Month: July 2023
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Social Media: Lawmakers Send Message To CBN
The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop its directive on the addition of social media handles as part of the `Know Your Customer’ (KYC) requirement for bank customers. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) and a few others at plenary in Abuja…
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First Class Graduate Beaten To Death Over Alleged Bread Theft
A first class graduate of University of Ibadan, Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi, was beaten to death in Bayelsa state for allegedly stealing bread. According to Peoples’ 93.1FM in Yenagoa, Ebimotimi, who studied Business Administration, was killed in the early hours of Sunday at Honeyhill Tombia Bayelsa State. Ebimotimi who was a native of Korokorosei community in…
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Ministerial list: Five ex-govs, technocrats lead Tinubu’s 42-man cabinet
As the jostle for ministerial list reaches the home stretch, there are strong indications that no fewer than five former governors will feature in the president’s list of nominees that is heading to the Senate for approval between now and next week. The unusual list, already dubbed the ‘cabinet of (political) unity’, will have nominees…
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28 tertiary institutions to get N174m for books, furniture
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, will release the sum of N174m to 28 tertiary institutions for the purchase of furniture, books and ICT equipment. In a document prepared by the Education Support Services of TETFund, which was obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, the agency noted that it…
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WAEC: Over 80,000 Examiners Set To Mark 2023 SSCE Private Exam
No fewer than 81,559 examiners would be involved in the marking in 85 traditional venues and one e-marking venue. The examination was conducted between Monday, May 8 and Friday, June 23. In May, Head of National Office, WAEC, Mr. Patrick Areghan, disclosed that 1,621,853 candidates from 20,851 secondary schools wrote the examination. “Out of this…
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Former NUC Boss Opens up on Recent Resignation
The immediate past Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has opened up on the reasons why he left the commission to continue his lecturing job at Bayero University, Kano (BUK). Rasheed, a former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, had last week announced his voluntary resignation from NUC, three years before…
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Ministerial appointment: N’Assembly awaits nominees as Tinubu sends list to DSS, EFCC, others
Expectations on the ministerial list have heightened as President Bola Tinubu clocks over 40 days in office. By law, Tinubu is required to name his cabinet within 60 days after taking the oath of office on May 29 and transmits it to the Senate for confirmation. With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet…
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Missing Former ASUU President Found in Turkey
Premium Times A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dipo Fasina, popularly known as ‘Jingo’, who was reported missing earlier on Sunday, has been found. Mr Fasina, 76, was said to have been missing since Saturday, 1 July. The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the…
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Fake Result: Anambra Governor Writes Mmesoma’s School
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has directed that Mmesomma Joy Ejikeme, the female pupil who falsified her Unifief Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) be handed over to the State Guidance Counselor and Professor of Clinical Psychology. Soludo, in a letter to Principal of Anglican Girls Secondary School Nnewi where Mmesoma is a student, further directed immediate commencement…
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Former ASUU President Declares Missing
…ASUU, NIDCom, Others Swing Into Action Highly revered Nigerian scholar and former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dipo Fasina, popularly known as ‘Jingo,’ has been missing since Saturday, 1 July. This development was confirmed by the incumbent President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, in a telephone interview with an online medium. Mr.…