Category: News
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Trending: Nigeria’s fake professors list that turned out to be fake
Punch Newspaper The media space has been agog with news of a purported list of fake professors currently in some federal, state and private universities nationwide. The development followed the recent investigative report by a reporter with the Daily Nigerian Newspaper which exposed the activities of degree mills in Benin Republic and Togo. The reporter,…
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Outgoing Kogi Chief of Staff, Chief Abdulkareem Moh’d Jamiu Expresses Gratitude to God, Gov. Yahyah Bello, Others
As the tenure of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahya Bello winds down, his outgoing chief of staff, Pharm Abdulkareem Muhammad Jamiu (Asuku) has expresses gratitude to God for hitch-free tenure and also thanked the governor for the rare opportunity given to him to serve the state. The statement which was made available to Vreporters on…
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JUST IN: Tinubu Sacks BPE, FCCPC Chiefs
Punch Newspaper President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday sacked the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Mr. Babatunde Irukera, and the Director-General/CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr Alexander Ayoola Oko. A statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed that Monday’s…
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Court Orders Remand of UNICAL Professor in Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), who was charged with alleged sexual harassment. Ndifon, who is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before Justice James Omotosho, however, pleaded not…
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Alleged N585m Scandal: EFCC Invites Beta Edu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters located in Jabi, Abuja over an alleged N585m scandal. The invitation came less than an hour after President Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s suspension from office through the Special Adviser to the President on Media…
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Five Simple Steps to Apply for Automated Passport, Documents Required for Passport Renewal
The Nation Newspaper Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo will today, Monday, January 8, launch the much-anticipated International Passport Automation system. The automated passport system launch will go live during a review of Nigeria Immigration Service facilities in Abuja on January 8, 2024. The programme intends to give applicants a convenient and secure experience while also…
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How Late TB Joshua ‘Raped, Tortured Members’ – BBC Investigation Reveals
Punch Newspaper No fewer than 25 persons have given eyewitness accounts bordering on allegations of sexual assault, physical abuse, faked miracles and trauma -allegedly suffered in the hands of a late Nigerian pastor, Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua, BBC reports Monday. Joshua, one of Africa’s most influential religious leaders and richest pastors, had the world…
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UNN, Covenant, Unilorin Break Silence Over Fake Professors Allegation in Varsities
The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State, those of Covenant University at Ota in Ogun State and the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State have debunked reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) allegedly exposed fake professors in their institutions. In a statement by its acting Public Relations Officer…
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Supreme Court To Hear Appeals Filed by Lagos, Kano, Ogun, Other 18 Governors This Week
The Nation Newspaper The Supreme Court will this week hear 21 appeals arising from the disputes over the March 18, 2023 governorship elections. In its schedule for the week, the cases on Ebonyi, Plateau, Delta, Adamawa, Abia, Ogun, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states will be heard between today and Thursday. The Nation learnt that…
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Federal Polytechnic Ede Students Cry Out Over Proposed Hike in Tuition Fees, Failure To Inaugurate Elected SU Leaders
Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, have cried out over looming hike in tuition fee without proper consultation of key union leaders in the institution, accusing the management of running one-man show owing to the delay in inauguration of duly elected students’ union leaders. The students under the aegis of Collective Voice of…