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Edo 2020: Oyo Athletes Get Financial Rewards (Photos)
As part of the commitment of the Oyo State Government to boost sports participation in positioning the State as one that values the importance of the sports sector as an untapped goldmine, the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde received the State’s athletes that took part at the just-concluded National Sports Festival, Edo 2020 at the Governor’s…
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Popular Comedinne, Ada Jesus Is Dead
Popular Comedienne, Ada Jesus, is dead . She died in an Abuja hospital today April 21. She suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night, April 20 and was rushed to the ICU where the doctors monitored her. Sadly, she lost the battle to the kidney ailment she had been battling with on Wednesday, April 21.…
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Gunmen Attack, Abduct Private Varsity Students in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted some students during an attack on a private university in Kaduna state on Tuesday night. The academic institution, Green Field University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuka Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and also the first private university in the state established three years ago. The latest incident…
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UTME Registration: Candidates Decry Delay In Issuance Of New SIM Cards
Some candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have decried the delay in the issuance of new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by the various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The candidates expressed their feelings in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Asaba. SIM cards enable prospective candidates…
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OAU Management Advises Students Following Report Of Suicide
A student of Management and accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) identified as Adedeji Emmanuel has reportedly commited suicide. The institution through the Chief security officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, revealed the heart breaking development in a release on Tuesday. Oyatokun said current evidence indicates he died after consuming a popular pesticide in what happens to be a…
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Security Personnel Returns N2.35 Million found at Lagos Airport
The Aviation Security, AVSEC, personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal two, MMA2, has returned a bag containing N2.35 million and other vital documents to Uyo-bound passenger, George Etuk. The Head, Corporate Communications of MMA2, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, BASL, Ayotunde Osowe, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday.…
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FG Knocks UK Over Plan To Grant Asylum To IPOB Members
The Federal Government says the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also said that the decision amounted to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria’s…
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2023: FG Warns Politicians Investing In Appointment of VCs
The Federal Government has attributed the leadership crises rocking some of its universities to external influences and political leaders who sponsor appointments of vice-chancellors with the hope of getting returns. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, speaking on Monday in Abuja, warned political leaders investing in the appointment of vice-chancellors with the hope…
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Female Secondary School Students Smoking Shisha In Viral Video Suspended
The school authority has reportedly suspended some female students of Oreyo Senior Grammar School, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, seen smoking shisha in a viral video on social media, over the weekend. The act which was widely condemned by many is said to have led to a move by the Lagos State Government to rehabilitate them.…
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Two Nigerian Varsity Lecturers Win £233,780 Research Grant
Two University of Ilorin lecturers, Prof. Joshua Olaoye and Dr Musliu Sunmonu, have won a research grant of £233,780 from the Innovate UK African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership, KTP. According to Unilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, the duo are of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the institution. The bulletin added that the grant…