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Poly Student Bags 8-year Jail Term Over Illegal Possession of Firearms
A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja to 8 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms and unlawful association. Shehu Tenimu Mohammed, an ND II student of the Department of Public Administration, was nabbed with a locally fabricated revolver pistol and five rounds of live ammunition while…
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Yahoo-Yahoo: Court Orders 21-year-old Student To Sweep School For 90 days in Abuja
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court on Tuesday ordered 21- year-old student, Abraham Umuibe, to sweep Mpape Government Secondary School for 90 days for defrauding a Chinese woman of N113, 000. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged Umuibe with cheating and falsely representing himself as a Chinese citizen and military officer…
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Update On Minister Who Slumped While On Official Engagement in Bauchi
A reliable source at the trauma centre of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi where the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and investment, Maryam Katagum was rushed to for medical attention has said that the Minister has regained consequences and stable. When Tribune Online correspondent visited the hospital on Tuesday, medical…
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Jamb And The Battles Against Education
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa LAST week, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, revealed the success and failure rates from the recently concluded UTME, which is the only means of securing admission into higher institutions in Nigeria. For the year 2021, over 1.3 million candidates registered for the examination which…
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Court Orders Remand of Former JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde in Prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Adedibu Ojerinde be remanded in prison custody. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling on Tuesday, ordered that Ojerinde be kept in a correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application, scheduled for July…
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Six Resolutions Made by Southern Governors’ Forum
Governors of the 17 states in southern Nigeria rose from their meeting on Monday with resolutions that touched on burning national issues. From setting a date to commence the ban on open grazing to their disapproval of “selective” arrests, each of the resolutions reached after the meeting in Lagos represented the interests of the governors.…
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Yoruba Nation Rally: Family of Slain 14-year-old Girl Threatens To Sue LASG, Police
The family of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday have threatened to sue the Lagos State Government and the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, over her death, Punch reports. Agitators for the Yoruba Nation gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi…
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Nnamdi Kanu: Revealed! Why Kenyan Government Connives With FG, IPOB
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has insisted that Kenyan government connived with its Nigerian counterparts to effect the arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu and his extradition to Nigeria. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a statement, insisted he was betrayed by the Kenyan government because of their lust for Nigeria’s oil. The spokesperson also claimed…
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UI To Pay N13 million To Sacked Lecturer, as Court Orders Reinstatement
National Industrial Court has ordered the University of Ibadan, UI, to reinstate dismissed lecturer Adenike Ogunshe and pay her N13 million. Ms Ogunshe, a senior lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, was sacked by the institution for refusing to vacate her office to another one. Delivery judgment on Monday, Justice John Peters said that the…
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Minister Slumps While On Official Engagement in Bauchi
Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Maryam Katagum, on Monday slumped while on an official engagement in Bauchi State. The minister, who was in Bauchi to launch an empowerment programme held at Sanin Malam Plaza in Bauchi, suddenly slumped as she tried to deliver her speech at the ceremony and was rushed…