Author: Vreporters
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Why Pantami Sails Through DSS, Senate Screening, Ex-DSS Assistant Director
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police screened the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, before his confirmation as minister in 2019. Amachree spoke on Wednesday while featuring on PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He, however, said the minister must have…
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Popular Comedinne, Ada Jesus Is Dead
Popular Comedienne, Ada Jesus, is dead . She died in an Abuja hospital today April 21. She suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night, April 20 and was rushed to the ICU where the doctors monitored her. Sadly, she lost the battle to the kidney ailment she had been battling with on Wednesday, April 21.…
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Gunmen Attack, Abduct Private Varsity Students in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted some students during an attack on a private university in Kaduna state on Tuesday night. The academic institution, Green Field University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuka Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and also the first private university in the state established three years ago. The latest incident…
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OAU Management Advises Students Following Report Of Suicide
A student of Management and accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) identified as Adedeji Emmanuel has reportedly commited suicide. The institution through the Chief security officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, revealed the heart breaking development in a release on Tuesday. Oyatokun said current evidence indicates he died after consuming a popular pesticide in what happens to be a…
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FG Knocks UK Over Plan To Grant Asylum To IPOB Members
The Federal Government says the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also said that the decision amounted to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria’s…
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2023: FG Warns Politicians Investing In Appointment of VCs
The Federal Government has attributed the leadership crises rocking some of its universities to external influences and political leaders who sponsor appointments of vice-chancellors with the hope of getting returns. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, speaking on Monday in Abuja, warned political leaders investing in the appointment of vice-chancellors with the hope…
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Female Secondary School Students Smoking Shisha In Viral Video Suspended
The school authority has reportedly suspended some female students of Oreyo Senior Grammar School, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, seen smoking shisha in a viral video on social media, over the weekend. The act which was widely condemned by many is said to have led to a move by the Lagos State Government to rehabilitate them.…
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Video: ‘Frustrated’ Man Spotted on Telecommunication Mast In Lagos
A yet to be identified man has been spotted on a telecommunication’s mast in Opebi area of Ikeja, the Lagos state capital. The man, according to report, stormed the mast in the early hours of Monday April 19, and climbed his way to the top of the mast. No one knows his motive for climbing…
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774,000 Jobs: Minister Gives Fresh Updates On Payment of Stipends
Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has given fesh updates on why some beneficiaries are yet to get their Stipends stating that the Federal Government has discovered series of irregularities in the bank accounts submitted for the payment. Keyamo, revealed that multiple accounts with the same Bank Verification Number (BVN) were discovered while…
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Islamophobia, Pantami and the hypocrisy of his detractors By Frederick Nwabufo
Profiling. Targeting. Scapegoating. In Nigeria, you are more likely to effectuate wry remarks and suspicious stares if you are the prototypical Muslim with full-bred beard, a ‘’decimal point’’ on your forehead – a sign of your devotion to Almighty Allah, and apparelled in modest trousers that stand aloof from the ankle than if you are…