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Photo News: 50-year-old Woman Enrols Self Into Secondary School in Ilorin
A 50-year-old woman, Mrs Ajayi Folashade enrolled herself into Ilorin Grammar School, Ilorin. Folashade Kickstarts her education despite her age from junior secondary school 2, with kids younger than her children as her classmates. The woman, who hopes to become a teacher someday, said she enrolled in school to better herself. She added that she…
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Why We Don’t Join SSANU, NASU Strike-Varsity Workers Reveal
National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) President, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, speaks with Tribune Reporter, SOJI-EZE FAGBEMI, on why the Union did not join the on-going strike by NASU and SSANU. He also states the immediate demands of the Union, without which it will review its stand and consider a strike option. WHAT is the decision…
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UBEC: FG To Build Digital Schools Across the Country
The federal government has revealed its plans to build state-of-the-art digital schools and facilities for learning across the country. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, disclosed this during the commissioning of Basic Education projects at the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. In a statement signed by its Head…
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Kwara Lecturer Accused of Internet Fraud Pleads Guilty
Opashola Abdullahi, a lecturer of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, has pleaded guilty to a charge of romance scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 8, 2021, arraigned him before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin. Opashola was among…
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Meet Newly Inducted Pharmacy Graduate from UI Who Has Published Over 50 Research Articles
One of the newly inducted pharmacy students of the University of Ibadan, Adebisi Yusuf Adebayo popularly known as ProfRx was inducted into the Pharmacy Profession by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) a couple of days ago, graduated with Distinctions (First Class Honors) despite his extra-curricular activities and his achievements throughout his stay in the…
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FG Reveals Plan To Replace BVN With NIN
The Federal has revealed its plan to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the…
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Makinde Speaks On Purported Plan To Dump Party
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has reacted to the news making the rounds on social media that he is set to dump his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Makinde let this out through his Chief Press secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Monday, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adisa described the unfounded story as…
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Minimum Wage: SSANU, NASU Shut Down LASU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, Lagos State University, LASU, chapter on Monday shut down the institution over the failure of the state government to pay them the arrears of the new minimum wage. All the gates leading to the main campus…
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Winners Pastor Bags Jail Term For Stealing $90,000, N4.5m
A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada on two counts…
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Why I support reopening of Lekki Toll Plaza, Segalink
Convener of EndSARS campaign and member of the Lagos state judicial panel, Segun Awosanya better known as Segalinkhas given an explanation as to why he supported the handing over of the Lekki Toll plaza to the Lekki Concession Company LCC who will, in turn, reopen the tollgates. Operations at the tollgates were closed in October…