Author: Vreporters
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Varsity Don Burnt To Death in Auto Crash
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300-level FUTA Student Commits Suicide
A 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Ondo state, Olona Joseph Oluwapelumi, has reportedly committed suicide. Olona was reported to have committed suicide in his off campus lodge, located Aule area, in the state capital. Vanguard gathered that the department of industrial design student hanged himself . His friends who…
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Naira Redesign: CBN Announces Cash Swap Strategy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a cash swap strategy that will allow unbanked citizens in rural areas exchange their old naira notes for the newly recoloured ones as the deadline for the use of old naira notes draws closer. The bank announced the development in a statement published on its website on Friday. It…
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Edo Train Attack: How Youths, Traditional Rulers, Others ‘Receive’ N20k, Cows From Kidnappers
Vanguard News There have been startling revelations on how armed kidnappers found their way into the Tom Ikimi train station in Igueben, Edo State, on January 7, 2023, abducting some passengers and two members of staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation. This followed allegations that some youths in Esan land were paid N20,000 each and…
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Keyamo drags Atiku, ICPC, EFCC, CCB to Court
Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has dragged President candidate of the leading opposition party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and some government agencies to court over the recent allegations of fraud. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) wants the Federal High Court, Abuja to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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17 Injured, 9 Students Reportedly Raped, as Armed Robbers Raid Varsity Hostels
Nigerian Tribune At least seventeen students sustained various degrees of injury and about nine female students were rapped in the early hours of Friday when a gang of suspected armed robbers raided over thirty off-campus hostels of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the robbers who were estimated to be about twenty had…
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Labour Party Governorship Candidate Defects To APC
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Jigawa State, Comrade Abdullahi Tsoho, has abandoned his aspiration and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was disclosed by Habibu Nuhu Kila, the Special Adviser to Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State, in a terse statement made available to Channels Television on Friday. According to the statement, Comrade…
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93 Judicial Officers Recommended as Judges, Heads of Courts Across Nigeria (Full List)
About 93 judicial officers have been recommended by the National Judicial Council, NJC as judges and heads of courts across the country. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the NJC spokesman, Soji Oye. He said the decision was taken at the Council’s 100 th meeting which was held between January 18 and…
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Just In:, FG Officially Increases Petrol Price Per Litre
Vanguard News The Federal Government has officially increased the price of petrol by 8.8 per cent to N185 per litre, from N170 per litre. The ex-depot price also shot up from N148 per litre to N167. However, Vanguard’s findings show that many filling stations have been selling far above this new price, a situation which…
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Labour Party Slams Suit Against Arise TV, Demands N100 Million Compensation
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure has slammed a suit against the International broadcast medium, Arise TV over allegation of defamation, while demanding compensation of N100 million. Abure said the platform lent its airtime to former secretary of the Labour Party, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi to spew unfounded allegations that smeared his integrity.…