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17 JAMB Officials Under Probe Over Alleged Admission Racketeering, Registrar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that seventeen, 17, of its officials are currently under probe over alleged admission racketeering preferred against them. JAMB Registrar Prof Is-haq Oloyede has vowed to prosecute admission offenders and warned against inducement and bribe taking by either staff, candidates or their parents. Recall that, two staff…
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Kwara Governor Nominates 24-year-old Unilorin Graduate as Commissioner
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has forwarded names of four women including 24-Year-Old, graduate of University of Ilorin, Unilorin, Adeyi Kaosarah, to the State House of Assembly as commissioner-nominee. Adeyi Kaosarah graduated from Forestry and Wildlife Department, the University of Ilorin in 2019, and had her National Youth Service in Oyo State subsequently. The…
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Court Orders Remand of Uniosun Student For Impersonating 200-level Student In Exam
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Monday ordered the remand of student of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Korede Gbolahan, for impersonation and writing an examination on behalf of a 200-level student of the institution. The police prosecutor, Inspector Rasaq Olayiwola told the court that Gbolahan defrauded Osun State University (UNIOSUN) by falsely representing himself…
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Suspected Armed Bandits Assassinate Fulani Leader in Kaduna
A Fulani community leader in Doka general area of Kajuru local government of Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Musa, popularly known as Alhaji Maijama’a, has been assassinated by armed bandits. The incident which occurred on Sunday night was reported to the Kaduna State Government by security agencies on Sunday. In a statement issued by the Commissioner…
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Mobile Police Officer, 3 Others Arrested Over Alleged Murder in Lagos
A mobile police officer and three other suspects have been arrested by the police in Lagos State in connection with the killing of one person and injuring another in the NITEL area of Ikorodu over the weekend. It was gathered that about fifteen mobile policemen led suspected land grabbers to NITEL area of Igbogbo in…
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Fulani Group, FUNAM Claims Responsibility For The Attack On Ortom’s Convoy, Warns Anti-Ruga Governors
A Fulani group, Fulani National Movement (FUNAM), has claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, last Saturday. The governor was attacked on Gboko Road by suspected Fulani militias who were dressed in black, while he was returning from his farm. Ortom was attacked on Gboko Road by…
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NASU Embarks On 3-Day Warning Strike
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in schools and colleges in Kwara State has embarked on a three-day peaceful protest over their demands from the government. The non-teaching staff professionals are asking the state government to extend benefits announced for teachers by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu,…
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Just In: “There is no need for all this muscle-flexing,” ASUU President Replies FG
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, on Sunday, dismissed claims that the Union has issued a notice for fresh strike action, saying ASUU has not decided to embark on any industrial action for now. He stated categorically that he was not aware of any plan to embark on a…
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3 Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Allegedly Attacked Residence of Sunday Igboho’s Mother in Oyo
About three suspected Fulani herders have allegedly attacked the residence of the mother of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho in the late hours of Sunday. Two of the suspects escaped while one was arrested and he is being interrogated by the police. According to the spokesperson for Sunday Igboho, Mr Olayomi Koiki, one of the…
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FG Reacts To ASUU’s Plan To Embark On Strike
The Federal Government has reacted to the fresh notice by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to embark on a fresh strike barely four months after calling off a 10-month industrial action. The government said any person conceiving a strike after close to one year of downing tools would be doing a disservice to…