The University of Benin, UNIBEN, has explained the reasons for the discontinuation of the N20,000 late registration fee it introduced recently. It said that the worrisome trend of students’ late registration was reason for introduction of the fee. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Lilian Salami, stated this at a news conference on Friday in Benin. […]
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The National Association of Resident Doctors has directed its lawyers to appeal a ruling ordering its members to return to work. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, and the union’s Secretary-General, Dr Jerry Isogun, on Friday The doctors said they have begun the process to appeal the […]
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A professor at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Abass Olajire, slumped and died on Friday. He was 59 years old. Sources at the university confirmed that the Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry died while observing Juma’at prayer on Friday. Family sources said the late scholar will be buried in Ibadan on Saturday, according to […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday described as “loathsome and distasteful” the supposed silence of South-East and South-South governors on the ordeal of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. According to the secessionist group, when governors and leaders of other regions were strongly speaking for their own in the country, the South-East and South-South governors had […]
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Police Inspector General Alkali Usman Baba Yobe Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old woman, Khadija Yakubu, for allegedly poisoning and killing three of her stepchildren in Malaria Huta community, Potiskum Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Dungus Abdulkareem, in a statement on Friday said that the suspect poisoned the […]
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At least over 30 politicians have visited the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in London, the United Kingdom in the last two months. Tinubu, who celebrated his 69th birthday in March 2021 and command an arguably large following of political loyalists, has been rumoured to nurse presidential ambition in 2023. […]
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An officer at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, Major Christopher Datong, who was abducted by bandits during the August 24 attack on the premier military institution, has regained freedom. This was contained in a statement by Colonel Ezindu Idimah, Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division, Nigerian Army on Friday night. Idimah disclosed that […]
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Suspects trade blame Wife: My husband didn’t tell me he was impotent, he starved me of sex for 16 years Husband: My wife didn’t tell me she has damaged womb, can’t bear children It was a dramatic moment at Agwa Tashi community, Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State on Monday as a couple, Mr Thomas […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Coalition of Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders of Nigeria, CENYLON, at the weekend resolved to embark on independent investigations to discover and publish the names of prominent Nigerians who are allegedly sponsoring terrorism, insurgency and banditry in the country. In a statement signed jointly by the coalition’s National President, Comrade Eric Oluwole […]
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Chairman of Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said any political party that fields a northern candidate for presidency in 2023 risks losing the support of southerners. He made this known on Friday in an interview on Channels Television monitored by The Cable. While speaking on the resolutions of the […]
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