Author: Vreporters
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Updated: OAU Reportedly Loses Former VC, Elujoba
There is unconfirmed report that the former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Prof. Anthony Elujoba is dead. Elujoba, a Professor of pharmacognosy in the faculty of pharmacy involved in a a ghastly accident the previous week on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway where he was rushed to the hospital for intensive care, while his…
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Over 3,000 Students Sign Petition to Demand ABU Resumption
Daily Trust An online petition demanding the management of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) to backtrack on its recently released school calendar which announced January 3, 2023, as the resumption date has been launched with over 3,000 students signing the petition. Daily Trust reports that the petition, launched by a student, Ahmed Manga, on change.org…
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Just In: Lagos Drivers Suspend Strike
Vanguard News The leadership of Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, JDWAN, has suspended its warning strike. Recall that members of JDWAN, had embarked on a seven day warning strike on Monday, over alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management on the roads in the state. The JDWAN leadership, led…
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Just In: CAN Declares National Day of Prayers
The Christian Association of Nigeria has declared Friday, November 4th as National Day of Prayers to seek divine intervention in the affairs of the country. The umbrella Christian body also declared it as day to implore God’s help in preventing violence, manipulation, intimidation of voters and other electoral crimes in the forthcoming elections. CAN, in…
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Ifeanyi Adeleke: Police Begin Autopsy Plan, Detain Two Domestic Workers Of Davido
The Lagos State Police Command has revealed its plan to unravel the circumstances that surrounded the death of Singer Davido’s Son, Ifeanyi Adeleke by carrying out autopsy, the force has also detained two of the eight domestic workers of the music star . The two domestic staff detained are Ifeanyi’s nanny and cook as police…
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I Will Unbundle Transmission To Provide Steady Power Supply – Tinubu
The Nation Newspaper WITH an assurance to drive economic activities with steady power supply, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday laid his action plan for the country before the business community in Lagos. He said his administration, if elected into office, would grow Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to double digit, which…
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Prospective Corps Members To Undergo Fitness Test in Camp – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said prospective corps members will henceforth undergo fitness tests in camp to ascertain their fitness status for some of its activities during the three-week orientation. A statement by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, yesterday in Abuja, reads: “In view of the regimentation and physical…
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Naira Fall: BDC States Position on Naira Redesign, Arrest of Operators by EFCC in Abuja
Premium Times Dozens of black market currency dealers in Abuja were arrested on Tuesday during an operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a bid to halt the free fall of the naira. The EFCC at about noon raided the Sheraton Hotel area of Wuse Zone 4 in Abuja, where dozens of…
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Alleged Certificate Forgery: Why Police Didn’t Prosecute Tinubu – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has told a Federal High Court Abuja that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Ahmed Tinubu, has no pending petition or criminal matters with the police anywhere in the country. The IGP also clarified that Tinubu is not a suspect to the Nigerian Police. The…
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One Burnt To Death, Seven Injured, as Fire Guts Lagos Bank
A yet-to-be-identified person was reportedly burnt to death while seven others sustained varying degrees of injury, on Tuesday, in Lagos State, as fire gutted a commercial bank at Adeola Odeku in Victoria Island. Some personnel of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, attached to the area were said to have escaped being burnt while their operational vehicle…