Category: News
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2021 UTME: Fate Of Over 600,000 Eligible Candidates Hanging In Balance
Nigerian Tribune The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in the country to expedite action on the completion of the 2021 admission exercise. This came as parents and some stakeholders expressed concern over delayed admissions in which case the fate of over 600,000 eligible candidates who participated in the 2021…
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Desperate 25-year-old Man Contracts ‘Assassin’ With N110,000 To Kill Own Father
A desperate 25-year-old Man, Abubakar Mohammed Buba has been arrested by operatives of Niger state police command for allegedly conspiring to kill his father, Alhaji Mohammed Buba. Spokesperson for Niger State Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect was arrested on December 29, based on credible intelligence. According to him, police operatives…
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American Surgeons Break Record, Transplant Pig Heart Into Dying Patient Successfully
United States surgeons have broken a world record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into a dying patient for the very first time in the world. The operation, which took about nine hours to complete, was conducted on a 57-year-old man, David Bennett, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on…
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Recruitment: Police Give Update On Documentation For Successful Candidates
The Police on Monday said the documentation of recruits in Police Training Colleges/Schools in the ongoing 2020 recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police will close on Sunday. Police Public Relations Officer Frank Mba made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said that the training exercise began on Monday and warned that any…
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Former Nigerian Leader, Ernest Shonekan Is Dead
Former head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan, a boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died in Lagos at the age of 85. according to TVC. He was the Chairman of the interim National Government between…
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NUC Reveals Numbers Of Varsity Lecturers Available For Over 2 Million Nigerian Students
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has revealed the numbers of Varsity Lecturers available for over two million Nigerians students studying in various universities across the length and breadth of Nigeria. The commission clearly stated that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest…
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EFCC Re-arrests Mompha Over Alleged Money Laundering
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an…
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Offa Poly Gets Acting Rector
The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa has approved the appointment of Dr Olarongbe Afolabi as the acting Rector of the institution with effect from tomorrow (Wednesday), January 12,2022. A statement signed by Olayinka Iroye, head of the Corporate Affairs of the institution said that Afolabi’s appointment via a letter dated 7th January,2022 preceded…
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Ghana Police Arraign Nigerian Businessman Over Death of American Stripper, Tyger Booty
The Ghana Police have arrested and arraigned a Nigerian businessman, Bright Udiagbe also known as Big Slim over the death of American stripper, Julie Diane Williams known as Tyger Booty. Ghana police said Tyger Booty was in contact with a Nigerian businessman, Big Slim while she was in Ghana. Big Slim owns a hotel, restaurants,…
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Veteran Nigerian Musician, Kujore Is Dead
Veteran Nigerian musician, Dayo Kujore is dead. Sources in the home of the popular Juju singer first announced his death on Monday. Hours after, the singer’s widow reportedly confirmed the death. The Nation reliably gathered the singer was confirmed dead at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja, Lagos. Dayo Kujore was born on…