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Why Private Varsities Must Not Benefit From TETFund Projects – ASUU President, Osodeke
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ((ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has kicked against the plan by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to include private universities as beneficiaries of its projects. Prof Osodeke stated this at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions. Osodeke said such…
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Bola Tinubu diploma: No evidence Nigeria’s president forged college record – BBC Report
BBC Report There is no evidence that the diploma Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to the country’s electoral commission was forged, the BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has found. Allegations that President Tinubu’s certificates were faked went viral on social media following the release by Chicago State University (CSU) of his academic records last week.…
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Israel’s war with Hamas: What we know
Vanguard News This is what we know about the conflict so far: How the assault unfoldedHundreds of Hamas militants attacked Israel from around 6:30 am (0330 GMT) on Saturday, the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, in an assault that came 50 years after the outbreak of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The Gaza-based Islamists fired thousands…
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Why my SSCE certificate bears Sadiq Abubakar – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday explained the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. Atiku made the clarification through Dele Momodu, in a post on his X handle. The Nation reported that a group had given Atiku and Peter Obi bi a seven-day ultimatum to release their academic records or face…
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Court Disqualifies APC Candidate Sylva From Bayelsa Gov Election
Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Mr Timipre Sylva. Justice Okorowo ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and served five years as governor of the state, would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if…
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NANS Senate Presidency: Stakeholders React To Purported Endorsement of Seyi Tinubu’s Preferred Aspirant
Stakeholders in the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, have reacted to the purported endorsement of one of the aspirants eyeing the post of senate presidency in the forthcoming NANS election. The stakeholders in a joint release made available to Vreporters and signed by Comrade Awoyinfa Opeoluwa, FUTA; Comrade Olalere Adetunji Benedict, Federal Cooperative College,…
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Tricycle Rider Who Returned Missing N15 Million Gets N1.5 Million Reward
Kano State House of Assembly has honoured Auwalu Salisu, a tricycle rider who returned missing ₦15m million to the owner, a Chadian man, who left it inside his Kekenspep,with N1.5 million. However, on Monday, at the plenary sitting, Auwalu Salisu received ₦1.5m million as gift from the members of the Kano. The Speaker of the…
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Agbakoba slams media, ‘armchair’ lawyers over debates on Tinubu’s CSU certificate
Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said debates in the media over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery must stop. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar, is contesting Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 poll at the Supreme Court. A…
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ASUU President Raises Alarm Over ‘Godfatherism’ in Varsity System
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, says the problem of godfatherism has entered the university system. Speaking in Abuja during an event to mark 60 years anniversary of Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), on Monday, Osodeke said universities should be run like they were…
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FG To Engage 5 Million Youths in Restructured N-Power Program
The Federal Government has stated that the redesigned N-Power initiative would be designed to create jobs for at least five million youths in the country. According to Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, who was speaking on Sunday Politics on Channels Television, the N-Power initiative is a component of the safety net…
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