Category: News
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UDUS Approves Promotion of 38 Lectuers To Professorship Post, 30 as Readers
The Governing Council of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has approved the promotion of thirty-eight Lecturers to the post of Professorship and thirty to the rank of Readers. The Faculty of Sciences has the highest number, with 13 professors; Faculty of Social Sciences, 3; College of Health Sciences, 7; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 5;…
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Varsity Lecturers Drag Edo Government To High Court
Nigerian Tribune Hearing has been fixed at an Ekpoma, Edo State High Court for March 8, 2022, in a suit over the legality or otherwise of the amendment of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Laws–Special Intervention Powers Provisions Law 2021 and the deriving Special Intervention Team (SIT) set up to take full functions of the…
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Funds Paucity? Customers Stranded at ATM Points in Ibadan
Many bank customers in Ibadan were, on Tuesday, stranded at various automated teller machines, ATM points in Ibadan. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, who visited some banks at Challenge, Ring Road, Dugbe, Bodija and Iwo Road areas, observed that virtually all banks did not dispense cash. Also, most banks at Ring…
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SEC Warns Nigerians Against Dealing With Two Investment Schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has warned the public against dealings with FinAfrica Investment Ltd and Poyoyo Investment. A circular by the management of SEC and published on the commission’s website said the activities of the companies were not registered by it. The commission described the business of Poyoyo Investment (Pilvest) Nigeria Ltd., as…
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COVID-19: JAMB Clears Air On No Vaccination Card, No Entry Directive
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared the air on no COVID-19 vaccination card no entry into its offices nationwide adding that, candidates, clients and other members of the public below the age of 18 years are exempted from this directive. The Board said this category of persons were not covered by the…
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IPOB Reveals Sponsors, ‘Force’ Behind Unrest in Imo
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Uzodima led government in the state of staging the unrest witnessed in the state. IPOB made the allegation in its latest statement titled: “Abduction of Uche Nwosu has exposed masterminds of insecurity in Imo state”, that Nwosu’s incident on Sunday has again vindicated the group. This…
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Ugandan Man Choked To Death During Eating Competition on Xmas Day
A 56-year-old man identified as Sentekola Gad, has reportedly choked to death during an eating competition on Chritsmas Day in Uganda. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says Sentenekora took part in an “amateur” eating contest organised by one Salvan in Kibimbiri, Kihiri sub-country, Kanungu district. “The victim died when he was choked by the food he was eating and the…
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Reveal Harmful Prophecies, Go To Jail, Police Warn Prophets
The Ghana Police Service have warned prophets in the country to desist from New Year prophecies of “harm, danger and death” and others that could “create tension and panic” in the Anglophone West African country in the Year 2022. In so many West African countries with mega-churches including Nigeria, New Year prophecies are reeled out…
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COVID-19: JAMB Bars Unvaccinated Staff, Visitors From Its Offices
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has revealed plan to bar unvaccinated staff, members and visitors from gaining access into its offices nationwide without evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination. It said it was clear that the pandemic was assuming what it described increasingly dangerous dimension, especially with the emergence of Omicron variant. The board…
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Sex-for-grades: Varsity Dismisses Senior Lecturer
Abia State University, Uturu, has dismissed a senior lecturer, Michael Ukaegbu, over sex-for-grades scandal. ABSU, In a communique issued after its 148th regular and resumed meetings of the Governing Council of the university held on Thursday, the 16th and the 20th of December 2021, under the chairmanship of the Pro-Chancellor, Adolphus Wabara, the ABSU council-in-session…