Category: News
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leaked Audio: Peter Obi Breaks Silence
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has broken his silence on the leaked audio of his conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide. The audio clip released by online newspaper, Peoples Gazzete, has set social media on fire since Saturday. In the audio, Obi was heard begging Oyedepo to help…
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JAMB Breaks Silence Over Delay of Hijab-wearing Candidates at Covenant Varsity
Daily Trust The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday apologised to the hijab-wearing candidates barred on Thursday by the Covenant University, owned by Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, from sitting for the Mock-UTME at its campus in Otta, Ogun State. This was amidst the condemnations that trailed the action of…
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UniBen Final Year Student Shot Dead in Hostel
A final-year student of University of Benin simply known as Desmond was on Monday shot dead in his room at the Hall 3 Hostel by unknown gunmen in what appeared like a cult-related incident. The late student popularly known as ‘Mayor’ was said to be in the Department of Public Administration and was shot at…
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WAEC Releases 2023-First Series Results, Withholds 413 Results
The West African Examinations Council WAEC has announced the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for Private Candidates, 2023–First Series. According to the Head of the National Office WAEC, Nigeria Patrick E. Areghan, of the total number of Eight Thousand, Three Hundred And Forty-Eight, 8,348 candidates that sat the examination, Four…
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Security Operatives Arrest Igbo Leader Threatening To Invite IPOB To Lagos
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, who vowed to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state. Daily Trust learnt that the Igbo leader was picked on early Saturday…
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Nigerian Students React To Call For Interim Government
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has rejected the call for an interim government by some people and called on the proponents to be sanctioned appropriately. The student body also noted that nothing should stop the inauguration of the President-Elect and his team. NANS Vice President, External Affairs, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, on Friday said…
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Just In: Finally, Police Arrest Portable (Video)
The Ogun State police command has arrested famous singer, Habeeb Okikiola, commonly called Portable, who had earlier refused to honour the police invitation. Recall that earlier on Tuesday, two videos of the musician raining curses and rough-handling some men of the Nigeria police surfaced on the internet. Portable’s arrest is coming after the police gave…
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How FG ‘Punished’ 3 Incumbent Governors Over Naira Scarcity- Metawale
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has blamed his inability to secure a second tenure on his move against the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Matawalle stated this while speaking during an interview with DW Hausa on Thursday. The governor alleged that some elements in the Federal Government worked against…
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ASUU Declares Total, Comprehensive Strike in Taraba
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. This follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it is not owing…
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First Bank Reacts To Forgery Allegation by FG
First Bank has distanced itself from the charge against its institution by the Federal Government, describing the allegation as an attempt to smear its reputation. Recall that FG charged the bank’s managing director and three others over allegations bordering on forgery. The charge sheet, marked CR/266/2023 before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,…