Category: News
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Vice Chancellors Give Updates on Promised Subsidy on Electricity Tariff in Varsities
Punch Newspaper One month after President Bola Tinubu approved a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals and educational institutions, the subsidy is yet to be implemented, Sunday PUNCH learnt. Expressing concern about the delay, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities lamented that universities still grappled with high electricity bills. Speaking in an…
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How Governors, LG Chairmen Enter Deals to Bypass Order on Council Funds
Punch Newspaper Some governors in the country may be getting more desperate to share in the monthly allocation to local governments if revelations by some sources, including a council chairman and a party candidate, are anything to go by. Findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that some governors have devised means to continue cornering council funds…
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Former Governor Loses Son To Road Accident
Son of former Governor of Kaduna State, Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has died in a ghastly road accident on Saturday. He died while travelling along the Kaduna- Zaria dual carriageway Saturday evening, according to a family source. “The accident occurred along the Kaduna-Zaria highway this evening. He was taken to an undisclosed hospital where he…
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APC Councillorship Candidate Stone To Death in Ogun
Some Yet-to-be-identified assailants have killed Adeleke Adeyinka, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ward 15, Abeokuta South in the November Local Government elections in Ogun State. Adeyinka, a former Ward 15 Youth Leader, Abeokuta South, was gruesomely murdered in the Jide Jones area of Abeokuta Central Business District within the State capital on Saturday. It…
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Bill To Establish Bola Tinubu University Passes First Reading at National Assembly
The House of Representatives has passed for first reading a bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages, which could add another university to the existing institutions. Sponsored by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and eight others, the bill aims to promote the learning of Nigerian languages. According to Section II, Part…
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After Ranking Best in Nigeria, Oyedepo Reveals Reason Behind Uniqueness of Covenant University
The Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Regents of Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, has revealed one of the reasons behind the uniqueness of his university adding that, he carefully studied no fewer than nine world-class foreign universities before establishing the institution. Oyedepo stated this during the convocation and conferment of first and higher…
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Tinubu, Remi, and Akpabio mocking Nigerians’ hardship by Farooq A. Kperogi
By Farooq A. Kperogi The torment of incessantly escalating petrol prices and the consequent surge in the cost of everything have plunged Nigerians into a precipitous decline in quality of life. This dire situation is exacerbated by insensitive, almost mocking remarks from those responsible for inflicting this pain. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, aptly nicknamed “T-Pain,”…
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FG Reveals Requirements for Accessing N40,000 per 50kg rice
As Nigerians struggle to survive the economic hardship, the Federal Government has announced the necessary documents needed to access the subsidized price of N40,000 for a 50kg bag of milled rice. To obtain the rice, citizens must present several documents, including their National Identification Number (NIN), an ID card, and an ATM card for registration…
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5 Things To Know Before Converting Your Petrol Vehicle to CNG
Vanguard News With the removal of petrol subsidy in Nigeria, vehicle owners are now forced to consider compressed natural gas (CNG) as a viable option to save them from the high cost of purchasing fuel. On August 19, 2023, the government, led by President Bola Tinubu, launched the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) to…
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PDP’s Faction Unveils New Party Leader After ‘axing’ Damagum
The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party. (PDP), has taken a turn for the worse as a faction of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), which suspended the Ag. National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum has appointed Yayari Ahmed, the party’s Treasurer, as his replacement. This was contained in a statement signed by the PDP National…