Year: 2024
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Iran: 15 Presidents who died in Air Crash Since 1940 (Profiles)
As the world mourns President Ebrahim Riasi, who was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash at Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan, Iran. Below are 15 presidents killed in air accidents or incidents since 1940. President Getúlio Vargas died by suicide, and the impeachment of Deputy Carlos Luz and President Café Filho died in an aircraft crash…
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Strike Looms in Varsities, as ASUU Rejects List of Governing Council Members Approved by President Tinubu
AIT Live There are indications that academic activities in Nigeria’s public universities may be grounded again as the academic staff union of universities, ASUU has rejected a list of governing board members recently approved by the federal government. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, insists the list is illegal and has not addressed the reason…
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Just In: Usyk Beats Fury To Win Historic Undisputed Heavyweight Championship Fight
Heavyweight boxer, Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision points defeat on a dramatic night in Saudi Arabia as Oleksandr Usyk became boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion. On a grand stage and on a legacy-defining night, Briton Fury began well but was given a standing 10 count and saved by the bell after an Usyk onslaught…
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Governor Adeleke Pays Medical Bills of Injured OAU Students Following Ceiling Collapse
The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has settled medical bills of students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, students in a lecture hall ceiling collapse on Thursday. In a statement by his Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole, the governor offered to foot the medical bills of the affected student, while sympathising “with the management of…
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Yabatech Students To Undergo 18-month Technical Skills in China
Punch Newspaper In a bid to promote a culture of educational excellence, the Chief Diana Chen Foundation has empowered 25 students of Yaba College of Technology for 18 months technical skills training in China. This was disclosed at the launch of the Silk Road International Fellowship Programme in Lagos on May 14, 2024. It introduced…
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Final Year Student Arrest For Allegedly Raping 100-level Student
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Gabriel David, a 400-level student at the State University, Keffi, for allegedly raping a 100-level student of the same institution. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known while speaking with our correspondent in Lafia on Saturday. Nansel said the suspect was arrested…
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FG constitutes governing councils of tertiary institutions (FULL LIST)
The federal government has constituted the governing councils of federal universities in the country. Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Joy Emordi, legal luminary, Yusuf Ali, SAN, and Senator Udoma Udoma, are among those named as pro-chancellors and chairmen of the institutions. This list of the constituted governing councils was released on Saturday, by the…
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Tinubu: One Year on; Hope Deferred, not Renewed
Vanguard News ‘In all fairness to Tinubu, several of the promises were not meant to be fulfilled in the first year. They remain work-in-process. Nigerians can only hope that the pledges will eventually be redeemed. Despite that caveat, it is clear that those scheduled for the first year have suffered the fate of politicians’ promises…
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FULL LIST: NJC Recommends Appointment of 86 Judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 86 Justices and judges for the Court of Appeal, High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Sharia Courts of Appeal, and Customary Courts of Appeal of states across the country. Here is is the full list of the recommendations:JUSTICES, COURT OF APPEAL – 22 JUDGES,…
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FG, States, LGs Shared N1.208 Trillion in April: FAAC
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N1.208 trillion as revenue for April among the federal government, states and local government councils (LGCs). The revenue was shared on Thursday at the May meeting of FAAC in Abuja. A communiqué issued by the committee said that the N1.208 tillion total distributable revenue…