Author: News Agency Report
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Oyo Commissioner Reacts To Two Students ‘Turning To Yams’
There is no iota of truth in the report that two students of Bashorun High School, Ibadan, were on Friday turned to tubers of yam by a suspected ritualist. The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Abiodun Abdulramah, made this clarification, while addressing students, parents and guardians of the school when he visited the school. The…
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UNILORIN Gets 5KW Mini-Hydropower Station
The National Centre for Hydropower Research and Development (NACHRED), University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has concluded plans to construct a mini-hydropower station to generate 5KW of electricity for the school. Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, made this known on Thursday at a workshop and exhibition organised by NACHRED. The exhibition is on “Small…
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COVID-19: Omicron Variant Now in 23 Countries, WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of the new Omicron variant have been reported in at least 23 countries in five of the six WHO regions. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed on Wednesday in Geneva and said that the number of cases was expected to grow. “WHO takes this development extremely seriously, and…
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President Buhari Honours Two Civil Servants, One Nigerian Student
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja honoured two civil servants, Muhammad Ahmad and Nelson Okoronkwo and a Nigerian student in Japan for exhibiting exemplary acts of honesty and integrity. Mr Tukur, an Assistant Commander of Narcotics, works at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. He recently recovered and declared to the Agency 24,500…
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Extortion: JAMB To Stop CBT Centres From Collecting Registration Fee
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will start collecting the N700 registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from 2022 to end CBT centres’ extortion. In its weekly bullet issued in Abuja on Monday, it disclosed that it would collect the N700 fee at the point of registration. “JAMB will,…
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20,000 Graduates To Begin Paid Fellowship in January 2022, FG
Twenty thousand graduates will commence paid fellowship in January 2022 through the United Nations Development Programme and Federal Government partnership, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has said. He stated this on Friday at the 2021 Presidential Policy Dialogue of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.According to him, the partnership is under the Nigeria Jubilee…
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18-year-old Lady Emerges Overall Winner of BBC Hausa Writing Competition
Aishatu Dalil, 18, emerged the overall winner of the BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Competition tagged: “Hikayata”. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dalil won the context with the story ”Hakkina” (My Right) and was announced the overall winner on Friday night in Abuja. She was awarded a cash prize of 2000 dollars and…
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Convocation: Graduating UI Students With Lower Grades Decry Management’s Decision
Some graduating students of the University of Ibadan have decried the Nigeria’s premier university management’s decision to ban all, except first class graduates, from its 2021 Convocation ceremony. The university on Monday held its Convocation and Award Ceremony for the First Degrees at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, with only the first…
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774,000 Jobs: Minister Speaks On Approval of Second Phase
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari would approve the implementation of the second phase of the Extended Special Public Works, ESPW, programme. Mr Keyamo also assured all verified participants in the programme across the 774 Local Government Areas that they would be fully paid. The minister…
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Osun Osogbo shrine gets $127,000 US grant
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria is to spend $127,000 on the digital documentation and conservation of Busanyin Shrine located in the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the $127,000 grant was awarded to CyArk, a California-based non-profit, through the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). Speaking at the…