Year: 2024
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Varsity Workers to Resume Suspended Strike
Vanguard News There are strong indications that the nation’s university system may be crippled at any moment as members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Other Associated Institutions, NASU, have threatened to resume their suspended strike over four withheld salaries by the Federal Government. The General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters Adeyemi, gave…
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Popular Nollywood Actor Is Dead
Popular Nollywood actor, Otunba Ayobami Olabiyi, better known as “Bobo” B is dead. He reportedly passed away in Ibadan, Oyo state after a brief illness. Until his death, Olabiyi was the former governor of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) in Oyo state and its current national secretary. According to reports,…
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10 Things That Can Make CNG Vehicles’ Cylinders Explode
Following President Bola Tinubu’s official announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy on his Inauguration Day on May 29th, 2023, the price of petrol has been increasing steadily. When the Tinubu-led administration took office, a litre of petrol was sold around N198. However, the price has since skyrocketed, reaching a peak of N1,030 per…
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Naira Appreciates Slightly at Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,680 per dollar in the parallel market compared to N1,690 per dollar last weekend. Similarly, the Naira appreciated to N1,552.92 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,552.92 per dollar from N1,641.27 per dollar…
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15-year-old Student Drags Education Ministry, NUC, JAMB To Court Over Admission Age Policy
A 15-year-old secondary school student, Chinaemere Opara has dragged the education ministry, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Universities Commission (NUC) over Nigeria’s tertiary institution admission age policy. Opara filed the suit at the federal high court in Abuja through his lawyer father Maxwell Opara. In the originating motion marked “FHC/ABJ/CS/1512/2024”,…
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Libyan FA Reacts To Super Eagles’ Players Ordeals at Airport
The Libyan Football Association has officially reacted to the mistreatment of Nigeria’s Super Eagles and their delegates during their arrival in Libya. The Nigerian national football team endured a frustrating ordeal upon landing in Libya as they were left stranded at the airport by local officials. The Libyan Football Association also stated that the issue…
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Libyan Authorities Hold Eagles Hostage at Airport
Super Eagles media team on Sunday night confirmed that players and officials of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team were held hostage by Libyan authorities upon their arrival at Al Abraq Airport in Al Abaq, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. In a video posted by the Eagles media team, the players and officials, along with their luggage,…
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Academic Transcripts: How Universities fleece applicants, rake in billions
Vanguard News Sometime in June 2023, a message was sent to a top editor in a top Nigerian daily newspaper by the daughter of a late renowned columnist. It read, “I believe you will know someone in LASU, I need my transcript urgently or I will lose a job. I paid since 7th May and…
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Vice Chancellors Give Updates on Promised Subsidy on Electricity Tariff in Varsities
Punch Newspaper One month after President Bola Tinubu approved a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals and educational institutions, the subsidy is yet to be implemented, Sunday PUNCH learnt. Expressing concern about the delay, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities lamented that universities still grappled with high electricity bills. Speaking in an…
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How Governors, LG Chairmen Enter Deals to Bypass Order on Council Funds
Punch Newspaper Some governors in the country may be getting more desperate to share in the monthly allocation to local governments if revelations by some sources, including a council chairman and a party candidate, are anything to go by. Findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that some governors have devised means to continue cornering council funds…