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Minimum Wage: FG Gives Updates On Payment of University Workers’ Arrears
The federal government has reiterated its commitment to clear the arrears on the consequential adjustment on minimum wage owed to members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), by end of October. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the…
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Tik Tok Bans ‘Milk Crate Challenge’
Popular social media platform, Tik Tok, has banned trending ‘Milk Crate Challenge’. The highly sensitive challenge saw users stack milk or drink crates into the highest pyramid they could, before trying to climb up one side of them and down the other, without any of the crates giving way beneath them. However, the viral challenge…
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Qatar 22: Super Eagles Coach Names 30-man Squad For Qualifying Games (Full List)
The Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has called up a total of 30 players for next month’s opening rounds of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying competition. Nigeria will host Liberia in Lagos on September 3 and visit Cape Verde in Mindelo on September 7. The Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation,…
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We trek for 3 days without food, water, Just released students narrate ordeals
From John Adams, Minna The just released students of Salihu Tanko Isilamiya School in Tegina, Rafi local government area of Niger state have recounted their ordeals in the hands of their abductors, saying that they were made to trek for 72 hours without water and food before getting to their destination. Over 130 pupils abducted…
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Another Veteran Nollywood Actor is Dead
Again, another Veteran Nollywood actor and chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Prince Ifeanyi Dike, is dead. Dike died this (Friday) morning after a brief illness. The good-looking actor has been down with kidney ailment since 2011 after which he underwent a successful kidney transplant in India. However, he passed on…
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Juventus Manager, Allegri Confirms Ronaldo Departure
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed that classical football star, Christiano Ronaldo will leave the Turin club. “Cristiano Ronaldo told me yesterday that he wants to LEAVE Juventus immediately. It’s true and confirmed. This is why he wasn’t training today and he’s not available for tomorrow match vs Empoli” “Cristiano Ronaldo is a champion, he’s…
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After Two Attempts To Take Own Life Over ‘Rejection’, Final Year Student of UNILORIN Reportedly Commits Suicide
A final year student of the University of Ilorin, Unilorin, has allegedly committed suicide on Thursday morning after two failed attempts to take own life. It was gathered that the deceased, popularly known as Jude, died in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), where he was rushed by his friends for urgent medical attention,…
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UAE Reacts To Report Of Non-issuaunce of work permit to Nigerians
United Arab Emirate’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Fahad Obaid AI Taffaq, said there is no official communication placed on the issuance of work permit for Nigerians living and working in the United Arab Emirates. Ambassador AI Taffaq stated this when he received Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the embassy in…
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HiFL: Updates On Quarter Final Games Across Nigeria
Quarter-final games in the ongoing Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL) kicked off to an interesting start with games across four centres in the country. In Lagos, the UNILAG Marines played a goalless draw with the AAUA Luminaries from Akungba. The game which was played at the Lagos State University Sports Complex lived up to its…
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Man Commits Suicide After ‘Hammering’ Wife To Death Over N800,000 (Graphic Photos)
A 46-year-old man, Patrick Markson, has committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife, Hannah, 35, in Bayelsa State. The incident occurred at Odede Street, Tombia-Amassoma Road, Yenagoa, the state capital, in the early hours of Thursday, August 26. According to witnesses, the man said to be a staff of the Yenagoa Local Government, reportedly bludgeoned…