Category: News
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Port Harcourt Refinery Begins Operation July
The 210,000-barrel-per-day Port-Harcourt refinery may finally commence operations by the end of July after several postponements. The new date was disclosed on Monday by the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Ukadike Chinedu. He stated that the development would stimulate economic activities, reduce the price of petroleum products and ensure adequate…
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Fed Govt Releases Conditions as Student Loan Scheme Begins Friday
Undergraduates in Federal Government-owned tertiary institutions will be the first batch of beneficiaries of the student loan scheme The portal opens on Friday. Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, stated this yesterday while unfolding the conditions would-be beneficiaries will be required to meet. No fewer than 1.2 million students are…
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One Year in Office: Nine Governors Yet to Fight their godfathers
In less than ten days, 20 governors will be celebrating their one year in office. Some of them emerged as governors through the endorsement of their predecessors who paved the way for them among several other interested politicians. In Nigeria, fights between godfathers and godsons are very popular. Some of the most notorious recently would…
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Iran: 15 Presidents who died in Air Crash Since 1940 (Profiles)
As the world mourns President Ebrahim Riasi, who was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash at Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan, Iran. Below are 15 presidents killed in air accidents or incidents since 1940. President Getúlio Vargas died by suicide, and the impeachment of Deputy Carlos Luz and President Café Filho died in an aircraft crash…
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Strike Looms in Varsities, as ASUU Rejects List of Governing Council Members Approved by President Tinubu
AIT Live There are indications that academic activities in Nigeria’s public universities may be grounded again as the academic staff union of universities, ASUU has rejected a list of governing board members recently approved by the federal government. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, insists the list is illegal and has not addressed the reason…
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Just In: Usyk Beats Fury To Win Historic Undisputed Heavyweight Championship Fight
Heavyweight boxer, Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision points defeat on a dramatic night in Saudi Arabia as Oleksandr Usyk became boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion. On a grand stage and on a legacy-defining night, Briton Fury began well but was given a standing 10 count and saved by the bell after an Usyk onslaught…
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Governor Adeleke Pays Medical Bills of Injured OAU Students Following Ceiling Collapse
The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has settled medical bills of students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, students in a lecture hall ceiling collapse on Thursday. In a statement by his Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole, the governor offered to foot the medical bills of the affected student, while sympathising “with the management of…
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Yabatech Students To Undergo 18-month Technical Skills in China
Punch Newspaper In a bid to promote a culture of educational excellence, the Chief Diana Chen Foundation has empowered 25 students of Yaba College of Technology for 18 months technical skills training in China. This was disclosed at the launch of the Silk Road International Fellowship Programme in Lagos on May 14, 2024. It introduced…
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Final Year Student Arrest For Allegedly Raping 100-level Student
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Gabriel David, a 400-level student at the State University, Keffi, for allegedly raping a 100-level student of the same institution. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known while speaking with our correspondent in Lafia on Saturday. Nansel said the suspect was arrested…
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FG constitutes governing councils of tertiary institutions (FULL LIST)
The federal government has constituted the governing councils of federal universities in the country. Former Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Joy Emordi, legal luminary, Yusuf Ali, SAN, and Senator Udoma Udoma, are among those named as pro-chancellors and chairmen of the institutions. This list of the constituted governing councils was released on Saturday, by the…