To Professorship Post, 30 as Readers
The Governing Council of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has approved the promotion of thirty-eight Lecturers to the post of Professorship and thirty to the rank of Readers. The Faculty of Sciences has the highest number, with 13 professors; Faculty of Social Sciences, 3; College of Health Sciences, 7; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5;…
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Varsity Lecturers Drag Edo Government To High Court
Nigerian Tribune Hearing has been fixed at an Ekpoma, Edo State High Court for March 8, 2022, in a suit over the legality or otherwise of the amendment of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Laws–Special Intervention Powers Provisions Law 2021 and the deriving Special Intervention Team (SIT) set up to take full functions of the…
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Funds Paucity? Customers Stranded at ATM Points in Ibadan
Many bank customers in Ibadan were, on Tuesday, stranded at various automated teller machines, ATM points in Ibadan. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, who visited some banks at Challenge, Ring Road, Dugbe, Bodija and Iwo Road areas, observed that virtually all banks did not dispense cash. Also, most banks at Ring…
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SEC Warns Nigerians Against Dealing With Two Investment Schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has warned the public against dealings with FinAfrica Investment Ltd and Poyoyo Investment. A circular by the management of SEC and published on the commission’s website said the activities of the companies were not registered by it. The commission described the business of Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Ltd., as…
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COVID-19: JAMB Clears Air On No Vaccination Card, No Entry Directive
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared the air on no COVID-19 vaccination card no entry into its offices nationwide adding that, candidates, clients and other members of the public below the age of 18 years are exempted from this directive. The Board said this category of persons were not covered by the…