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Vice-Chancellor, House of Rep. Member ‘Trade Words’ Over Lawmakers Earnings
Vice- Chancellor of the newly floated Kwara Varsity, Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, on Saturday traded words with Ibrahim Isiaka, lawmaker representing Ifo/Ewekoro constituency in the House of Representatives, over the earnings of the National Assembly members on Saturday. The mild drama happened at the 10th annual symposium of the Muslim Students Society…
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Fresh Polytechnic Student Commits Suicide, Leaves Note Behind
23-year-old student of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, identified only as Solomon, has committed suicide. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Solomon, who until his death a National Diploma 1 student of Public Administration, was discovered dangling from the ceiling of his room on Friday night. He was said to have left a terse suicide…
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Photos: Arsenal Signs 9-year-old Kaduna Footballer
A 9-year-old Boy, Munir Sada has been signed into the Arsenal football kid academy in London. The Kaduna-born footballer will be wearing jersey number 9 for the young Gunners. However, no official statement has been issued by Arsenal on the Nigerian resumption to its academy.
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Ngige’s Daughter Inducted as Medical Doctor in Lagos Varsity, LUTH (Photos)
The daughter of Minister of Labour & Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, Marilyn Azuka Ngige, has been inducted as a medical doctor after completing her course in the university of Lagos, Unilag. The induction ceremony took place on Friday, September 10, at the Great Hall of the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Marilyn’s…
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Ibrahim Musa Becomes First Nigerian To Bag ASH Research Global Award
The American Society of Hematology, ASH, has conferred the 2021, ASH Research Global Award on a researcher, Dr. Ibrahim Musa, of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, AKTH, making him the first Nigerian to receive the prestigious honour. Announcing the award in a statement on Friday, Professor of Community Medicine, AKTH, Awwalu Gajida said Mr Musa…
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Pantami’s fake professorship joins other intellectual frauds by Farooq Kperogi
It emerged late last week that Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami (or his agents) possibly instructed Zamfara State governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle to place an advertorial in the Daily Trust to congratulate Pantami on his “promotion to the Rank of Full Professor of Cybersecurity” by an unnamed university. (In the advertorial,…
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Strike: ASUU Sends Message To Students, Parents
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, assured teeming Nigerian Students that, the union has no plans to embark on another indefinite strike action that would leave students stranded,adding that that, the government is frustrating the varsity teachers to go on strike. The union also urged the student union government in universities to back ASUU…
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Forensic Company Fingers Nigerian Army in Lekki Shooting
A Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and the October 2020 #EndSARS protest took a different turn today, September 10 when a forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, disclosed that bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. Channels TV reports that the company’s representative,…
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Anglican Priest Reportedly Slumped, Died While Ministering in Delta
A priest with the Anglican Communion in Nigeria, Rev Efe Urhogo has reportedly died while ministering at St John’s Anglican Church, Okpara Inland, Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State. It was learnt that the priest slumped while ministering from the pulpit on Wednesday evening during the Anglican Youth Week programme. He was subsequently…
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Nigerians can travel to 160 countries across the world without visa requirements, Agency
Winnington Citizens & Partners, a visa processing and citizenship acquisition agency said on Friday that Nigerians “can travel to as many as 160 countries across the World without Visa requirements.” Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Winnie Okoh in an interview with newsmen, said the firms had packages that could ensure such visa-free travels for…