FUTA students resume Sunday, begin lectures Monday

The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has approved a revised academic calendar for the continuation of the 2020/2021 Academic Session. This is contained in a statement by Mr Richard Arifalo, the FUTA’s Registrar, on Thursday in Akure. The statement said that lectures leading to the completion of the First Semester would […]

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ASUU strike: UNILAG, OAU, UNIBEN, others announce resumption dates

Nigerian university students are expected back in class after the suspension of an eight-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The suspended ASUU strike started on Monday, February 14. Since suspension of the strike on Friday, October 14, a number of universities have released internal memos and circulars announcing their resumption date. […]

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Nigeria has one doctor to 10,000 patients – NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association on Wednesday said Nigeria has about 24, 000 actively licensed physicians caring for its over 200 million population as a result of brain drain in the country. Its President, Dr. Ojinmah Uche, said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a policy dialogue on Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications […]

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10 die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway tanker explosion

No fewer than 10 people were burnt to death in a tanker explosion at Araromi on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday morning. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred around Conoil in Araromi before Sagamu Interchange on the expressway. […]

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Pictorial: Dummy coffins, bloodstained flags at #EndSARS memorial procession

Youths in their numbers on Thursday morning showed up with dummy coffins and bloodstained Nigerian flags at Lekki toll gate in Lagos State to commemorate the second-year memorial of the EndSARS protest shooting. The procession passed through the Lekki Tollgate, the scene of the killings that took place on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Following are […]

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Falz at the car procession which held at the #EndSARSMemorial protest Popular singer, Folarin Falana, aka Falz, led several protesters to the Lekki Tollgate on Thursday in memory of the shooting that took place at the toll gate on October 20, 2020, which allegedly led to the loss of lives. The second memorial of the […]

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Youths hold #EndSARS memorial in Lagos as Buhari signs start-up bill

President Muhammadu Buhari flanked by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari (right) and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami after signing the Start-up Bill into law at the State House, Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua Pantami: New law to end harassment of youths bearing laptops FG sets up N10b investment fund […]

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FG directs mobile network operators to reverse 10% upward tariff hike

Prepare for digital future, MTN urges Nigerians, says 5G crucial to development The Federal Government has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to reverse the 10 per cent hike in tariffs, especially on data services, which they implemented recently. In a statement, yesterday, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Reuben Muoka, […]

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