Year: 2022
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NUC Approves Upgrade of Osun College of Education To Varsity
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of the Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged University to be called the University of Ilesa, making it the 220th university in Nigeria. The Commission said the approval followed a request by the state government for the upgrade, and their ability to meet…
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It’ll Be Foolish of Tinubu To Attend Presidential Debates
By Abimbola Adelakun It is understandable why the Labour Party will withhold their presidential candidate from attending debates or similar public forums if his counterparts in the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party do not show up. Appearing at such venues while fellow contestants get to pretend they are busy doing better things can…
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Letter Exonerating Tinubu from Drug Cases in US Resurfaces
Following recent media reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was convicted of drug-related cases in the United States of America some years ago, a letter issued by the American Embassy in Nigeria debunking the reports has emerged. The letter, dated February…
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2023: I Won’t Allow Politicians To Mobilize Resources, Thugs To Intimidate Voters – Buhari Assures
President Muhammadu Buhari says there is no going back on the planned redesign of the N1,000, N500 and N200 bank notes, adding that politicians won’t be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate voters in the 2023 general elections. The President made this known on Wednesday in an interview in the the United Kingdom…
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Empower Polytechnic To Award Degree, Masters, Doctorates – ASUP Urges FG
Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has urged the Federal Government to empower polytechnics to award their bachelors of technology to end the BSc and Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy. Ezeibe made the call in Kaduna at an award presentation and farewell ceremony organised by ASUP, Makarfi…
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Six Abducted Undergraduates Recount Ordeal After Amotekun Rescue Operation
SIX abducted undergraduates have recounted their ordeals after they were rescued by corps of the Ondo State Security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, at Ikaramu in Akoko North West Local Council of the state. They were kidnapped and held for four days in a thick forest until Amotekun personnel rescued them. The victims, three males and three…
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BREAKING: Wike, Ortom Others Arrive Bauchi To Woo Bala Mohammed
The Nation Newspaper The G-5 comprising Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Samuel Ortom (Benue); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) has arrived Bauchi, the state capital to lure Governor Bala Mohammed to their camp. The Nation reports the G5 is trying to capitalise on the perceived rift between Mohammed and the presidential candidate of the…
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Half-payment: ASUU awaits court ruling
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has decided that it will not embark on another strike over its salary cut but instead engage in peaceful consultation. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday after the National Executive Council meeting and signed by ASUU’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the union…
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Contempt of Court: EFCC Chair, Bawa Reacts To Judgement
Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, Abdurasheed Bawa, Monday said he has appealed the contempt of court ruling by an FCT court on him. It would be recalled that Justice Chizoba Oji, of the FCT High Court in a ruling held that Bawa disobeyed court order made on November 21, 2018, where it directed…
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Naira Gains at Parallel Market, Exchanges N800 Per Dollar
Peoples Gazette The naira has recovered some of its losses as it strengthened against the United States greenback, trading at N800 per dollar on Tuesday afternoon. Checks by Peoples Gazette with black market platform Aboki Forex indicated that the naira, which last weekend plunged to as low as N890 per dollar at the parallel market,…