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Varsity Lecturer delivered of Seven babies, Septuplets in Anambra, Seeks Help
A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets (seven babies), two boys and five girls. Although, one of the girls did not make it alive. Ngozi, who works at the Department of Business Administration, delivered the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, on…
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INEC Vows To Go Ahead With Election, Begins Airlifting of Sensitive Materials
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has disclosed its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general election, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. INEC had lamented that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis by way…
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UK Authorities Dissolve Peter Obi’s Company
Premium Times For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Checks by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021…
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Varsity Introduces Dress Codes For Students, Staff
Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, has banned indecent dressing and introduced a new dress code for students and staff for easy identification. The vice-chancellor of the university, Christian Anieke, announced this on Tuesday while addressing staff and students of the institution as they returned from Christmas and New Year breaks. According to Aneke, all students should…
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LASU-ASUU Dismisses Speculation of Holding Political Rally
The Lagos State University (LASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed speculations that it will hold a campaign rally for one of the political parties. In a statement, Chair, ASUU-LASU, Dr Isaac A Oyewumi, and the Secretary, ASUU-LASU, Tony Dansu, the union dismissed the information circulating on social media that…
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JAMB Makes e-naira Preferred Mode of Payment For 2023 UTME Registration
The Joint Admissions Administration Board, JAMB, in collaboration with the country’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that e-naira is the preferred payment mode chosen for 2023 UTME registration. The CBN Director, IT, Architecture and Strategy, Rakiya Mohammed, who was represented by Abdul Shedrack, made this known while speaking with the board…
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Armed Men Open Fire on NDLEA Operatives in Lagos
Vanguard News Armed men, Monday night, opened fire on operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Awolowo road, in their bid to prevent them from arresting the driver of a truck loaded with several bags of Cannabis. A source told Vanguard that, the armed men suspected to belong to a yet-to-be-identified security agency…
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UNILORIN Students Groan, as Transportation Challenges Resurface (Video)
Some students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, are currently finding it difficult to cope with the perennial challenge of transportation in the better by far varsity. The students in their numbers were stranded on Tuesday morning as a result of the shortage of vehicles that will convey them to the school’s permanent site in…
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Armed Robbers Shot 200-level Varsity Student Dead Over Sim Card
Some suspected armed robbers have killed a 200-level student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, identified simply as Daniel while trying to recover his phone from armed robbers in his lodge. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened on Sunday when the victim’s phone was taken by some armed robbers who raided his lodge. The…
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Why 2023 UTME Candidates Will Experience Pain, Stress – CBT Centres Operators
Punch Newspaper The Association of Tutorial School Operators has said the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates will experience pain and stress. This was in reaction to the reduction in the number of computer-based centres across the country by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, announced the reduction when…