Category: News
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NUC Upgrades Pharmacy, Optometry, Other Medical-Related Programmes From Bachelor To Doctoral Status
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded some medical-related programmes in Nigerian universities from Bachelor’s degree to doctoral status. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by NUC’s Acting Director of Public Affairs, Franca Chukwuonwo. She said the decision was driven by the need to incorporate more clinical and practical sessions, improve foundational course…
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President Approves Bola Tinubu Polytechnic in Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a Federal Polytechnic in Gwarinpa, one of the largest estates in the nation’s capital. According to findings by Daily Trust, the new institution is also named after the President. In a letter dated January 16, 2025 and addressed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Education, Dr.…
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Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has signed an order directing U.S. government agencies to stop issuing citizenship documentation for babies born in the United States to parents without legal status. The order, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” was signed just hours after Trump took office. The order…
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Minutes After Taking Over as President, Trump Takes First Decision Against Migrants
Minutes after the new president of the United States of America took office on Monday his administration officials shut down a mobile app designed for migrants to schedule appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border. By disabling the CBP One app, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials effectively canceled all pending appointments made by migrants without visas…
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Nigerians To Pay More For Airtime, Data, as NCC Approves Tarrif Increase
Telephone subscribers in Nigeria will pay more for data and airtime as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday approved a 50% tariff increase for telecoms operators in the country. In a statement, a spokesman for the regulator Reuben Muoka said the price adjustment though lower than the “over 100% requested by some network operators,…
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Moment Popular Nigerian Pastor, Kumuyi Leads Prayer at Trump Inauguration (Video)
General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi, on Monday participated in the Inauguration Praise and Prayer Convocation, an event held ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. The programme, hosted at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church, was organised by Jim Garlow’s Well Versed…
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Hardship: ‘70 Million Nigerians To Get N75,000 Each’
The federal government has concluded arrangements to distribute N75,000 in cash to 70 million Nigerians in a bid to cushion the effects of hardship. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Hon. Aliyu Audu, in a statement on Sunday, explained that the gesture aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s determination to address…
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TikTok Restores Service In US After Supreme Court Verdict
Social media platform TikTok says it is restoring service to its 170 million users in the U.S., thanking President-elect Donald Trump for his intervention. In a statement on Sunday, the social media platform, which was banned by a law promulgated by the U.S. Congress based on national security, said it is resuming operations in the…
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Just In: U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Judgment on TikTok Ban
AFP The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users within two days. In a significant defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated…
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Donald Trump Invites Nigerian Pastor To Inauguration
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM, Pastor William Kumuyi has been invited to join other global leaders to witness Donald Trump’s second inauguration as the United States president on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C This was revealed in a statement by A. Larry Ross Communications, a U.S.-based communications outfit. According…