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Trouble Looms In OAU, as NANS, NAUS Mobilise Students Leaders For Showdown
As reactions continue to trail the closure of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ilé-Ifè, following the protest championed by the students over the death of their colleague, Adesina Aishat wumi on Thursday, students’ groups have knocked and threatened a showdown with the management for such ‘draconic’ step. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone,…
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Protest: OAU Management Orders Closure of Institution, Directs Students To Vacate Halls of Residence
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has ordered closure of the institution over continued protest of the students following the death of a final year student, Adesina Aishat wumi on Thursday. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, obtained by Vreporters on Friday stated that the Management is not…
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Primary 5 Pupil Writes Minister of Education, Makes Demands
A primary five pupil, Terna Tulari from Nasarawa State has written open letter to the Honourable minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu over the deplorable state of the the education in the country. Read the letter below; Dear Honorable Minister, My name is Terna Tulari from Nasarawa State. I am 11 years old and a…
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Teenager arrested for shooting 11-year-old sister to death
The police have arrested a 15-year-old boy as suspect after an 11-year-old girl was killed this week in a Wisconsin shooting. The boy was arrested and booked on a tentative charge of first-degree reckless homicide after the girl was shot Tuesday, September 28. It was later found that the girl shot was the suspect’s sister.…
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5G Network: FG Cautions Nigerians Ahead of Launch
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has cautioned Nigerians not to use the proposed Fifth Generation, 5G, Technology against the unity of the nation. Mr Pantami made the appeal at the virtual, 10th edition of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, NIGF 2021, organised by Nigeria Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group, NIGF-MAG,…
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OAU Management Speaks On Death of Final Year Student
The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, regrets to announce the death of one of its students, ADESINA, Omowumi Aisat, a 24 – year old, female student of the Department of Foreign Languages. The institution in a statement by the Public Relations Office, Abiodun Olarewaju, issued on Friday expressed its sadness. According to the…
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PhotosNews: OAU Students Protest Colleague’s Death (+Videos)
Following the death of a final year student, Adesina Aishat wumi, of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, yesterday, which was hinged by the students on the negligence of health workers on duty, the aggrieved students have taken to some strategic places on campus to express their utmost displeasure. The students who initially matched down to the…
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Independence Day: Full Text of President Buhari’s Speech
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY FIRST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER, 2021. Citizens of Nigeria. It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s sixty first Independence Anniversary. 2.For 1st of October 1960 to happen, all…
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President Buhari Approves Conditional Lifting of Twitter Ban
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved conditional lifting of ban on microblogging giant, Twitter. The president made this known during a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary on Friday in Abuja. The Federal Government suspended the operations of Twitter in Nigeria on June 5 to allow the government put measures in place to address identified…
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Guinness World Record Approves President Buhari’s Photographer’s Photobook
The Records Management Team of Guinness has approved Bayo Omoboriowo’s photobook, Discover Nigeria, as Guinness World Record largest photobook. Omoboroiwo, the official photographer to President Muhammadu Buhari, was notified of the ground breaking feat on Thursday afternoon by Guinness. The news of the epoch-making verification came few hours before the unveiling of the photobook by…