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After 9 years of Litigation, Ex-Lawmaker Sentenced To 7 Years Imprisonment
After nine years of Litigation, a federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Farouk Lawan, former chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges preferred against him by the Nigerian government. Lawan, as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad…
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774,000 Jobs: FG Issues Fresh Order To Banks
The federal government on Monday ordered banks to immediately pay all the participants of the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme. The banks include Fidelity, UBA, Heritage, Zenith, Access, FCMB and Yobe Micro Finance. Daily Trust had on Thursday, June 17, exclusively reported that thousands of the participants were yet to be paid their stipend…
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Facebook Post: Final Year Student Reveals Plan To Drag Varsity To Court Over Expulsion
A final year student of the Akwa Ibom State University, Ekpo Iniobong, has revealed his plan to drag the institution to court over his suspension and subsequent expulsion. According to Punch Metro, the final year student of the Department of Agricultural Engineering was first suspended by the management in September 2020 and then expelled via…
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President Buhari Appoints George As EFCC Secretary, Names Board Members
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of George AbangEkpungu as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The appointment is contained in a statement signed on Monday by the spokesperson of the Office of Attorney General of the Federation and Ministery of Justice, Umar Jibrila Gwandu, in Abuja. According to the…
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SFU Grilled FUOYE VC Over Alleged Fraud
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye (FUOYE), Ekiti State, Prof Abayomi Sunday Fasina, was on Thursday grilled by agents of the police’s Special Fraud Unit (SFU) on fraud allegations but was later granted administrative bail, Daily Sun has learnt. SFU operatives had reportedly stormed the FUOYE campus with a warrant for the arrest…
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13-year-old Son Allegedly Hacked Father To Death in Edo
A 13-year-old boy identified as Abubakar has allegedly hacked his father, Osariakhi Oronsaye, 79, to death in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened at Egbon Estate in Evbuotubu, Benin City on Sunday, June 20. According to Nigerian Tribune, the septuagenarian had earlier reported his son to the Evbuotubu Police Station a week…
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Corps Member Bags Two Years Jail Term Over $100 Sex Scam
A serving Corps Member, Oyeyemi Caleb has been sentenced to two years jail term by Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, the state capital over sex scam. Oyeyemi was dragged before the court by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). On March 16, 2020,…
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FG Approves Establishment Of Specialized Varsities in Jigawa, Osun Two Other States
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of four new specialised universities with N18 billion take-off grant. The universities are two Universities of Technology and to be located in Jigawa and the Akwa Ibom States, while two specialized universities in Health, Nutrition and Medical Sciences are to be located at Azare, Bauchi State and Ila…
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FG Orders Removal of Over 3000 Varsity Workers From CONTISS Payroll
The Federal Government has resolved to finally remove over 3000 universities staff school workers across the country from its CONTISS Payroll, Nigerian Tribune reports. Already, it has directed that the budgetary allocation for the payment of their salaries be should not be included in the 2022 budget. A circular to this effect was said to…
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2021 UTME: Jamb Blacklists 25 CBT Centres in Benue, Lagos Others Over Poor Performance (See Full List)
Not fewer than twenty-five Computer Based Centres, CBT, have been blacklisted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, following their alleged poor performance on Saturday when the conduct of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination commenced nationwide. Spokesman of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said: “The following…