Category: News
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UK Varsities Begin Strike Over Pay, Pension, Work Contracts
Peoples Gazette Academic activities in the United Kingdom were disrupted on Thursday as varsity workers began a strike action over pay, working conditions, and pensions. The University and College Union (UCU), the UK trade union for university staff, said the strike aimed at improving the educational sector will be the biggest in decades in the…
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BREAKING: Renowned gospel singer Sammie Okposo dies at 51
The Nation Newspaper Popular gospel singer Sammie Okposo is dead. The Wellu Wellu master, as he is fondly called, was 51. Okposo was also a music producer, psalmist, and CEO of Zamar Entertainment. He released his first album Addicted in 2004. He bagged multiple awards including KORA Best Gospel Artiste in Africa (2006), Crown SABC…
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2023: INEC sets Campaign Donation Limit
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has approved the publication and release of guidelines for the Conduct of Political Rallies, Processions and Campaigns as well as that of Finances and Election Expenses of political parties, Candidates and Aspirants. Accordingly, it has set a ceiling of N50 million as the maximum amount of money or other…
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Final Year Varsity Student Commits Suicide, Accuses Father of Lack of Caring
A final-year student of the Federal University of Kashere (FUK), Gombe State, has committed suicide. The student identified as Nalkur Zwalnan Lar was said to have taken his life at Santuraki area of Kashere town Wednesday night. According to sources, the student who was of Faculty of Education, initially took poison but after it was…
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U.S. announces no-interview visa renewals for Nigerian students
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has said current students in the U.S. on an F1, or academic J1 visa may be eligible to renew their student visa without an interview when they return to Nigeria over the winter break. In a statement on Wednesday., the embassy said to qualify for this procedure, such a student…
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Aggrieved Northern APC Christians Endorse Obi-Datti, Give Reasons
An All Progressives Congress (APC) group under the auspices of Aggrieved Northern APC Christians has recommended that its members and their supporters back the Obi/Datti presidential ticket for the 2023 election. The group in a statement titled “Why we have chosen to endorse the Obi/Datti ticket” signed by one of its leaders, former Secretary to…
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Imo State Governor, Uzodimma Sacked VC
Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has sacked the Vice Chancellor, Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo, Prof Patrick Egbule. The VC was relieved through a press statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Cosmas Iwu, and made available to newsmen in Owerri, the state capital. Egbule was replaced with Prof…
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Just In: Court Strikes Out Case Against APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu
Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a case filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP)seeking to nullify the candidature of Bola Tinubu as 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bayo Onanuga,Director of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He…
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Nigerian Students To Gain More Access To Financial Aid, as Lawmakers Pass Students’ Loan Bill
Nigerian students in institutions of higher learning would gain more access to financial assistance as the two chambers of the National Assembly have passed the students’ loan bill, according to Lanre Lasisi, spokesman to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. He said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that Mr Gbajabiamila sponsored the bill. He said the…
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Reps Orders NUC Boss to Produce Vice Chancellors Over Illegal Budgets Approval, Others
Nigerian Tribune The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)of the House of Representatives on Wednesday directed the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Rasheed Adamu to produce before it all the Vice Chancellors whose universities were indicted by the Office of the Auditor General of the federation over illegal approval of budgets and…