Author: News Agency Report
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Kano Govt Splashes N5 Million on Two Winners of National Qur’anic Recitation Competition
The Kano State Government has given N2.5 million each to the two overall winners of the 35th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition that ended in Kano, on Saturday. A statement issued by the spokesman for the deputy governor, Hassan Fagge, in Kano, which disclosed this, identified Muhammad Gusau from Zamfara State and Nusaiba Ahmed from Kano…
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Jamb Gives Updates On Sale of 2021 UTME, DE Registration Forms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, says it has concluded all arrangements to commence the sale of 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and Direct Entry, DE, registration forms. The board disclosed this in its Vol. 2, No. 15 Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to newsmen on Monday…
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Medical Expert Reveals Ways To Avoid Kidney Failure
A medical practitioner, Dr Nuhu Sule, on Thursday, cautioned youths against cigarette smoking impeding blood supply to human organs, to avoid kidney failure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than eight million persons die from smoking annually, while more than 1.2 million non-smokers die out of second-hand smoke. Sule, who made the…
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NYSC: OAU students lament over missing Stream 1, Batch A, 2021
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, lamented over missing the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Stream 1, Batch A of 2021. The students, who lamented over the delay in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, in Ile-Ife, attributed their grievance on missing the Stream 1, Batch A service to…
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‘Fake Soldier’ Arraigned For Beating Police Inspector in Lagos
A 39-year-old man, Ikechukwu Chokuba, who allegedly falsely presented himself as an army officer and assaulted a police officer, was on Monday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Mr. Chokuba, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on assault and impersonation. The prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan,…
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Workers To Get €14 Daily as Stay-at-home COVID-19 Package
The Czech Republic is introducing a quarantine bonus payment of 14 euros as part of its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Milos Zeman signed a law on Friday stipulating that employees receive the equivalent of up to 14 euros a day (16.7 dollars) if they are in a quarantine officially ordered by authorities. The…
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YabaTech Gives Updates on Post-UTME Screening
Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) says plans are underway for the institution’s examinations committee to meet and unveil modalities for its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The institution’s Deputy Registrar, Mr Joe Ejiofor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, the step is…
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Ooni of Ife Unveils COVID-19 Drugs
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has unveiled a series of traditional medicines, made from local herbs, that boost human’s immune system against infectious diseases, including the rampaging Coronavirus (COVID-19). The product launch, which held at the Ile Oodua Palace of Ile-Ife on Thursday, was done through a platform called Herbal Remedies with the…
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Expert Advises Men, Women On Way To Improve Fertility With Sugarcane
Mrs Olufunmilola Adewumi, the Assistant Chief Nutritionist at the Orile Agege General Hospital in Lagos State has advised those seeking to improve their fertility level and libido to consider taking sugarcane juice for a boost. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that sugarcane could help women with ovulation problem…
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Meet The Newly Confirmed Auditor General of The Federation, Adolphus
Aghughu Adolphus has been confirmed by the Senate for appointment as Auditor-General for the Federation, following a nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. The confirmation was sequel to the presentation and consideration of a report of the Committee on Public Accounts by the Chairman, Sen. Urhoghide Mathew (PDP-Edo). Mr. Urhoghide in his presentation, said that the…