Author: News Agency Report
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LASU Management To Refund 50% Of Students Tuition Fee Every Session
Lagos State University (LASU) has promised to refund 50 per cent of school fees to students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.50 in every session. Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, revealed the existence of this new policy during the matriculation ceremony of the 2020/2021 students on Monday. She said the policy was…
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Two Lecturers Dismissed Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi has approved the dismissal of two lecturers, Abubakar Baba and Adebusoye Sunday, accused of allegedly sexually harassing their students. The rector, Sunusi Gumau, stated this while briefing newsmen at the end of the 98th meeting of the council, on Sunday in Bauchi. Mr Gumau said that the…
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NCS Recaptures 262 Inmates Escaped From Oyo Prison
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) says 262 inmates from the 837 that escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town have been recaptured. Spokesperson of the NCS Oyo command, Olanrewaju Anjorin, in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan, said while 262 escaped inmates had been recaptured, 575 were still at large. It was reported…
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Oyedepo Reveals Plan To Build World Class University
The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo, says he will build a world-class university to compete favourably with such other universities. Oyedepo said this on Thursday at Ota, Ogun State at the 19th Founder’s Day celebration of Covenant University. He said that the institution would provide the enabling environment for quality…
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Court Orders Remand of Ex-NSITF Boss in EFCC Custody
The Division of the FCT High Court on Thursday ordered that the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s ( EFCC) custody, until Friday. The judge, Maryam Hassan, gave the order after listening to both counsel submissions on the defendant’s bail…
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8 Ex-Students’ Union Leaders of LASU Inducted into Road Transport Association, RTEAN
Eight former students’ union leaders of the Lagos State University (LASU) have been inducted into the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). In a statement by the association’s chairman, Nurudeen Eniafe, and secretary, Olalere Owoseni, in Lagos on Tuesday, the move is part of the rebranding effort to correct the notion that the association…
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FG Speaks On Recommended Conditions For Lifting Ban on Twitter
The Federal Government says the recommended conditions for the lifting of the suspension imposed on Twitter will be applicable to all Over-The-Top and other social media platforms in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday when he featured on a phone-in programme of TV Continental, “This Morning” monitored…
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More Nigerian Universities To Be Among First 1000 in Africa, FG
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime will get more Nigerian universities in the first 1,000 in Africa, promised Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, insisting it is committed to revamping the educational system in Nigeria. “So, we will give the public university system a pride of place (sic), so that when (the) next global assessment is…
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Zuckerberg Reveals Casualties of Facebook Outage, Sends Message To Teeming Subscribers
As teeming of subscribers continue to sympathize with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the $7 billion loss to the technical glitch suffered by his firm on Monday, the techpreneur says the money and subscribers’ loss were not his priority, but the scathing consequences the disruption had on global users. Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post late…
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NDLEA Arrests Final Year Varsity Student With Liquid Cannabis From U.S.
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested one Mario Okiwelu, a final year student of Fine Arts and Design, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, with illicit drugs. The NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, added that the suspect was arrested for importing variants of liquid…