Author: Vreporters
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Why US Dollar Appreciates Against Naira, CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has explained why there is recent sharp depreciation of Naira against the United States Dollar. Responding to questions from members of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance during the 2022-2024 MTEF/FSP stakeholders interactive session on Monday August 16, CBN Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Edward Adamu blamed the depreciation…
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How I Empty Bank Accounts With Lost, Stolen SIM Cards, Suspect
A 46-year-old suspect, Zakarriyah Yahaya, also known as ”His Excellency”, on Monday revealed how and his gang emptied the bank accounts of many Nigerians using lost or stolen SIM Cards. Yahaya, among 39 suspects paraded for various crimes at defunct headquarters of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Abuja by the Nigerian Police, explained that bank accounts…
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Why Sunday Igboho Was Earlier Chained in Beninese Custody, Legal Counsel
One of the legal counsel to the detained Yoruba Nation Advocate, Olusegun Falola, has shed more light on the reason his client, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho was chained after he was arrested in Cotonou adding that, the Beninese security resorted to such action owing to his mystical power. Falola let this out in…
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Nollywood Record Label Dies In US Hospital
A Nollywood player and record label executive, Mr. Kunle Agboola, is dead. It was gathered that Agboola had long battled with kidney disease before he died at the intensive care unit of the NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. He died at the age of 53. The family announced his death in a statement…
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Lagos Govt Begins Massive Recruitment of Health Workers [See How To Apply]
In a bid to further strengthen the health sector in Lagos, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu through the Lagos State Health Service Commission (LSHSC) has announced mass recruitment of clinical workers to fill existing vacancies and address manpower deficit in all public secondary health facilities in the state. This, it said, is in fulfilment of the Governor’s…
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Nollywood Actress, Doris Chimma is Dead
Nollywood actress Doris Chima is dead, the deceased according to report, was a foundation member of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and former vice chairperson of Lagos State chapter of AGN. Chima, The Nation gathered, had breast cancer with the affected breast cut off in 2020 after she was diagnosed to prevent further damage. Confirming…
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Just In: House of Representatives Loses Member
The lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South in the House of Representatives, Hon Omolafe Adedayo Isaac aka”Expensive”, is dead. According to The Nation, Hon Omolafe died around 2am in a private hospital in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Omolafe was elected to the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). He…
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Otedola Revealed Roles Played By Babangida During Late Yar’Adua’s Sickness
Nigerian business mogul, Femi Otedola, on Sunday felicitated with ex-military president Ibrahim Babangida who will mark his 80th birthday on Tuesday, just as lauded the retired army general for the role he played during the political logjam caused by the prolonged sickness of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010. In his forthcoming book on…
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2021 UTME: Jamb Speaks on Setting Cut-off Marks
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed its readiness to announce the minimum admission cut-off marks for the 2021/2022 academic session. The board made the disclosure in a bulletin issued on Sunday. Recall that, JAMB had last year set 160 and above as the cut-off mark for admission into universities, 120 for polytechnics…
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SSANU Warns FG Against Establishment of New Varsities
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has cautioned the federal government against the establishment of new universities. The association’s National President, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, said this in Benin at the weekend during the 2nd regular zonal executive council meeting of the South-South zone of the union. He explained that the funds being budgeted…