Author: Vreporters
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Flash: APC Cancels NEC Meeting
The National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been cancelled. The Secretary of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, announced this in a statement. The terse statement reads: “As directed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning (CECPC)…
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PDP Presidential Aspirants To Cough Out N40 Million To Obtain Interest Forms
Following its National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party has pegged its nomination and expression of interest forms for presidential aspirants at N40m. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this to Correspondents shortly after the conclusion of the NEC meeting on Wednesday evening at its national secretariat, Abuja. For governorship…
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Why KWASU Is Not Participating in ASUU’s Strike, Salahu
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete chapter said members of the union in the institution are unable to participate in the ongoing strike owing to to some peculiar challenges the body is going through. The refusal to join the strike by the KWASU chapter had generated mixed reactions within…
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Reps Considers Bill To Secure Automatic Employment For First Class Graduates
The House of Representatives is considering bill to secure automatic employment for first class graduates from various Nigerian tertiary institutions. The lower chamber believes this will serve as morale booster for Nigerian students and enable graduates to maximize their potential. Representative Chinedu Martins, who moved the motion on Wednesday, said this will address the concerns…
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Kyari Accuses NDLEA Of Assisting Drug Traffickers, Demands Apology In Two National Dailies
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari has accused the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of assisting drug traffickers. Suspended Kyari added that a corrupt NDLEA officer framed him after he went to demand compensation for a whistle-blower who provided information that led to the arrest of a suspect by the IRT. He made…
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U.S. Fires Back at Russia Over Counter Sanctions On Top Officials
The United States has reacted to to the counter-sanctions imposed on its officials by Vladimir Putin led government. Responding to the counter-sanctions on Wednesday , White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said that she, like other officials, has no plans to visit Russia for tourism purposes. “None of us are planning tourist trips to Russia. None…
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NYSC Reacts To Viral Video of Male Corp Member Giving Lap Dance To Female Colleague at ‘Orientation Camp’ (Video)
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has reacted to a now viral video of a male member of the scheme filmed giving lap dance to a female Corp member at a yet to be identified camp. The trending video has however attracted sweeping condemnations from Nigerians, also showed the corpers engaging in an erotic dance.…
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Why Oyo Govt Should Back Down in Renaming, Converting LAUTECH To Conventional Varsity, Alumni
The Alumni Association of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, (worldwide) has given reasons to why the Oyo State government should should back down its move to rename and convert the institution to conventional university, as the bill to effect the change passed second reading in the state house of assembly. The alumni association argued…
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Fire Catches EFCC’s Exhibit Storage Facility
Fire has caught the exhibit dump of the leading anti-graft agency in the country, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The facility in question is located at Iriebi in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The inferno affected most of the trucks…
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Music Icon, 2face Idibia Donates Multi-million Naira Recording Studio To OAU (Video)
Multiple award-winning music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as ‘2face’ has donated an multi-million Naira recording studio to the music department of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The singer took to his Instagram page to announce the donation on Tuesday shortly after the project was commissioned. In a video accompanying the post, the 46-year-old was…