Year: 2024
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Sunday Igboho Issues Fresh Eviction Notice To Criminal Herdsmen
The Igboho-born acclaimed warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has issued a fresh eviction notice to criminal herders who continue to kidnap and rob people in the South West region . The activist’s spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, released an audio message warning the herders to leave immediately. In the audio message, Koiki, who spoke…
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LG autonomy: 13 states rush to hold council polls
Punch Newspaper No fewer than 13 states have fixed dates for Local Government elections in the aftermath of last Thursday’s Supreme Court judgement which prohibited federal allocation to council being administered by caretaker committees. The states that have commenced council poll preparations include Kaduna, Kogi, Bauchi, Katsina, Osun, Enugu, Benue, Rivers, Jigawa, Imo, Kebbi, Abia,…
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FG Reacts To Alleged Plan To Hand-over Federal Varsities To Investors
The Federal Government has described frivolous claims and allegations being peddled in some quarters that it planned to hand over public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, while responding to the allegation on Tuesday in Abuja, said this was an absolute lie and completely false. Mamman made the clarification at…
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JAMB Conducts UTME in UK, Saudi, 6 Other Foreign Countries
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it has successfully conducted the foreign component of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in eight foreign countries. According to the Board, the examinations, which were held on Saturday, July 13, was designed for foreign candidates seeking admission to Nigerian tertiary institutions. It listed the cities…
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FG Clears Air Over Purported Recruitment Into Immigration, Fire Service
The Federal Government has made clarification over a report making round on social media platforms claiming that the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board is set to begin a recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration Service and Federal Fire Service. Ja’afaru Ahmed, FICMC, the Secretary to the Board, who denied the reports in…
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Travel Ban: UAE Reportedly Reaches Agreement With Nigerian Government
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached an agreement on the issue of visa ban. Addressing State House Reporters at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister said that, “You are aware that Nigeria has been discussing with the United Arab Emirates on the…
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JUST IN: Court stops Bayero, four others from parading selves as Emirs
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu has perpetually restrained Aminu Ado-Bayero and four other deposed Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as Emirs. Delivering the judgment on Monday, Justice Aliyu further restrained the 15th Emir of Kano and four other dethroned Emirs by themselves, servants, privies…
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ASUU’s Rival, CONUA Cries Out Over Continued Withholding of Salaries
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has cried out over continued withholding of its members salary by the federal government. Speaking with journalists in Benin weekend at the end of its annual meeting in Benin, the President of the CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu said that the association believed in jaw-jaw instead of war-war. Dr. Sunmonu…
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Things To Know About 20-Yr-Old College Graduate Who Shot Trump
Former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, who also doubles as Republican contender against Joe Biden in the forthcoming elections, was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday at Pennsylvania, days before the Republican convention. Moments after the shooting, Secret Service agents rushed to the stage, encircled Trump and…
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FBI Reveals Identity of 20-year-old suspect in Trump Rally Shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has named Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman who fired shots at the rally of former President Donald Trump. According to the FBI, Crooks is a 20-year-old male from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The former US president was injured in the shooting while he was delivering a speech at his…