Category: News
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Frank Mba Out as Adejobi Takes Over as Force Public Relations Officer
Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, CSP, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has taken over from Frank Mba, as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Adejobi takes charge of the department with immediate effect, said SP Benjamin Hundeyin of the Public Relations Department at the Force Headquarters on Saturday. The statement was titled, ‘CP Frank Mba hands over to…
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NIN: Service Fully Restored On Our Platform, GBB
Galaxy Backbone, GBB, has announced full restoration of services on its platform after days of network glitches experienced by its teeming customers. The government-owned company said this in a press statement on Friday, which was titled ‘Service outage at customer environments completely resolved’ and signed by its Head of Corporate Communications, Chidi Okpala. The statement…
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Bank Customers Raise Eyebrows Over Unexplained Deductions From Their Accounts
Customers are raising eyebrows over the indiscriminate and unexplained deductions from their accounts by various banks. The bank customers, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday, complained that attempts to get clarification from their banks were usually met with unsatisfactory responses. Razak Jubrin, a customer with one of…
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Matriculation: UNILAG Distributes iPads To Indigent, Visually Challenged Students
University of Lagos distributed a total 104 iPad (tablets) to indigent and visually challenged students during its matriculation ceremony on Friday in Lagos. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, while distributing the iPads said the essence was to ensure that every student is carried along in online learning. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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Another Letter Seeking N50 Million For Oluwo Royal Wedding Surfaced, Osun Govt Reacts
Punch Newspaper A fresh letter has surfaced online seeking support for the royal wedding involving the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, and a princess from Kano State. The letter was signed by the Babalaje of Iwoland, Alhaji Ismaila Kudaisi, demanding financial support to the tune of N50 million for Oluwo’s royal wedding. Kudaisi confirmed…
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AMCON Takes Over Shonga Farms, as Former Governor, Ahmed Replies Kwara Government
Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, the immediate past governor of Kwara, has dismissed recent claims that his administration guaranteed bank loans for Shonga Farm Holdings (SFH) as “uninformed and false”. Mr Wahab Oba, media aide to the former governor, also said in a statement on Friday in Ilorin that the Bukola Saraki administration did not guaranty any…
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Just In: Ethiopia’s Geleta Ulfata Wins 2022 Lagos City Marathon
Ulfata Deresa of Ethiopia has emerged winner of the 2022 Lagos City Marathon sponsored by Access Bank on Saturday. Deresa claimed the price of $30,000 after running the 42km race in two hours 11 minutes and 54 seconds. The first runner-up, David Barmasai, finished the 42Km race in two hours, 13 minutes and 33 seconds…
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ASUU Begins 2-day Meeting To Finalize Decision On Looming Strike
by Afeez Hanafi, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Godfrey George, Armstrong Bakam, Hindi Livinus and Justin Tyopuusu Punch Newspaper The National Executive Committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence a two-day meeting at the University of Lagos, Akoka, today, to finalise the union’s decision on an impending strike. ASUU will make the final decision on…
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Troops Foiled Attempt To Attack Defence Academy, as 20 Bandit Terrorists Killed
Air Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have foiled attempt by armed bandits terrorists to attack the general area of the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA thereby eliminating 20 members of the deadly group. Credible intelligence sources told PRNigeria that bandits, riding on over 50 motorcycles were seen on Thursday evening, advancing towards the Academy, in Kaduna…
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Heritage Ajibola: OAU Queries BVER Hostel, as Police Take Over Investigation
Days after the death of a part two student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Heritage Ajibola, the management of the institution has issued query letter to the owner of the Bver hostel where the late students fell into a soakaway . The management in a release issued by its Public Relations Officer on Friday which…