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2021 UTME: JAMB sets to commence sale of registration forms

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says it has concluded all arrangements to commence the sale of 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration forms. The board disclosed this in its Vol. 2, No. 15 Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made it available …

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BREAKING: Bandits abduct primary school teachers, pupils in Birnin-Gwari

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Some pupils from a Universal Basic Education primary school at Rama in Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna state have been kidnapped. Newsmen could not ascertain the number of abducted pupils as of the time of filing this report. It was learnt that the gunmen also abducted some teachers from the school during the …

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Davido congratulates Wizkid, Burna Boy on Grammy win

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Singer Davido has congratulated his colleagues in the Nigerian music industry who won awards at the 63rd Grammy Awards event which held last night. Wizkid was awarded for his effort in Brown Skin Girl by Beyonce, Blue Ivy and St Jhn which is from Beyonce’s Lion King: The Gift album. The song …

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ASUU warns of fresh strike over unremitted deductions

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday blamed the Federal Government, as well as the Accountant General of the Federation, over what it called the victimisation of its members. It said the Federal Government had refused to pay its members salaries despite the ‘no victimisation clause’ of the suspended strike. According …

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Lagos pulls down distressed buildings on the Island

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Lagos State Government says it is intensifying efforts to reduce incidences of building collapse as the rainy season approaches. It said no effort would be spared in demolishing derelict buildings across the state. The General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki, said this during the demolition of distressed buildings located …

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Burna Boy makes history, clinches Grammy, Wizkid wins with Beyonce

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Nigeria Afrobeat musicians, Burna Boy and Wizkid, on Sunday won their first Grammy Awards. Burna Boy, whose real name is Damini Ogulu, won the best global music album category after beating four other nominees at the 63rd Grammys. The musician won the category with his Twice As Tall album released in August …

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Vaccine side effect fear: Vaccination continues, says FG, eight countries suspend rollout

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria would continue to administer  AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite its suspension by eight European countries over fear of its possible deadly side effects. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said suspending the vaccine …

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Buhari justifies shoot-on-sight directive on AK-47 bearers

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Presidency said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, emphasised his marching order to security chiefs to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally with AK-47. Buhari was quoted to have made the emphasis at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at …

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Petrol price now N212.61 per litre – PPPRA

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has revealed in a new monthly template that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, has reached N212.6 per litre. According to the template which the PPPRA released midnight, petrol is expected to sell at a lower retail price of N209.61 and at …

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NYSC: OAU students lament over missing Stream 1, Batch A, 2021

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, lamented over missing the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Stream 1, Batch A of 2021. The students, who lamented over the delay in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, in Ile-Ife, attributed their grievance on missing the Stream 1, Batch …

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