Category: News
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Varsity Workers, NAAT To Commence Warning Strike Today, Monday
National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, says it would commence a two-week warning strike from Monday, March 21, 2022, over alleged non-implementation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Federal Government. Abubakar Yusuf, NAAT general secretary, said this in a letter on Sunday in Abuja addressed to all branch chairmen. The letter was entitled “Notice…
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Ukranian President, Zelensky Renews Plea For Talk With Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday renewed his plea for talks with his Russian counterpart, taking to US television to say negotiations were the only way to “end this war.” He stressed that he and President Vladimir Putin were the only principles able to thrash out a deal to stop the fighting, now in its…
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Nigerian Female Footballer Dies Hours After Training
Nigerian Female footballer, Elizabeth Johnson has died hours after training with her colleagues. Elizabeth’s death was confirmed by her club, Sunshine Queens in a terse statement issued on Sunday. Until her death, Elizabeth was the goalkeeper for the local football team. “Very heartbreaking! Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded) to the…
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Detained ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano Filmed ‘Cooling Off’ at EFCC Custody (Video)
A video of the immediate Former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano ‘chilling’ in the detention of anti-graft agency, EFCC has surfaced online. The 10-second clip has however generated reactions on social media, as some users accused the operatives of the EFCC of filming the former governor without his permission.
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Strike: Why We Can’t Encourage Tuition Fee In Varsities, ASUU
Daily Trust The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that only genuine increment in budgets for education between 20 and 26 per cent by the federal government as spelt out by the United Nations will be the solution to the current impasse with the university system in Nigeria. In this…
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Russian Defense Claims Attack on Ukrainian Large Underground Warehouse With Hypersonic Missile (Video)
Russian defense ministry officials have claimed that the country used a new hypersonic missile in an attack on Ukraine on Friday, marking its first use in combat. The hypersonic missile, called Kinzhal (“Dagger” in Russian), was used in an attack on a large underground warehouse in southwestern Ukraine, according to Bloomberg News, which cited that…
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Oluwo of Iwo Unveils New Wife (Photos)
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has unveiled his wife, Princess Firdaus Abdullahi. The monarch released beautiful photographs of the new queen with a short message that read, ‘Queen Firdaus of Iwoland’ which accompanied the pictures. The wedding between the duo is still underway in Kano. The invitation to the ceremony released earlier had…
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Suspected Gunmen Bombed Imo Police Station, Killed Two Officers (Video)
Some suspected gunmen in the early hours of Saturday stormed then bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters situated at the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state. The attackers were report to have killed two police constabularies who were on duty. According to the Punch, the gunmen came with guns and Explosive Ordinance Disposals…
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After Emerging One-day Governor, Lagos Govt Splashes N300,000, Trip To Finland, Others on Secondary School Student (Photos)
Lagos State Government has splashed mouth-watering packages including N300,000 on a student of Oriwu Model College, Ikorodu, Abdulazeez Abdulrahmon, who emerged winner of the 20th edition of the Lagos State Spelling Bee competition. According to the tradition of the state initiated by the former governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, BAT, the winner will also rule…
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NUGA ’22: Eye-straining Pictures of Bedspaces ‘Provided’ by UNILAG For Contingents
Some ‘eye-straining’ pictures of the bed spaces allegedly provided by the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the host of the 26th edition of the Nigerian Universities Games, NUGA have surfaced on the social media. The pictures were shared by a credible media outlet in Abuja, @theICR and, the University twitter handle was tagged in a bid…