Category: News
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Jamb Uncovers Over 700,000 Illegal Admissions In 114 Universities, Other Institutions
By The Nation The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede on Tuesday said the agency has uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other allies. Oloyede made the disclosures at the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with Select Stakeholders in Abuja said the illegal admissions have damaged the image…
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Death of OAU Student: NANS Constitutes 3- Man Committee To Follow Up Investigation In Real Time
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has constituted a three-man Committee to follow up with the investigation in real time into the death of post graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Adegoke Timothy. The highest students’ association in the country, through its President, Mr Sunday Asefon stated this in a release on Wednesday.…
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Full List Of Artistes Nominated For 2022 Grammy Awards
Organizers of the prestigious Grammy Awards have released the list for the 2022 edition of the coveted awards. The academy also announced that, for the first time, there will be 10 nominees in each of the General Field Categories: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist.…
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CJN Swears In 22 New FCT Judges (Full List)
Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Muhammad, on Tuesday. swore in 22 new high court judges of the federal capital territory (FCT). The judges were nominated by the National Judicial Council (NJC) in April 2020. The newly appointed judges are: Madugu Mohammed Alhaji (Oyo)Agunloye Kayode (Ondo)Enenche Eleojo (Kogi)Aminu Mohammad Abdullahi (Kano)Nwecheonwu Chinyere Elewe (Rivers)Ibrahim Mohammed…
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Abuja Court Jails Corps Member For Defrauding American Citizens of $1000
A 30- year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has been sentenced to two months jail term for posing as Dr Joshua to defraud an American citizen, Maria, of $1000 dollars. Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday while delivering the judgment did not give option of fine. The…
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Suspect In Police Net Accused Adedoyin’s Son Of Arranging Evacuation, Dumping of Late OAU Student in Bush
As accusations and counter accusations continue to trail the circumstances surrounding the death of a Masters student Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Oludare Adegoke, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode has said that one of the suspects in police net has reportedly confessed that son of the owner of Hiltons Hotels and Resorts…
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EFCC Grills Fani-Kayode Over Alleged Forgery
Leading anti-graft agency in the country, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. According to the Punch, the ex-minister, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency on…
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Elder Brother of OAU Student Insists Late Brother Was Butchered, Gives Details
Elder brother of the late Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Gbade Adegoke, Adegoke Timothy, on Tuesday accused Osun State Police Command of being economical with the truth, adding that his late brother was butchered as against the police’s claim that his body was intact after his body was exhumed. Gbade…
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DSS Gives Update On Extradition of Sunday Igboho To Nigeria
The Department of State Services, DSS, has given update on the extradition of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho back to Nigeria, the Punch reports. The PUNCH had reported that Igboho after a raid on his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services had escaped to Cotonou in…
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#EndSARS:Lai Muhammed Faults Lagos Panel Report
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, has faulted the recently submitted report carried out by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings. Mohammed, who also described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake, stated this at a press…