Author: Vreporters
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MAULAG, OAU: Successes and Setbacks of Renaming Universities after Personalities
Vanguard News The Federal Executive Council, FEC, recently announced its decision to rename the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, after General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s Head of State from 1966 to 1975, in recognition of his contributions to national development. As the proposal awaits approval by the National Assembly, this move rekindles conversations about renaming universities after…
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FG Unveils ‘Youth Activity Dashboard’ For Teeming Nigerian Youths
The federal government has unveiled the “Youth Activity Dashboard” to track programmes for young people in the various ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) and create opportunities for them. Speaking at the launch of the dashboard at an event in Abuja on Tuesday, Titilope Gbadamosi, special assistant to the president on youth initiatives (monitoring and delivery),…
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Just In: Car-snatching Syndicate Shot Varsity Lecturer Dead
Punch Newspaper Some yet-to-be-identified members of a car-snatching syndicate have shot dead a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Dr Fabian Osita. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Monday night near the high-tension area in Aroma in Awka, the state capital, as the deceased was driving home from work. One of the sources…
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Management Reveals Strategic Plans To Transform OAU Into World Class Academic Centre
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has launched a groundbreaking Strategic Plan for 2025-2050, aiming to transform the institution into a world-class center of academic excellence and research innovation, while simultaneously grappling with substantial electricity costs that drain nearly N195 million from its monthly budget. The plan was unveiled during a management conference titled ‘Envisioning a Great…
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Just In: FG Renames University of Abuja
The federal government has renamed the University of Abuja, which is now to be known as Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to journalists at the State House on Monday, following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The renaming is in…
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EFCC Arrests 193 Foreigners, 599 Others For Alleged Crypto Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a landmark arrest of a total number of 792 suspects for offences bordering on cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. EFCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, who briefed journalists at the commission’s office in Lagos on Monday said the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December…
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Supreme Court Rules on Suit Seeking Removal of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The Supreme Court, on Monday, ruled on a suit seeking to sack President Bola Tinubu from office as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria . The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices, awarded a fine of N5 million against the plaintiff, Chief Ambrose Owuru, who was the…
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Nigerians Speak on Expectations, as 32 Governors Present 22 Trillion For 2025 Budgets Estimation
Daily Trust Citizens have said they are expecting more developmental projects and programmes from governors following the increases in the fiscal estimates proposed for the 2025 by various state governments. Analysis by Daily Trust showed that 32 of the 36 governors have proposed a total sum of N21.9 trillion in the appropriation bills presented to…
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Former Presidential Candidate Drags Tinubu To Supreme Court, Demands His Removal as President
A former presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has approached the Supreme Court, praying it to sack President Bola Tinubu from office. Owuru, who was the presidential flag-bearer of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the 2019 general election, in the legal action he filed directly at the apex court, among other things, maintained that president…
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Lecturer Arrested Over Alleged Involvement in Abduction of Wife of ASUU Chairman
The police in Benue State have arrested a lecturer over his alleged involvement in the abduction of Mrs Susan Anyagh, wife of the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the Joseph Sawuaan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM). The spokesperson of the police in the state, SP Catherine Anene, in a statement on…