Month: August 2025
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How we breach CBT centres’ servers for candidates – Hackers
Punch Newspaper Some operators of Computer-Based Test centres accredited by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have been alleged to be involved in large-scale malpractices during the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Investigations by Saturday PUNCH showed that the operators supplied technical information to tech-savvy individuals, who then hacked into servers and manipulated the conduct…
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Alaafin vs Ooni: Monarchs under spell, say traditionalists
Punch Newspaper The Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, Osun State, has said the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, may be under a spell due to repeated clashes between them. The President of the group, Oluseyi Atanda, said members of the association needed to perform rituals to settle…
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America Sends Message To Over 55 Million Foreigners Holding US Visa
The American government has told foreigners who hold visas for the United States are subject to continuous vetting, The State Department warned Thursday as President Donald Trump ramps up his crackdown on visas and immigration. “The Department’s continuous vetting includes all of the more than 55 million foreigners who currently hold valid US visas,” a…
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Assaulted Anambra Corps Member Narrates Ordeal With Vigilantes
The female corps member assaulted by Anambra vigilantes, Jennifer Elohor Edema has narrated her ordeal. On August 19, a video surfaced showing operatives of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group physically assaulting a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member and her colleagues at their lodge in Anambra. The video, filmed on July 23, showed Elohor being…
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NYSC Breaks Silence Over Assaulted Female Corps Member
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reacted to the corps member assaulted by a vigilante group in Anambra adding that, the young lady was on a visit to the raided lodge. On August 19, a video of security operatives invading a corps members’ lodge and accusing them of being internet fraudsters surfaced on social media.…
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Royal Row: What To Expect From Alaafin After 48-hour Ultimatum To Ooni
Punch Newspaper Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum issued to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, indications emerged on Wednesday that the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, was preparing to release the Supreme Court ruling, which, according to it, affirms the Alaafin’s exclusive right to confer chieftaincy titles covering…
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FG To Provide Mini-grids For Varsities, Polytechnic, Colleges Next Year – Minister
The federal government, on Wednesday in Lagos, assured Nigerians that it would make tertiary institutions in the country energy sufficient by 2026 through the provision of mini grids. The minister of education, Tunji Alausa, gave the assurance at the inauguration of a newly constructed Olatunji Bello Auditorium at the Lagos State University (LASU), Epe Campus.…
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Yoruba elders wade in as Alaafin, Ooni feud escalates
PUNCH NEWSPAPER Prominent Yoruba elders and leaders on Tuesday called for restraint and intervention of cultural and political figures following the reopening of hostilities between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi. The fresh row began on Monday after the Alaafin faulted the Ooni’s decision to confer…
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Staff Loan: ASUU MAKES DEMAND
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected a plan to conscript the union as a ‘guarantor’ of loans, under the Tertiary Institutional Staff Support Fund scheme, recently introduced by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The union’s position was contained in its resolution, signed by the ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, following a National Executive…
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Six Requirements for U.S. Visa Applicants in Nigeria
The Nation Newspaper The United States Mission in Nigeria on Monday issued a new directive to visa applicants, mandating the disclosure of all social media usernames and handles used over the past five years as part of the visa application process. The directive, announced in a post on the Mission’s official X account on Monday,…