President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the phased commencement of academic activities at six of the 14 new universities established during the twilight of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.The minister of education, Tahir Mamman, disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday following a closed-door meeting with President Tinubu at
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday sealed three unlicensed Private Guard Security (PGC) firms for operating illegally.The command also arrested staff of the affected security outfits for allegedly parading themselves as private guards for the companies in default.The FCT commandant
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The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has appointed Olufemi Oladapo Soneye as chief corporate communications officer.In a statement issued by the company yesterday, it said Soneye, a seasoned journalist with full-time and freelance experiences at some of the world’s most respected publications in Nigeria, Australia, and
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Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France has commenced a two-day training for 25 Nigerian experts on digital rights as part of the efforts to address issues of cybercrimes and other challenges faced by internet users.The country director, ASF France, also known as Lawyers Without Borders, France, Angela Uzoma-Iwuchukwu, at the inaugural
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given the executive secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Ahmed Hadi, 24 hours to explain the status of the National Mosque and what compensation plan is meant for it.Wike gave the order yesterday when he
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Minister of Women Affairs, Barr Uche Kennedy Ohanenye, has resolved to sue the mother of an eight-year-old rape victim in Enugu, Sochimelu, who was molested severally by her stepfather, for negligence.Ohanenye said the action is in defence of the voiceless victim, whose mother had gone crying to the court to
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A 300-level microbiology student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ilorin, Kwara State, Hameeda Sanni, has committed suicide over a N500,000 debt.It was gathered that the 20-year-old student took her own life by drinking the dangerous and poisonous product, Sniper.According to sources, Hameeda ran into debt through loan apps after
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Vice chancellor of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, said the institution has deepened the opportunity for its students to study in Japanese universities through an exchange programme.Na'Allah revealed this at the 3rd Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) chair, organised in collaboration with the Japanese agency.He said, “University
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Lagos University Teaching Hospital has become the first organization in Africa to get the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme (GAMSAS).The feat was announced on Tuesday by the management of the hospital.In a statement issued by the chief medical director, Prof. Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo, he
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Eni, a subsidiary of oil giant Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE), has awarded scholarships to 29 Nigerians for postgraduate studies overseas as well as at Nigerian universities in its 2023–2024 Awards Scheme.Nine of the beneficiaries will undertake postgraduate studies at various universities in the United Kingdom (UK) and a university
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