Author: Vreporters
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UI Gives Updates on Resumption of Academic Activities For Returning, Fresh Students
The senate council of the University of Ibadan (UI), has given update on mode of Academic Resumption in the premier Varsity stating that the students will not be accommodated on campus but will receive their 2020/2021 First Semester lectures online. The institution annouced development in a circular released by the school’s governing council earlier today…
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COVID-19: List of Universities That Have Announced Resumption
Some Undergraduates in Nigerian Universities are returning to school after several months of being out of their lectures rooms which was occasioned by ravaging COVID-19 Pandemic cum industrial action embarked upon by ASUU. Below is a list of universities that have announced resumption or have resumed as of Friday, 15th January, 2021: University of Benin…
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LASUCOM Shuts Down Hostel Facilities, as 3 Medical Students Test Positive For COVID-19
Three medical students of Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) have tested positive for COVID-19, as the college shut down its hostel facilities following the outbreak in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly infection. LASUCOM let this out in a release signed by the Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public…
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COVID-19: Joe Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion Economic Relief Package For America
President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for households, with direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. The relief proposal includes $415bn to fight the virus and $440bn…
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UI Announces Resumption Date, Cancels 2019/2020 Academic Session
The Authorities of the University of Ibadan, (UI), has announced January 18 as its new resumption of academic activities. The resumption date was communicated following deliberation and approval of a new calendar by the school’s Senate on Thursday. According to the new calendar, the institution will be resuming for academic activities on January 18 to…
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Amotekun Dismisses Officer Over Death of 21-year-old Student
An operative of Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun, Kazeem Afolabi, has been dismissed for killing a 21-year-old student in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Afolabi was dismissed for killing Tosin Thomas at Mokola Roundabout area of the city Wednesday evening, January 13 when the corps was called to intervene in an armed robbery…
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Kenyan Pastor Bags 140 years Imprisonment For Impregnating His Two Teenage Daughters
A 51-year-old pastor, John Gichira has been sentenced to 140 years in prison for impregnating his two daughters aged 14 and 16 in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrates, Anthony Mwicigi of Baricho High Court on Thursday, January 14, the pastor was slapped with a 70-year- jail term for sexually assaulting…
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Just In: FG Okays January 18 For Schools Resumption
The Federal Government has given the nod for schools to resume on January 18 after reaching consensus with Governors, Commissioners and other stakeholders, The Nation reports. The consensus was reached at a meeting between the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and Commissioners of Education in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of…
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Oyo Police Indict Amotekun of Killing 21-year-old Student
Oyo State Police Command, Thursday, indicted operative of southwest security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun of killing another 21-year-old student, Tosin Thomas. The force spokesman in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed this to newsmen in a statement issued in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. His words, “A report was received from one Alamu Timothy at Makola Police…
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Shocking! Missing Varsity Lecturer Found Dead!
A lecturer with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi State, Kyrian Nwoke, who went missing few days ago, has been murdered by unknown assailants, Daily Trust reports. Nwoke, before his death, taught in the Department of Physiology in AE-FUNAI. His remains were found along Abakaliki Rice Mill axis of Ogoja road on…