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The management of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, UNILORIN, have approved expulsion and rustication for 19 undergraduates of the institution for various offences. Among them are six final year students. The better by far Varsity let this out in a statement by the director, Corporate Affairs of the institution, Mr, Kunle Akogun. Akogun said…

Punch Newspaper Public health experts have warned against the practice of rushing to give milk to victims of electric shock as a form of first aid treatment, stressing that it is ineffective and can lead to aspiration. The physicians also said hitting electrocuted persons with sticks is an improper way to separate them from an…

A 10-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of his playmate in Ejibo area of Lagos. The suspect and other children, including the deceased, also 10 years, were said to be playing football at Oluwole street, Powerline line area of Ejibo, when an argument which degenerated into a fight ensued between…

The National Examinations Council has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations (Internal) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This follows the successful accreditation of the Nigeria International School, Jeddah, by a NECO delegation led by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, and the Registrar of NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi.…

Daily Trust The federal government has released a sum of N90 billion to subsidise the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Daily Trust has learnt. An impeccable source within the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) revealed this to Daily Trust on Thursday. The source, who asked not to be named, noted that…

The wanted traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe has surrendered his self to police in the state over the killing of 17 Soldiers in the Okuama Community. The monarch was declared wanted along side the president general of Ewu, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur and…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr. Abdullahi Bello as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, pending confirmation by the Senate. Bello takes over from Prof Isah Mohammed, whom former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed in November 2018. This was conveyed in a statement signed Thursday, by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday, tasked wives of all 36 state governors to nominate one tertiary institution and 100 farmers in their states for intervention projects by the Renewed Hope Initiative. The 100 farmers would comprise 25 men and 75 women. This followed a partnership between the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday established the Presidential Economic Coordination Council comprising himself, the Vice President, Senate President and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum among 27 others. Wednesday’s move is “in furtherance of his administration’s efforts at re-engineering the nation’s economic governance framework,” the Presidency said in a statement signed by Tinubu’s…