LASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

EducationNewsNigeriaLASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 26, 2023

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has congratulated Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, for emerging as the best graduating and best-ever student at the Lagos State University (LASU), with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 obtained in the institution’s Law Degree programme. Obaseki in a press statement on Sunday hailed Yusuf on her remarkable and pacesetting feat, noting that she has once again displayed the indefatigable Edo spirit of excellence and hard work. “I congratulate...

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CSOs, rights group ask Tinubu to halt anti-masses policies

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCSOs, rights group ask Tinubu to halt anti-masses policies

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 26, 2023

… call for independent probe of subsidy scam The organised Civil Society of Nigeria, comprising of  the United Action Front of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), human rights activists, at the end of the review meeting of its National Coordinating Team on Sunday unequivocally decries the prevailing harrowing hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians in the wake of recent economic policies imposed on the country by President Bola Tinubu’s government. The statement made available to journalists...

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CP Ammani Refutes Viral Video On Enugu-Ugwogo Highway

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCP Ammani Refutes Viral Video On Enugu-Ugwogo Highway

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 26, 2023

The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani has declared a viral video clip on repeated kidnapping on Enugu-Ugwogo highway as untrue, unfounded and misleading. CP Ammani refuted the message in a press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations officer- DSP Daniel Ndukwe. “The Enugu State Police Command is in receipt of a viral video clip depicting gunshots and people running in a forest, with the accompanying message that “Enugu-Ugwogo is not...

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Teenager abandons baby in Anambra hospital after delivery

LifestyleNewsNigeriaTeenager abandons baby in Anambra hospital after delivery

PilotnewsJune 25, 2023

A teenage girl in Anambra has abandoned her newborn baby in a hospital and fled, immediately after delivery. e girl was alleged to have left the baby in the hospital, prompting the owner of the hospital to take the baby to the Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo. Obinabo has become popular for her role in ensuring the welfare of women and children, including protecting the rights of vulnerable people. Chidinma...

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National Intelligence Agency has denied Mohammed Dauda’s return As DG

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNational Intelligence Agency has denied Mohammed Dauda’s return As DG

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 25, 2023

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has debunked false and misleading reports making the rounds that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has reinstated Mohammed Dauda as Director General (DG). While making the clarification in a press statement signed by A. H. Wakili, Head of the Legal Department, stated that Mohammed Dauda was never a substantive Director General of the NIA. According to the statement, Mohammed Dauda, “only acted in that capacity temporarily after the tenure...

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JAMB announces 140 as cut-off mark for varsity admissions, 100 for polytechnics

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB announces 140 as cut-off mark for varsity admissions, 100 for polytechnics

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

…pegs post-UTME registration fees at N2,000. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has set 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities in the 2023/24 academic session. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the 2023 policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede also noted that 100 has been approved as the cut off-mark for admissions into polytechnics and colleges of education. He...

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CBN directs banks to obtain customers’ social media handles for identification

HealthNewsNigeriaPoliticsCBN directs banks to obtain customers’ social media handles for identification

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has made it mandatory for financial institutions to obtain the social media handles of their customers for identification in a move aimed at curbing money laundering and terrorism financing. The new directive is contained in its Customer Due Diligence Regulations, 2023 published on June 20, and circulated to all banks and financial institutions. Under the new regulations, financial institutions must identify customers – whether permanent or occasional, individuals or...

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Tinubu departs Paris for London for a ‘short private visit’

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu departs Paris for London for a ‘short private visit’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has jetted off to London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit, Dele Alake, the President’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy has announced. The President departed Nigeria for Paris, France last Wednesday to participate in a two-day summit on ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. The summit commenced on Thursday and ended on Friday, and the presidency had earlier announced that President Tinubu will be...

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UNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

EducationNewsNigeriaUNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

Students of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, UNN, have staged a protest over the incessant increase in the price of textbooks and manuals by authorities in the faculty. The protesting students, who carried placards with various inscriptions depicting their grievances, matched around the university premises on Friday. The peaceful protest started at the pharmacy complex, to the security department then down to the Vice-Chancellor’s office. The students also protested against “indiscriminate...

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Customs graduates 300 cadets from training college, Ikeja

NewsNigeriaCustoms graduates 300 cadets from training college, Ikeja

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 25, 2023

…335 recruits pass out from Kano Training College Three hundred cadets from the Nigeria Customs Training College, Ikeja in Lagos State have passed out after a three-month intensive program. The passing out parade which took place on Thursday 22nd June 2023 at the training college, Ikeja had in attendance the deputy comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, Saidu Galadima as a special guest of honour and reviewing officer. Present at the ceremony were senior...

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