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Ponzi Schemes: NDIC Issues Strong Warning To Bank Customers
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has warned bank depositors against falling into Ponzi schemes’ traps due to promises of very high returns in, The Vanguard has learned. The NDIC Managing Director (MD) of the corporation, Mr. Bello Hassan, gave the warning, yesterday, at the on-going Abuja International Trade Fair, according to a statement by…
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Nigerian Teacher Wins Facebook Award
A Nigerian teacher, Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers.” This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. In a statement released by the platform, the award by Facebook…
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Zuckerberg Reveals Casualties of Facebook Outage, Sends Message To Teeming Subscribers
As teeming of subscribers continue to sympathize with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the $7 billion loss to the technical glitch suffered by his firm on Monday, the techpreneur says the money and subscribers’ loss were not his priority, but the scathing consequences the disruption had on global users. Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post late…
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Post UTME: UNILAG Announces Date For Commencement of Screening Exercise
Management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Wednesday announced date for the commencement of online Post-UTME screening exercise for candidates who applied for the 2021/2022 admission. The much touted university of ‘first choice’ made the disclosure In a statement signed by the Registrar, Ọladẹjọ Azeez. Azeez said the online registration for the Post-UTME screening…
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How Catholic Priests Sexually Abused Over 200,000 Children | Report
A damming investigation has revealed how French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, adding that the Catholic Church turned a blind eye to the ‘scourge’ for too long. In a Reuters report, Jean-Marc Sauve, the head of the commission, said the church had shown “deep, total and even cruel…
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Retired Civil Servant Found Dead After Sex Romp With Two Teanagers in Akwa-Ibom
A retired employee of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has been found dead in his residence at Udo Street in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital. Report has it that the deceased, an Igbo man, name withheld, was engaged in a sex orgy with two teenagers who he was alleged to have promised jobs in…
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OAU Senate Takes Position on Death of Final Year Student, Students Protest
One of the highest decision-making in Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ilé-Ifè, the Senate, yesterday, Tuesday, after its emergency meeting solely convened over the protest embarked upon by the students of the institution following the death of a final year student, Adesina Aishat wumi, has taken position over the students stance and circumstances leading to the…
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Varsity Students To Get N150,000 Per Session, as FG Reintroduces Bursary Payments
The Federal Government has announced the reintroduction of bursary in universities and colleges of education across the country, with N150,000 and N100,000 earmarked for each undergraduate and NCE student, respectively, per session. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said this in his keynote address delivered at the 2021 World Teachers Day celebration in Abuja,…
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Buhari Approves N75,000,N50,000 Stipends For Varsity, College of Education Students
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved N75,000 as a stipend per semester for education students in public universities across the country. N50,000 was also approved as a stipend per semester for Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students. The development was announced by the Minister For Education, Adamu Adamu during the annual celebration of World Teachers’…
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FG Set To Announce Substantive VC For UI
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Federal Government may announce the appointment of a substantive Vice Chancellor for the University of Ibadan (UI) before the end of this month, Nigerian Tribune authoritatively gathered. A credible source informed our correspondent that the arrangement had already been concluded to announce the name of the new VC soon. This…