2023/2024 academic session
1 Jun
For many parents and stakeholders in the education sector, the rescheduled National Common Entrance Examination may well be the start of another unending controversy over who eventually makes it into the final admission list, and from what region of the country.
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The Federal Government has reiterated the urgent need for collaboration among stakeholders to curb human rights abuses in the country.
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Environmental change hits the poorest the hardest, experts say, and in India's toxic smog-filled capital that includes the air people breathe. In Old Delhi, the ancient heart of the capital, 39-year-old Rizwan pedals a rickshaw tricycle, transporting passengers and heavy goods through crowded streets often too narrow for cars, earning about seven dollars on a…
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Ondo State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to prevent further rot in the state by transmitting power to his Deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for governance to continue unabated. Chairman of PDP in the state, Mr Fatai Adams, made the call at a news conference at the…
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Rev Fr. Dr. Andrew Obinyan has been called upon to join the Edo governorship race and contribute his quota to the development of the state, based on his antecedents in the vineyard of God as a man with an unblemished record and fear of God. They appealed for the 55th Birthday celebration of Fr. Obinyan,…
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A Federal Capital Territory high court sitting in Bwari, on Tuesday dismissed the forgery allegations suit brought against, Chief Edozie Njoku, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) The Police had on November 22, 2022, accused Njoku, the Youth leader of APGA, Chukwuemeka Nwoga, and others at large of purportedly conspiring to alter…
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Police in the Philippines are chasing four men, including two linked to a local militant group, in connection with the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the restive south, authorities said Tuesday. A manhunt was underway after Sunday's attack on worshippers inside a university gymnasium in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city, which was…
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has concluded its case against Mark Obisesan, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, and Goodluck Bazunu, who are facing charges related to the alleged purchase of forged United States dollar Travellers Cheques. EFCC, in a statement, said it has presented two more witnesses,…
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UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Beatrice Eyong, said that the call for gender equality does not entail challenging men in their positions. Eyong also said women were only asking for equal opportunities for all genders to excel. Eyong, disclosed this in Abuja, during the Escalating…
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The flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday urged the Nigerian military to always try and avoid being an embarrassment to themselves and the country. Obi said this in a statement on X following the reports of the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri Village in the Igabi…
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The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly stealing musical instruments from churches in Orerokpe, Delta State. The state police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Edafe said the suspects, whose names were not immediately released, were arrested following a series of complaints received by the police…