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OAU SU Election: Vice Presidential Candidate, Omotola Speaks on Aspiration, Leadership Styles
As students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, gear up to elect new set of leaders to pilot their affairs for the next academic session, aspirants eyeing different positions are soliciting maximum support from the electorates in a bid to emerge victorious at the fast approaching poll. One of the leading aspirants contesting for the position…
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Pastoral crisis: 11 states embrace FG ranching plan as killings surge
Punch Newspaper •Govs offer lands, Adamawa, Bayelsa, others cautious, farmers reject open grazing Eleven states are taking steps to commence ranching as a way to address the age-long violent clashes between herders and farmers, which have claimed several lives, The PUNCH reports. While some states have allocated lands for ranching, many others have pledged lands,…
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Over 90,000 UTME Candidates Set For Mop-up CBT, as JAMB Delists 113 CBT Centres
No fewer than 90,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates have been scheduled for a mop-up exam slated for June 28, 2025. According to the board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin who stressed today, Sunday, that this move is aimed to accommodate 5,096 spill-over candidates and those who encountered biometric verification issues during the main examination. Benjamin…
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Why there are unemployable graduates in Nigeria – Prof Alio
Vanguard News Professor of Vocational Teacher Education, VTE, Ngozi Alio, has identified poor staffing, low level of funds and inadequate training facilities in tertiary institutions as reasons behind unemployable graduates in Nigeria. She equally stated that poor and static remuneration of technical staff in education sector were part of reasons behind dearth of quality teaching…
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What U.S. visa restrictions mean to ECOWAS
Vanguard News In recent months, a wave of tightened visa scrutiny has quietly emerged across several United States of America embassies within the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of 15 countries in West Africa, including, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana,…
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All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu coalition writes INEC for registration of new party
Vanguard News After weeks of deliberations, the Nigeria National Coalition Group, NNCG, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking for the registration of a new political party with the name All Democratic Alliance, ADA. The application letter, dated 19th June, 2025, was stamped received by INEC on 20 June, 2025. A…
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From Tehran to Tel Aviv: Escalation, Resilience, and the Fragile Road to Diplomacy
From Tehran to Tel Aviv: Escalation, Resilience, and the Fragile Road to Diplomacy By Elijah J. Magnier As the Israel–Iran confrontation intensifies into a full-scale war, Tehran is no longer merely absorbing attacks—it is asserting itself as a strategic force capable of inflicting sustained and multidimensional damage. Through a calibrated combination of ballistic, hypersonic, and…
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Food inflation: NSA, 36 states launch joint action
The Punch Newspaper The 36 state governors have agreed to work closely with the Federal Government to harmonise levies, eliminate illegal checkpoints, and enhance the free flow of goods across states as part of efforts to address food security issues across the country. This comes as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors Forum…
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Lagos Court Sentenced Man To 76 Years Jail Term Over Child Pornography, Others
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a man Olukeye Adeayo Olalekan to a total of 76 years imprisonment for child pornography, cyberstalking, money laundering, and fraud. Justice Alexander Owoeye, on Thursday, handed down the sentencing after finding him guilty of the offences. Olalekan was arraigned on 18 counts bordering on…
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U.S. resumes student visas for foreigners, demands social media access
The United States of America has announced that it is resuming the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but will now require monitoring of the social media activities of the applicants. The U.S. Department of State said all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for review in an…