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Subject rankings: 48 Nigerian varsities among world’s best (See Schools List)
Punch Newspaper The Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee, Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has announced the good news of the superlative performance of Nigerian universities in the Times Higher Education 2023 Subject Rankings, which were released yesterday (October 25). Coming on the heels of the impressive ranking of 12 Nigerian universities in the…
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CBN To Redesign N200, N500, N,1000 Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. Emefiele made the disclosure at a special media briefing in Abuja, saying the move has since secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari and other stakeholders. He urged depositors to hit the banks to exchange their old…
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World’s Dirtiest Man’ Dies Few Months After First Bath In Decades (Photos)
An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday. Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern…
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Court Orders FG To Take Nnamdi Kanu Back To Kenya
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to pay N500 million as damages to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for forcefully abducting and renditioning him from Kenya in June last year. Presiding Judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, also declared Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya…
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Many Feared Trapped as Fire Guts Lagos WAEC Office (Video)
There was tension in the early hours of Wednesday as fire gutted the West Africa Examinations Council building in Yaba area of Lagos State. Many people are feared trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. However, emergency responders are at the scene.
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Only 1 Guber Candidate Appeared for NDLEA Integrity Test – INEC
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says only one candidate across all political parties contesting for various positions appeared for integrity test in Katsina State. NDLEA Commander in the state, Muhammed Bashir, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, only the People’s Redemption Party,…
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Give Priority To Persons With Disabilities – Lalu Charges Officials in Flood Ravaged States
The Federal Government through the National Commission For Persons With Disabilities, NCPWD, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, have commiserated with Persons with disabilities who are victims of ravaging flood in some part of the country adding that, the government is…
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Video: Atiku Donates N55 Million To Bayelsa Flood Victims (See Moment former VP arrived )
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has hinged the devastating flood to the impact of climate change, saying the phenomenon was real. Abubakar, who spoke in Government House, Yenagoa, during a sympathy visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday, donated a total sum of N55m to flood victims…
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INEC Fixes Date For Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Guber Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi governorship polls for November 11, 2023. The Commission approved the timetable at its weekly meeting on Tuesday. It fixed primary elections by parties for March 27 to April 17, 2023. According to a statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and…
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Strike: Release Withheld Salaries of ASUU Members – NLC Urges FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to release the withheld salaries of the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Labour union made this known in a communique made available at the National Executive Council meeting held in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. In the communique, the body said,…
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