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Why Nigeria’s U-20 Female Football Team Was Stranded in Turkish Airport
Facts have emerged on why Nigeria’s ’s U-20 female football team was stranded in Istanbul, Turkey. The pictures of the footballers sleeping on bare floor at the airport went viral. The Falconets were returning to the country after their exit from the FIFA U20 World Cup in Costa Rica when the incident happened. It was…
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24-year-old Varsity Student Clubs Mother To Death, Breaks Father’s Leg, Arm With Pestle in Katsina
A 24-year-old student of the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, Najeeb Umar Shehu has clubbed his stepmother to death, and at the same time broke his father’s leg and arm, using a pestle for trying to stop him. Report has it that, the accused, Shehu had on several occasion expressed his disdain for their step…
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ASUU Strike: Parents Propose N10,000 Per Session To Support FG
National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, has revealed its plan to support the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer,…
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Four Abducted Reverend Sisters Regain Freedom
The four Catholic Church Reverend Sisters abducted last Sunday at Okigwe-Umulolo axis in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have regained their freedom. Secretary-General of Sisters of Jesus The Saviour (Generalate), Zita Ihedoro, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, yesterday. The freed Reverend Sisters, Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu, were…
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2023: Tinubu Meets Wike, Two Other PDP Governors in London
Vanguard News The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, took a new dimension as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and some PDP governors in London, on Monday night. Vanguard was reliably informed that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State,…
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Naira Depreciates Further Against Dollar
The Naira on Tuesday further depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented a decrease of 0.29 per cent, compared with N429.43 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N429.09 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N444 to…
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ASUU Plans Indefinite Strike as Congresses End in 123 Branches Today
The Nation Newspaper Barring a last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will declare an indefinite strike over Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands. The Nation gathered yesterday that most of the over 123 branches of the union have completed their congresses. Others are expected to round off theirs today. An ASUU…
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Contentious Issues Not Resolved – ASUU Slams Minister Over Claim
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Bayero University, Kano, BUK branch has on Tuesday slammed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu over claims that the Federal Government has resolved the contentious issues except the payment of the six month withheld salaries. The union who described the Minister’s claim as misleading maintained that none of…
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Strike: ASUU Distances Self From Receiving N100 Billion From FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja branch, has distanced the union from receiving N100 billion from the federal government. The union accused the government of fueling the lingering strike through lack of political will to find lasting solution to the issues raised by ASUU. The University of Abuja branch chairman, Dr…
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American Government To Return $23 Million Abacha Loot
Federal government of Nigeria and its American counterpart have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on Tuesday. While Mr. Malami signed on behalf of…
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