Category: News
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TRCN Gives Update On Proposed N75,000 Stipends For Varsity Students
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has given update on the the N75,000 semester allowance promised by the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to students of education in federal universities and federal colleges of education will be out by next month. The council stated that letters had already been written and the Ministry of…
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NFF Names Portuguese Tactician as Super Eagles Coach
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced the appointment of Portuguese tactician, Jose Peseiro, as Super Eagles Head Coach. NFF made this known in a communique on Wednesday after its National Executive Council meeting. “After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed a proposal…
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Ekiti Police Command Reacts To Report of Officer Crushed To Death When Chasing ‘Yahoo Boy’
The Ekiti State Police Command has debunked the online reports initially published by Sahara Reporters that a police officer was crushed to death while chasing suspected Yahoo boys along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road. The command image maker, ASP Abutu Sunday, in a statement on Wednesday, described the report as ‘disgraceful, unfortunate, ungodly, inhuman and not in…
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American Varsity Names Two UNILORIN Professors Among Most Produvtive Scientists In World
Stanford University, United States of America-based Elsevier B.V has named two Nigerian professors among the topmost productive scientists in the world. Elsevier B.V is an academic publishing company that publishes medical and scientific literature. The two Nigerian professors are Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, the Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Prof. Musa Yakubu, immediate past…
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How Popular Herbalist Dies After Own Dog Bites His Manhood in Calabar
A 60-year-old herbalist named Ani Ikoneto, reportedly died on Christmas eve, after having his manhood bitten off by his own dog in Calabar South. The Popular herbalist was said to have been drunk before the incident. An eyewitness, who is a neighbour to the deceased, simply identified as Itoro, explained that the neighbours had already…
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Ronaldo Statue Sparks Controversy in India
A new statue of footballing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked controversy in the Indian state of Goa. Locals in Goa are objecting to a Portuguese footballer being honoured instead of a player from India. Michael Lobo, a minister in the Goa state government, tweeted that the statue had been supposed to promote football as a…
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Why Nigerians Should Stop Patronising Herbal Concortion Hawkers, NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of herbal concoctions. NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said such concotions lack storage standards and might be coming from a non-credible source. Adeyeye added that though some herbal medicines work, consumers must ensure that they had passed NAFDAC’s safety and efficacy…
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Police Crushed Colleague To Death While ‘Chasing’ Yahoo Boys in Ekiti
An operative of Nigeria police force in Ekiti simply identified as Supol Ayeni has been crushed to death by a patrol van belonging to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit of the Command. The incident, according to report occurred on Tuesday evening along Federal Polytechnic, Ado/Ijan Road in Ado-Ekiti. An online news medium, SaharaReporters, gathered…
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80-year-Old Man Stabs Wife To Death Over Sex
An 80-year-old Italian man allegedly killed his 61-year-old wife in a jealous rage when she refused to have sex with him – after he already swallowed a Viagra pill. Vito Cangini told police he fatally stabbed his Ukrainian wife, Natalia Kyrychok, between Christmas Day and Sunday in the town of Fanano di Gradara, New York…
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FG Working With Beninese Government To ‘Kill’ Igboho, Spokesman Alleges
Embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has raised alarm over alleged plan to kill him in Benin Republic. Olayomi Koiki, spokesman of Igboho, in a podcast released on Tuesday evening, alleged that the Benin President Patrice Talon was working with the Federal Government to extradite Igboho to Nigeria. He said:…