Month: January 2022
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OAU Lecturers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Allowance
Punch Newspaper Lecturers at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have concluded plans to begin an indefinite strike over their unpaid Earned Academic Allowance. This was contained in a resolution of a congress held by the Academic Staff of Universities, OAU branch on Tuesday. In a copy of the resolution signed by ASUU-OAU chairperson, Dr Adeola…
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Woman Dragged For Naming Son, Lucifer (Photos)
A woman has been dragged for naming her son Lucifer. Josie King was relentlessly trolled after calling into the Jeremy Vine show to share her opinions on baby names. The 27-year-old, from Plymouth, said she was not inspired by the devil when she named her little boy. She says her seven-month-old son’s name just popped into her…
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238 Bag First Class, as UNILAG Sets To Graduate 12,217 Students
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe says 238 graduating students of the institution bagged first class in various degree programmes among 12,217 that will be taking pa rt in the 52nd convocation. Also, 36 others will graduate from the faculties of Pharmacy, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences with distinctions.…
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2021 UTME: Fate Of Over 600,000 Eligible Candidates Hanging In Balance
Nigerian Tribune The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in the country to expedite action on the completion of the 2021 admission exercise. This came as parents and some stakeholders expressed concern over delayed admissions in which case the fate of over 600,000 eligible candidates who participated in the 2021…
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Desperate 25-year-old Man Contracts ‘Assassin’ With N110,000 To Kill Own Father
A desperate 25-year-old Man, Abubakar Mohammed Buba has been arrested by operatives of Niger state police command for allegedly conspiring to kill his father, Alhaji Mohammed Buba. Spokesperson for Niger State Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect was arrested on December 29, based on credible intelligence. According to him, police operatives…
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American Surgeons Break Record, Transplant Pig Heart Into Dying Patient Successfully
United States surgeons have broken a world record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into a dying patient for the very first time in the world. The operation, which took about nine hours to complete, was conducted on a 57-year-old man, David Bennett, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on…
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Recruitment: Police Give Update On Documentation For Successful Candidates
The Police on Monday said the documentation of recruits in Police Training Colleges/Schools in the ongoing 2020 recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police will close on Sunday. Police Public Relations Officer Frank Mba made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said that the training exercise began on Monday and warned that any…
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Former Nigerian Leader, Ernest Shonekan Is Dead
Former head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan, a boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died in Lagos at the age of 85. according to TVC. He was the Chairman of the interim National Government between…
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NUC Reveals Numbers Of Varsity Lecturers Available For Over 2 Million Nigerian Students
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has revealed the numbers of Varsity Lecturers available for over two million Nigerians students studying in various universities across the length and breadth of Nigeria. The commission clearly stated that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest…
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EFCC Re-arrests Mompha Over Alleged Money Laundering
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an…