Year: 2025
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FULL LIST: New Price List of Airtel Data Plans
Airtel Nigeria, the country’s second-largest telecom operator, has revised its data prices and implemented tariff adjustments, according to details published on its website on Monday. Checks by The Nation using the *312# code and on the Airtel website showed the revised data prices. According to the telco’s website, the revision, which affects various data bundles,…
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Police Declare Controversial Singer, Portable Wanted
The Ogun State Police Command has declared controversial singer, Habeeb Olalomi, popularly known as Portable, wanted for allegedly leading a violent attack on government officials carrying out their lawful duties. In a statement issued on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the incident occurred on February 5, 2025, around 10:00 a.m. when three officials…
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House Clerk Clears Air Over DSS Presence at Lagos Assembly
The Nation Newspaper Contrary to media reports claiming that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly and sealed the offices of the Speaker and his deputy, the Assembly itself invited security agencies to maintain order. In a letter dated February 14, 2025, the Assembly management alerted security…
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Why I Dismembered Body Of Hafsoh – Ilorin Killer Cleric Speaks (Video)
An Islamic cleric, Mohammed Bello, who was arrested in the Ilorin area of Kwara State for allegedly killing and dismembering the body of a lady, Hafsoh Lawal, whom he met via Facebook, has alleged that the lady died of asthma. The 29-year-old suspect, in an interrogation video obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, disclosed that…
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NAPS Blows Hot Over Increase in Data Subscription, Issues 10-day Ultimatum To MTN for Reversal
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) is outraged and appalled by MTN’s recent decision to increase data tariffs, which, without any iota of doubt will have a catastrophic impact on students’ ability to conduct research and complete projects. NAPS, in a statement made available to VReporters on Sunday by its National President, Comrade, Festus…
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Kwara Police Nab Cleric For ‘Killing’ Female Final Year Student For Ritual in Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a self-proclaimed cleric, AbdulRahman Bello, for allegedly killing a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, for ritual purposes. The victim, Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, was declared missing on February 10, 2025, after she left a naming ceremony following a phone call. Investigations…
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Robbers Invade UI Hostel, Cart Aways Students’ Valuables
Suspected robbers invaded hall of residence, Awolowo hall, which houses female students of the University of Ibadan (UI) carting away valuables during the invasio in the early hours of Saturday. Lost items, according to The Nation, include assorted mobile telephone handsets, jewelries, clothing and other valuables. Aside the lost items, The Nation gathered that the…
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NELFUND: Students From Over 20 Tertiary Institutions Lament Loan Delays Amid Exam Anxiety
Punch Newspaper Students from no fewer than 23 public universities and polytechnics have lamented the delayed disbursement of their approved institutional loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as deadlines for tuition payment and examinations draw near. President Bola Tinubu signed the Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Act into law on…
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JAMB Threatens Tough Sanctions Against Underage Applicants, Uncovers Over 10,000 Violators
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Friday said sanctions would be imposed on underage applicants in the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, registration. Oloyede, who monitored the registration across various centres in Lagos told reporters that out of the 780,202 candidates registered so far, 11,512…
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President Tinubu Approves Upgrading of YABATECH to Varsity
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the upgrading of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to a university of technology. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Friday while addressing the school management, staff, and students of the college during a working visit to the institution. “The rector said some…