Category: News
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Eye Witness Gives Graphic Details of How Student Brought Bomb To Abuja School
Channels TV An eyewitness account of the explosion that rocked the Islamic school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, has said the bomb was brought to school by one of the students. The TV correspondent who visited the school on Tuesday said the school is a three-classroom block, built for nomadic education (Almajiri…
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HND Graduates Protest Proposed Policy Barring Them To Participate in NYSC
Graduates with Higher National Diploma part-time backgrounds staged a protest on Monday at the Lagos NYSC secretariat, decrying a proposed policy barring them from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The demonstrators, holding placards with messages such as “Say No to Discrimination in NYSC” and “Equal Rights for All,” called for an immediate reversal…
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Naira Depreciates in Parallel Market Against U.S. Dollar
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,665 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,660 per dollar last weekend. But the Naira appreciated to N1,534.56 per dollar in the official foreign exchange market. Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) fell to N1534.56…
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Church Rewards 20 Young Girls With Cash For Keeping Virginity
In a strategic move to promote sexual purity, a district of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Ghana has presented monetary gifts to 20 virgin girls. GhanaWeb reported that the Wenchi West District of the Mid-West Ghana Conference, Bono Region, celebrated the recipients aged 13 to 16 at a Special Thanksgiving Service over the weekend.…
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2024 UTME: JAMB Reveals Billions of Naira Remitted To FG
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted over N6 billion to the Federal government coffers as part of its operating surplus after conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board also revealed that it has so far contributed over N50 billion as an operating surplus to the national treasury over the…
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WAEC Introduces Resit For Candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced a new initiative, which will allow students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January and February 2025. This marks a significant shift from the previous system, where candidates had to wait for the next private exam cycle. The Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John…
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Osun Monarch Beaten by Angry Youth Narrates Ordeal
Punch Newspaper The Ajeniju of Halleluyah Community in Osun State, Oba Jelili Olaiya, has narrated how some hoodlums laid siege on his palace and injured four people last Friday. Oba Olaiya during the incident sustained bodily injury, while part of his palace was also vandalised by the protesters. Olaiya, in an exclusive chat with PUNCH…
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Saudi Arabia Releases 3 Nigerians Prosecuted For Cocaine Trafficking
Saudi Arabia has released three Nigerians earlier arrested and prosecuted in the country. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the acting spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the release followed high-level diplomatic engagement between the Nigerian government and Saudi authorities. The three Nigerians, Hadiza Abba, Fatima Malah and Fatima Gamboi,…
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Pastor Adeboye, Nuhu Ribadu, Others Make List of 100 Most Reputable Africans for 2025
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the National security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu have been recognised among the 100 Most Reputable Africans for 2025. The list released on Sunday by Reputation Poll International (RPI), in partnership with the Global Reputation Forum, had the names of other notable…
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Lagos Police Clears Air Over Whereabout Of Killer of FUNAAB Student
Punch Newspaper The Lagos State Police Command has clarified that Ayomide Adeleye, who confessed to killing Christianah Idowu, his friend and neighbour, has been charged with murder and remains in custody for the offence. This clarification was issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in response to reports suggesting that Adeleye…