Year: 2023
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CONUA Breaks Silence Over ‘Reconciliation’ Talk With ASUU
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has debunked the insinuations making the rounds in some quarters that its leadership is not in any reconciliation talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The union, in a statement on Tuesday by the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said a statement credited to the Vice Chancellor…
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Rivers Political Crisis: Fubara, Wike Strike Deal
The Nation Newspaper Peace may return to Rivers State following the decision of the two warring camps led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Chief Nyesom Wike to embrace the peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu. The eight-point agreement titled: ‘Directives for the resolution of the political impasse in Rivers State’ was signed yesterday by…
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JAMB Hikes 2024 UTME Registration Fee
The registration cost for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for 2024 has been raised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to an official release, the revised registration costs are as follows: The cost of registering for the UTME is N7,700 if a mock exam is included, and N6,200) if it is not. Prior to the…
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NNPCL Gives Update on Readiness of Port Harcourt Refinery by December, 2023
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Inside Ogun Private Polytechnic Running Unaccredited Law, Nursing, Pharmacy Programmes
Punch Newspaper The Gateway State, which usually prides itself as the cradle of Western education and civilisation, is now playing host to a private polytechnic where students are being admitted to study Law, Nursing, Pharmacy and other professional courses. DARE OLAWIN investigates how the institution, Havarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, secures accreditation…
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Unilever, GSK Plc, P&G, Four other Multinational Companies Leaving Nigeria in 2023
Nigerian Tribune Nigeria, despite being the largest economy in Africa — with over 200 million population, is lately facing a mass exodus of multinational companies. From January 2023 till date, no fewer than seven multinationals have either left or announced their decision to exit the country by December. Many of these companies have spent decades…
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Sexual Harassment: Presidency To Set up Students Complaints Units in Tertiary Institutions
The presidency has expressed commitment to opening a complaints unit to curb the menace of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. Sunday Asefon, the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Student Engagement, disclosed this during Nigerian students’ presentation of pens to the president for him to assent to the Sexual Harassment Prohibition Bill before…
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Reversal of Naira Redesign, Forex Policies Balloon Banks’ Deposits
Vanguard News Major banks in Nigeria have recorded customers’ deposits growth rate of 53.6 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) to N64.26 trillion in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (9M’23) from N41.83 trillion recorded in the corresponding period in 2022. The banks are Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, FBN Holdings Plc, United Bank for Africa…
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FG Breaks Silence Over World Bank Claim on Subsidy Regime
The Federal Government has said contrary to the claim by the World Bank that government is still paying subsidy on petrol, the era of petrol subsidy is “gone for good”. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV on Thursday morning, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said President Bola Tinubu made it clear…
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What To Know About IPPIS, Why ASUU Rejected it
Punch Newspaper In the past 24 hours, the media has been abuzz with reports of the removal of tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the announcement on Wednesday to State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the…