Author: News Agency Report
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Woman Sets Self Ablaze in Jigawa Over Husband’s Plan To Remarry ex-wife
The police in Jigawa said that a house wife, Maimuna Wadaji, has been hospitalised after attempting to die by suicide in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse. Mr Shiisu said the victim, a resident of Runguma village, committed…
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Governor Makinde Swears-in Seven New Commissioners
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has sworn in seven new commissioners, charging them to remain on the path of sustainable development in the state. According to reports, the seven commissioners were re-appointed from the list of 17 former commissioners sacked by the governor on June 28. The reappointed commissioners include Ministry of Finance, Akinola…
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Ex-president’s Son, Aminu Arrested, Detained For ‘Killing’ Four People
The late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s son, 36-year-old Aminu, has been arrested for killing four people in Yola. On Thursday, a magistrates’ court in Yola remanded Mr Yar’Adua in prison custody for crushing four people to death in an auto crash in Yola. The late president’s son, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN),…
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Tetfund To Build 160,000-bed Capacity Hostel in 100 Public Universities
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, has disclosed plans by the fund to construct 160,000-bed capacity hostel accommodation in 100 public universities across the country. Mr Imam made this disclosure on Wednesday during a hearing on the utilisation of staff intervention programme at the Gombe State University. According…
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20 Law Students Make First Class in March Final Bar Examination, NLS DG
Twenty students passed with first class out of a total of 4,350 successful candidates who participated in the March 2021 Bar Final Examination of the Nigeria Law School. The Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Isa Ciroma, disclosed this while presenting the successful candidates for July 2021 Call to the Nigerian Bar, to…
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Nigeria Will Be More Peaceful, Prosperous When Buhari Leaves Office, Buhari’s Aide, Gambari
The Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, says Nigeria will be “more peaceful and prosperous” when President Muhammamdu Buhari leaves office. He stated this on Sunday as he urged Nigerians to give maximum support to Mr Buhari, saying, “his success is our success.” Mr Gambari, visiting his ancestral home, Ilorin, for the first…
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Oyo Govt Reacts To Igangan Attack
Oyo State Government says men of the Nigeria Customs Service raided Igangan and other parts of Ibarapa areas of the state on Friday night, not unknown gunmen. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, said in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan, that this was contrary to the widely circulated report…
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House Approves Pay-as-you-go For DSTV , Other Cable TVs
The House of Representatives has adopted the pay-per-view, pay-as-you-go and price reduction for DSTV and other cable satellite operators in the country. This followed the approval of the recommendations of the ad–hoc Committee on Non–Implementation of Pay–As–You–Go and sudden Increment of Tariffs plan by Broadcast Digital Satellite Service Providers. The chairman of the committee, Unyime…
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Eid-Ul-Kabeer: Sultan of Sokoto Declares Sunday First of Dhul-hijjah
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Sunday, July 11, as the first day of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH. This is contained in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Sunday. “The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee…
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Why Public School Students In Enugu Peromed Woefully In 2021 UTME, Official
The permanent secretary of the Enugu Post Primary School Management Board, Favour Ugwuanyi, has said that most students in public schools in the state did not do well in the just concluded Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. She further explained that it was because they were not computer literate. Mrs Ugwuanyi also said…