Category: News
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CONUA Enjoins FG To Pay Members, ASUU’s Withheld Salaries
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has enjoined the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its members and those of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). CONUA said it was not part of the strike by ASUU and so its members should be paid because they did not refuse to teach. It…
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FUTA student accused of N100k fraud left suicide note
Punch Newspaper More facts have emerged on the death of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Oluwapelumi Olona, who allegedly committed suicide at his off-campus residence in the Aule area of Akure, Ondo State. The Industrial Design student allegedly hanged himself in his room. The President of the Students’ Union Government,…
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UI Vice Chancellor in ‘Trouble’ Over Alleged Assault, Victimisation
Punch Newspaper The Senate has summoned the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, over an alleged assault, conspiracy and victimisation of a senior female lecturer, Dr Adenike Ogunshe, of the Department of Microbiology. The Senate, through its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, issued the directive during a panel hearing…
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Varsity Don Burnt To Death in Auto Crash
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300-level FUTA Student Commits Suicide
A 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Ondo state, Olona Joseph Oluwapelumi, has reportedly committed suicide. Olona was reported to have committed suicide in his off campus lodge, located Aule area, in the state capital. Vanguard gathered that the department of industrial design student hanged himself . His friends who…
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Naira Redesign: CBN Announces Cash Swap Strategy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a cash swap strategy that will allow unbanked citizens in rural areas exchange their old naira notes for the newly recoloured ones as the deadline for the use of old naira notes draws closer. The bank announced the development in a statement published on its website on Friday. It…
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Edo Train Attack: How Youths, Traditional Rulers, Others ‘Receive’ N20k, Cows From Kidnappers
Vanguard News There have been startling revelations on how armed kidnappers found their way into the Tom Ikimi train station in Igueben, Edo State, on January 7, 2023, abducting some passengers and two members of staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation. This followed allegations that some youths in Esan land were paid N20,000 each and…
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Keyamo drags Atiku, ICPC, EFCC, CCB to Court
Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has dragged President candidate of the leading opposition party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and some government agencies to court over the recent allegations of fraud. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) wants the Federal High Court, Abuja to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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17 Injured, 9 Students Reportedly Raped, as Armed Robbers Raid Varsity Hostels
Nigerian Tribune At least seventeen students sustained various degrees of injury and about nine female students were rapped in the early hours of Friday when a gang of suspected armed robbers raided over thirty off-campus hostels of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the robbers who were estimated to be about twenty had…
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Labour Party Governorship Candidate Defects To APC
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Jigawa State, Comrade Abdullahi Tsoho, has abandoned his aspiration and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was disclosed by Habibu Nuhu Kila, the Special Adviser to Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State, in a terse statement made available to Channels Television on Friday. According to the statement, Comrade…