Category: NEWS

250 IDPs to write WAEC in Maiduguri
April 5, 2017 No Responses

250 IDPs to write WAEC in Maiduguri

Not fewer than two hundred and fifty Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), mostly children are currently engaged in this year’s West African Examination Council’s examination in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This development is coming at the directives of Borno State...
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Strike paralyses academic activities in U.I
April 5, 2017 No Responses

Strike paralyses academic activities in U.I

Academic activities were paralysed on Wednesday at the University of Ibadan (UI) as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced its one-week warning strike. The strike forced most students to stay indoors at their halls of residence. NAN also...
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Cholera: Queen’s College to remain closed says LASG
April 4, 2017 No Responses

Cholera: Queen’s College to remain closed says LASG

  The Lagos State Government on Tuesday insisted that the Queen’s College, where three students recently lost their lives to cholera outbreak, would remain closed. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who addressed journalists after a meeting ...
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Reps Want Deadline for UTME Registration Extended
April 4, 2017 No Responses

Reps Want Deadline for UTME Registration Extended

The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for the extension of the deadline for the 2017 registration of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The house mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and Services to liaise with the Joint Matri...
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Ambode to Demolish Shanties at Oko Oba Abattoir
April 4, 2017 No Responses

Ambode to Demolish Shanties at Oko Oba Abattoir

         Butchers at work at Oko_Oba_Abattoirs The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would soon remove all shanties at Oko Oba abattoir to ensure a healthy and hygienic environment. Mr Oluwatoyin Suarau, State Commissioner for Agriculture, disc...
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50kg of Rice to Sell for N10, 000 in June – Rice farmers
April 4, 2017 No Responses

50kg of Rice to Sell for N10, 000 in June – Rice farmers

Nigerians have been assured that in June 2017 a 50 kilogramme of rice bag will sell at N10, 000. RICE farmers under the auspices of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN gave the assurance. National President, RIFAN, Aminu Goronyo, who...
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JAMB: Candidates in Ebonyi, Abia, Imo Facing Stressful Registration Process
April 4, 2017 No Responses

JAMB: Candidates in Ebonyi, Abia, Imo Facing Stressful Registration Process

Some prospective candidates for the 2017 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) say they are facing poor internet network, stressful and cumbersome process in registering for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Ebonyi, Abia and Imo...
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Protesters barricade n’assembly over Ndume’s suspension
April 4, 2017 No Responses

Protesters barricade n’assembly over Ndume’s suspension

Supporters of senator Ali Ndume have barricaded the entrance of the national assembly in protest of his suspension from the senate. Ndume represents Borno south constituency. Over 200 persons, carrying placards and banners, on Tuesday morning stormed the nati...
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British Govt to expose Nigerian property owners
April 4, 2017 No Responses

British Govt to expose Nigerian property owners

The British Government will give the Federal Government information about Nigerians who own property in that country next year, a presidential aide has said. Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, told...
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April 4, 2017 No Responses

NUPENG suspends strike

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has suspended its nationwide strike which began on Sunday. The suspension followed the intervention of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maika...
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