Month: August 2024
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Protest: UI Shutdown Institution, Issues Directive To Students
The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State, on Friday, has shut down the institution for 3-weeks following students protest over the increment of the tuition fees. Vreporters had earlier reported that the undergraduates on Friday staged a peaceful protest over tuition hikes by the management of the institution following the approval of…
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NCC Gives Insight into Why Kidnappers, Bandits Are ‘Difficult’ To Track, After NANS Reaction
Vanguard News Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make contact with their victims’ families. Senate President of the Nigerian Association of…
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UI Students Protest After Governing Council Approves Upward Review of School Fees
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, have resorted to protest after the governing council adopted a new fee structure. Earlier in February, the UI management was reported to have commenced an upward review of the fees for its fresh students. The rates were said to have been hiked by up to 480 percent, prompting…
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Why I Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft – Kano Resident
An employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, who returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft, has said that his motivation is to please Allah. The sum, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the…
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NYSC Bars Poly Graduates Without IT Experience, ASUP Reacts
Punch Newspaper The National Youth Service Corps has said polytechnic graduates or holders of the Higher National Diploma without evidence of undertaking the mandatory 12-month industrial training will not be registered at the NYSC orientation camp to participate in the national youth service. The acting Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Mrs Caroline Lembu,…
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President Tinubu Approves 50% Electricity Subsidy For Tertiary Institutions, Teaching Hospitals
The Nation Newspaper President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent subsidy for electricity used by some public institutions in the country . To benefit are Federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The various teaching hospitals will also enjoy the subsidy regime. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, broke the…
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Twin Brothers Reveals How They Defraud Bank Customers at ATM Gallery in Abuja
Mufti-wearing Operatives of Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have arrested twin brothers; David Obike and his brother in crime, Stanley for their involvement in a series of ATM card thefts across Abuja. The arrests were made after a careful investigation and tracking operation conducted by the police. Confessing to the crimes, the…
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FG Moves To Disconnect 50 Million Unlinked SIMs Next Month
While the insecurity situation in some parts 3the country has festered in the last seven years and has led to increased banditry, terrorism and frauds across boards, the Federal Government will from September 15, 2024 block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) not linked to National Identity Numbers, NIN. The FG made this announcement through the…
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FG Set up Committee To Review ASUU’s Demands,Osodeke Reacts
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has set up a sub-committee to review the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is as both parties agreed to reconvene by September 6, 2024. These decisions were taken at the end of a closed-door meeting, held at the Ministry of Education in…
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Strike: FG Schedules Follow-up Meeting With ASUU
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have scheduled a follow-up meeting for September 6, 2024. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the end of a meeting with the union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education. Following resolutions reached at the union’s…