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Flash: APC Wins Big in Rivers LG Poll, PDP Gets ‘Fair’ Share
The All Progressives Congress has won 20 of the 23 local government areas in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship elections. The ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, on the other hand, won only three LGAs in the poll conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. Governor Siminalayi Fubara also lost his Opobo-Nkoro…
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PDP: 2027 potential running mates from the North emerge PDP Zoning
Vanguard News •Anxiety over Peter Obi, Jonathan, and Makinde deepens The People’s Democratic Party’s decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South has changed the shape of the race. By shutting out northern aspirants, who have long dominated the field, the party has turned attention firmly to its southern leaders. Three names now…
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Why young people are coming down with stroke – Doctors
Punch Health Wise A growing number of young Nigerians are suffering strokes due to poor lifestyle choices, environmental risks, and undetected health conditions, medical experts have revealed. The physicians stressed the urgent need for early screening, noting that stroke now affects more young adults in their 20s and 30s, often striking without warning. Speaking exclusively…
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Looming Crisis in Universities: Professors earn N633,333, senators ‘N21 million’
Vanguard News •Why lecturers want to shut down varsities•ASUU, CONUA speak on ‘living wage’ University lecturers in the country are once again poised for a showdown with the government over a number of welfare issues, chief among which is their salary structure that they want enhanced. While there are three registered academic staff unions in…
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FULL LIST: UK Removes Over 100 Occupations From Skilled Worker Visa List
The Cable News The United Kingdom has struck out more than 100 occupations from its skilled worker visa list, a shake-up that could shut out thousands of foreign applicants seeking to work in the country. The update was made in July, two month after the Keir Starmer-led British administration published an 82-page white paper on…
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Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany – Report
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FULL LIST: 100 most powerful passports in the World (2025 Ranking)
The Nation Newspaper The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday announced an upward review of the cost of obtaining the Nigerian Standard Passport, effective September 1, 2025. According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI AS Akinlabi, the new fees will apply only to applications made within Nigeria. “The review which only…
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Tinubu’s Minister, Elon Musk, 98 Others Make List of TIME 100 AI Personalities
Nigerian Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others have made it to the 2025 TIME100 Artificial Intelligence list. This was disclosed by the minister’s Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Isime Esene. Esene said that the list is a recognition of the 100 most influential people in…
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Strike threat: ASUU, VCs decry Profs’ N525,000 monthly pay
Punch Newspaper Following the conclusion of its nationwide protests on Tuesday, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities are set to hold congresses to decide their next line of action, The PUNCH reports. This comes as the Federal Government meets today to address long-standing agitations over the implementation of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement,…
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Fed Govt moves to avert varsity teachers’ strike, opens talks with ASUU
The Nation Newspaper The Federal Government yesterday opened talks with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to avert the disruption of academic activities in public universities nationwide. The meeting continues today, ahead of tomorrow, the day ASUU directed its chapters to commence strike if the Federal Government failed to meet its…