Year: 2024
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NYSC DG Gives Hints on When Corps Members Will Start Receiving 70,000 Allowance
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed, has told the serving corps members that their monthly allowance will increase as soon as civil servants start receiving the new minimum wage. The DG stated this while addressing corps members at Kebbi State Orientation Camp, Dakingari and Sokoto State Orientation…
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Polytechnic Students Plan Mass Protest Against Oloyede Over NYSC Stalemate
Sahara Reporters The National Association of Polytechnic students (NAPS) has called for a protest against the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) boss, Prof Is-haq Oloyede. This was communicated in a statement by the Senate arm of the union. In the letter NAPS asked that all federal polytechnics, state polytechnics, private polytechnics, federal college of Agriculture,…
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22,000 Nigerian Graduates From Togo, Benin Varsities in Limbo Over FG’s Invalidation of Certificates
Vanguard News The decision to invalidate degree certificates obtained from some universities in Togo and Benin Republic from 2017 till date has left over 22,000 Nigerian graduates of the institutions confused and with their fate hanging in the balance, it was gathered. A group, the Coalition of Stakeholders in Education, CSE, stated this in Ikeja,…
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Fuel Hike: NANS Announces Nationwide Protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has announced a nationwide protest, slated for September 15, 2024, across major cities in Nigeria to express displeasure over the new pump price announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). This was stated by NANS, adding that, “The protest, tagged ‘Fuel…
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Dangote Speaks On Petrol Price, Says Fuel To Hit Stations In 48hrs
Kano-born Billionaire, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday, spoke on pricing for petrol produced at his 650,000 barrels per day facility. Dangote who owns the biggest Indigenous Refinery in Africa said as soon as his company finalises modalities with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the product will hit the market. “Our PMS (Premium Motor…
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UNILORIN Gives Updates on Merger of Newly Admitted Students
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Ilorin, Prof. Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, has confirmed that new students of the University will resume for the 2024/2025 academic session in October, saying that the new students will be drawn from a merger of those earlier admitted for the 2023/2024 session and those that participated in the just…
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Protest: Why Police Arrest Two UI Students on Campus – CSO
Tribune Online Chief Security Officer of the University of Ibadan (UI), Victor Fadebiyi, has revealed reason two of its students, Aduwo Ayodele and Olajide Olawale were arrested on Monday. The duo, TRIBUNE ONLINE gathered, were arrested in the school premises by Oyo Police Command. “The police said they were inviting them but I am trying…
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Briton Accused of Plotting to Overthrow Tinubu Breaks Silence
Daily Trust British national declared wanted, Drew Povey has reacted to the allegation of building “a network of sleeper cells to topple” the Bola Tinubu administration “and plunge the nation into chaos.” On Monday, the police high command promised to reward any Nigerian who facilitates the arrest of Povey. Daily Trust reports that apart from…
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Withheld Results: WAEC Sends Message To Affected Candidates, Schools
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has asked schools or candidates whose May\June Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are being withheld over various reported cases of malpractice to check their statuses on the council’s portal. The organisation says that is the only way they can know the update if they had lodged complaint and…
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Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso Resume Merge Talk Ahead of 2027 General Elections
Three leading opposition bigwigs in the country, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, are discussing a potential merger to address the nation’s issues of hunger and insecurity ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy national spokesperson, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who revealed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily…