Category: News
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Screening: APC Sends Message To Aspirants With Criminal Records
Nigerian Tribune As parties prepare for their primaries, the screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to abandon aspirants with criminal records who may fail to disclose it to the party. The party warned that it would not come to the aid of any aspirant with cases of misconduct, including fraud and…
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Blasphemy: I Paid N120,000 To Convey Remains of My Slain Daughter, Grieving Father of Slain Female Student, Deborah Samuel
The grieving father of slain female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, Emmanuel Garba said he paid the driver that conveyed the remains of her daughter a sum of N120,000 to convey her to Niger state describing her daughter’s death as sad and painful. The remains of Deborah were laid to…
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FG Speaks On Measures To Tackle Incessant Strike in Varsities
The Federal Government has revealed parts of its measures to put end to incessant strike in the public universities adding that, efforts are on top gear on a funding structure. The former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who noted this said the government’s funding of public universities is unsustainable. “I have proposed, and…
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My Plans To Redefine Governance in Lagos, Top Guber Aspirant, Tope Balogun
Lagos grassroot politician, AbdurRazaq Tope Balogun, who is aspiring to contest for governorship election on the platform of Action Alliance (AA), has revealed his plan to redefine governance in the state by institutionalizing electoral evolution and equity. Balogun unveiled his plans on Saturday during his official declaration of his ambition to contest for the gubernatorial…
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Strike: President Buhari Issues Fresh Directive To NITDA Over ASUU’s UTAS, Others
Vanguard ABUJA– PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to subject the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS and the two other proposed payment solutions proposed by University workers to integrity test. This is as the Federal Government is making efforts towards ensuring that the Consiquential Adjustment/ minimum wage arrears…
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NFF Announces Appointment of Peseiro as New Super Eagles’ Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr Joeé Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr Peseiro, according to a statement by NFF’s spokesperson, Ademola…
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Strike: Why FG, ASUU Yet To Reach Compromise- Minister
The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has revealed reason why the Federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are yet to reach a compromise on the lingering industrial action. Keyamo while speaking in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, at a press conference to herald a year-long activities to mark…
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NCC Alerts Nigerians on Hackers New Trick To Unlock Vehicles, Start Engines Wirelessly
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has alerted telecom consumers and members of the public about an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. NCC spokesman, Ikechukwu Adinde, said in a statement that the fact that car remotes are categorized short range devices that…
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Man Sets Ablaze After Beaten To Pulp Over Alleged N100 Balance in Lagos (Graphic Video)
While concerned Nigerians are still mourning the gruesome murder of Deborah who was killed in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy, another Nigerian man, simply identified as David, has been beaten to pulp and burned to death, allegedly by a group of Hausa men over a misunderstanding that ensued because of N100 balance with a commercial motorcyclist,…
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ASUU, Other Varsity Unions React To NIREC’s Appeal To Suspend Strike
There is a bleak indication that the striking university workers might “consider” the appeal by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which seeks the suspension of their ongoing strike while negotiations with government and other stakeholders continue. The unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff…