Author: Vreporters
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Briton Accused of Plotting to Overthrow Tinubu Breaks Silence
Daily Trust British national declared wanted, Drew Povey has reacted to the allegation of building “a network of sleeper cells to topple” the Bola Tinubu administration “and plunge the nation into chaos.” On Monday, the police high command promised to reward any Nigerian who facilitates the arrest of Povey. Daily Trust reports that apart from…
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Withheld Results: WAEC Sends Message To Affected Candidates, Schools
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has asked schools or candidates whose May\June Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are being withheld over various reported cases of malpractice to check their statuses on the council’s portal. The organisation says that is the only way they can know the update if they had lodged complaint and…
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Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso Resume Merge Talk Ahead of 2027 General Elections
Three leading opposition bigwigs in the country, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, are discussing a potential merger to address the nation’s issues of hunger and insecurity ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy national spokesperson, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who revealed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily…
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Cleaner Who Returned $10,000 Found On Aircraft Gets Cash, Promotion, Other Rewards
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has showered encomiums on one of its employees, Auwal Ahmed Dankode, for his exemplary honesty in returning a missing sum of $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. LEADERSHIP reports that Dankode, an employee of NAHCO discovered the…
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Protest: UI Shutdown Institution, Issues Directive To Students
The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, Oyo State, on Friday, has shut down the institution for 3-weeks following students protest over the increment of the tuition fees. Vreporters had earlier reported that the undergraduates on Friday staged a peaceful protest over tuition hikes by the management of the institution following the approval of…
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NCC Gives Insight into Why Kidnappers, Bandits Are ‘Difficult’ To Track, After NANS Reaction
Vanguard News Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make contact with their victims’ families. Senate President of the Nigerian Association of…
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UI Students Protest After Governing Council Approves Upward Review of School Fees
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, have resorted to protest after the governing council adopted a new fee structure. Earlier in February, the UI management was reported to have commenced an upward review of the fees for its fresh students. The rates were said to have been hiked by up to 480 percent, prompting…
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Why I Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft – Kano Resident
An employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, who returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft, has said that his motivation is to please Allah. The sum, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the…
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NYSC Bars Poly Graduates Without IT Experience, ASUP Reacts
Punch Newspaper The National Youth Service Corps has said polytechnic graduates or holders of the Higher National Diploma without evidence of undertaking the mandatory 12-month industrial training will not be registered at the NYSC orientation camp to participate in the national youth service. The acting Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Mrs Caroline Lembu,…
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President Tinubu Approves 50% Electricity Subsidy For Tertiary Institutions, Teaching Hospitals
The Nation Newspaper President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent subsidy for electricity used by some public institutions in the country . To benefit are Federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The various teaching hospitals will also enjoy the subsidy regime. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, broke the…