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ASUU Faults Federal Government Approval of 20 New Private Universities.

Some stakeholders in University education in Nigeria, on Thursday, warned against the proliferation of universities in the country, following Wednesday’s approval of 20 new private universities by the Federal Executive Council. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Benin, the stakeholders said there was nothing to justify the approval when the existing […]

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Punjab Provincial Government To Introduce Inter-Faith Harmony Policy

The Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine has said the provincial government is set to introduce an interfaith harmony policy, which is aimed to promote peaceful coexistence between diverse citizenry of Punjab. He was speaking at multi-stakeholder dialogue: “Towards Improved Human Rights Protection in Punjab”, jointly organised by the Democracy […]

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Photo: Nigeria Police Force To Give Ten million naira To Anyone With Useful Information On the Whereabout of these Persons.

Nigerian police as posted on their official Facebook page is ready to hand Ten million naira (10,000,000.00) for anyone with useful information on the whereabouts of the persons in the picture below: Ten Million Naira (#10,000.000.00) awaits anyone with useful information on the whereabouts of the persons in the photo below;

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Corruption Curbed In The Nigerian Oil Sector – Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said on Thursday that his regime had achieved success in stemming corruption and sharp practices in the nation’s oil and gas industry. Buhari said when he was elected into office in 2015, the industry was in a very dire situation, worsened by a backlog of joint venture cash […]

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UPDATE: SSANU & NASU STRIKE BEGINS

Strike begins today, as varsity unions ( SSANU & NASU ) write branches Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have written their branches to commence strike from today (Friday). A copy of the notice obtained on Thursday, Part of the notice read, “In view of […]

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Nigerian Reggae-blues Singer Harrysong Set To Wed.

Nigerian reggae-blues singer, Harry Tare Okiri, popularly known as Mr. Harrysong is set to wed his fiancée, Alexer Peres Gopa on 27th of March 2021. The singer made this announcement on Thursday, February 4 2021 in a post he shared via his Instagram handle. The wedding is scheduled to take place on the 27th of […]

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NIN – SIM : Mobile Network Operators Submit 56.18 million Identity Numbers For Linkage.

A total of 56.18 million National Identity Numbers have been collected by the mobile network operators and submitted for linkage with their respective Subscriber Identification Modules. Also, the ongoing NIM-SIM integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, […]

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NIN- SIM Linkage Now a Money Spinning venture – CLO Calls For Decentralization & Impromptu Visits to NIMC Centres.

National Identity Management Commission has been called upon to pay Impromptu Visits to NIMC Centres. Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) in Anambra state has urged the Federal Government to decentralise issuance of National Identity Number (NIN) by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The state chairman, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme who gave the advice on Wednesday in […]

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Jeff Bezos To Step Down as Amazon CEO After 26 Years.

The world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO later this year and transition to the role of executive chair, the company has announced. According to the February 2 announcement, Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy. Bezos has been Amazon’s CEO since its founding in 1995 and grew the company from an […]

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Poverty Rank Of Nigerians Set To Increase By Year 2022 – World Bank

The World Bank said its estimates show that between 15 million and 20 million Nigerians will join the poverty rank by 2022. They revealed this on Tuesday at the virtual launch of the 2021 Macroeconomic Outlook of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, a private sector-led think-tank. Nigeria needs to implement key reforms in order to […]