Category: News
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NUC Clears Air Over Alleged ‘Dollarization’ of Tuition Fees by Varsities
The National Universities Commission, NUC,has denied claims making rounds in some quarters that some universities in the country are charging tuition fees in dollar. Instead, the commission explained that only foreigners studying in universities in the country pay tuition in dollar. Speaking Thursday in Abuja, the acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki warned that…
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Recruitment: Police Shortlist 171,956 Applicants, Fix March 5 for CBT Exam Nationwide
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has disclosed that a total of 171,956 applicants who were successful in the screening exercise for recruitment into the Nigerian Police Force are expected to take part in the computer-based tests. Noting that candidates for the aptitude tests are applicants for the general duty positions, the commission said that “the…
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FG Gives Fresh Update On Electricity Subsidy
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigeria cannot continue to subsidise electricity, adding that the nation must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, as the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and 1.3 billion dollars owed gas companies Adelabu, addressed a press conference…
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I Wasn’t Wearing Anything When EFCC Operatives Invaded My Room – FUTA Female Student
A female student of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, has recounted how Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials broke into her room during a raid in the early hours of Wednesday. While sharing details of the incident via an audio recording obtained from FUTA students’ union page on X, the female…
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JUST IN: WAEC Releases WASSCE Results, says 44.29% Score Credit in five Subjects
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates across the country. This was made known in a statement made available by the acting Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola Adesina, on Tuesday evening. According to her, only 46,267 out of the…
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Suspected Cultist Burnt Alive Over Alleged Murder of Final Year Student
A suspected cultist was burnt alive yesterday by a mob in Uyo, Akwa state capital for alleged involvement in Sunday morning killing of Daniel Okon, a final year Computer Science student of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). The suspect who suffered the jungle justice along with three gang members who escaped the lynching were accused…
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$6.2m: EX-SGF Accuses Emefiele-led CBN of Documents Forgery
Former Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday that $6.2m was released from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 using a forged document. Mustapha stated this when he appeared as the fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing fraud trial of the immediate-past CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, before the…
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President Tinubu Confers National Honors on Super Eagles (Video)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has coffered national honours on all members of the Super Eagles squad that won the silver medal at the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. Mr President also granted a plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a flat to each of them for…
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IPPIS: ASUU Raises Fresh Alarm Over Mode of Salaries Payment
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the Federal Government is still using the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System to pay lecturers salaries. National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview, complained that the FG had yet to implement its promise to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and…
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Naira Reaches all-time Low at Official Market
The naira fell to a new all-time-low of N1,534/$ on the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Monday. This indicates a loss of 3.93 per cent fall or N58 from the N1,476.13/$ the national currency closed last week Friday, according to FMDQ Exchange, a platform that publishes official foreign exchange trading in the country.…