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  • Protest: Poly Ibadan Lifts Suspension on Students’ Union

    Protest: Poly Ibadan Lifts Suspension on Students’ Union

    The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has lifted the suspension order slammed on the students’ union of the institution as contained in a press statement issued earlier today.  In a statement from the institution signed by the registrar, Mrs ModupeTheresa  Fawale, it was disclosed that the reversal of the decision was based on interventions to…

  • Why Raymond Dokpesi Was Arrested in UK – London Police Source

    Why Raymond Dokpesi Was Arrested in UK – London Police Source

    Peoples Gazette Nigerian media businessman Raymond Dokpesi was arrested in London on Sunday night on rape allegations, according to UK police sources.  Mr Dokpesi, the owner of broadcaster AIT, was picked up at London Heathrow Airport as he touched down from a connecting flight via Frankfurt on Sunday evening. A London police source said: “On…

  • Education Tax: Experts Fault ASUU’s Proposal

    Education Tax: Experts Fault ASUU’s Proposal

    Punch Newspaper Tax experts have faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ proposed increase in the Tertiary Education Tax from three per cent to 10 per cent tax. According to them, toeing this path would hurt private firms which were already overburdened with taxes. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osedeke, recently proposed an increase in…

  • DAAR Communications Founder, Dokpesi Released

    The management of DAAR Communications Plc, on Monday said the founder of the media company, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi (Ph.D) has been released after an incident which saw him delayed on arrival at the London Heathrow airport on Sunday January 8, 2023. Dokpesi arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airlines flight and was…

  • Edo Train Station Attack: 5 Kidnapped Passengers Rescued

    Edo Train Station Attack: 5 Kidnapped Passengers Rescued

    Daily Trust The Police has so far rescued five out of the kidnapped victims including a retired police officer who were allegedly abducted on Saturday at the Igueben train station, Edo state. Recall that unspecified numbers of passengers who were waiting to board the train at the Igueben station were kidnapped by gunmen at 4pm…

  • FG Reacts To Edo Train Station Attack

    The Federal Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Sambo, Weekend, reacted to the recent attack on innocent citizens at Tom Ikimi Train Station Igueben Edo State, describing it as despicable and utterly barbaric. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, assured Nigerians the security agencies are making efforts to ensure that…

  • Suspected Herdsmen Abduct Scores of Passengers at Edo Train Station

    Suspected Herdsmen Abduct Scores of Passengers at Edo Train Station

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  • 4 Varsity Students Suspended Over Water Ritual

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed on…

  • Anyone Prophesying Winner of 2023 Presidential Election Deceiving You – Pastor Adeboye Tells Nigerians

    Anyone Prophesying Winner of 2023 Presidential Election Deceiving You – Pastor Adeboye Tells Nigerians

    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged members of his church to get their PVC ready and prepare to vote their choice leader as God directs them while saying that God has not yet told him or anyone who the winner of the election will be. The…

  • Why new Naira notes leave ink when rubbed on white surfaces – MINT

    Why new Naira notes leave ink when rubbed on white surfaces – MINT

    Vanguard News The Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc also called MINT, Friday, explained why the new Naira notes leave ink when rubbed on plain white surfaces while stressing that best international best practice was followed in their production. The company, also referred to as The MINT, is responsible for producing the naira, Nigeria’s…

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