The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Minister of Information, Prof Dora Akunyili. Also, the police said its operatives were on the hunt for those who set ablaze the residence of Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to Lagos …
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Buhari Approves N75,000 Stipend For Education Students In Public Universities
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved N75,000 as a stipend per semester for education students in public universities across the country. N50,000 was also approved as a stipend per semester for Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students. The development was announced by the Minister For Education, Adamu Adamu during the …
Read More »School Of Nursing Calabar Matriculates 100 Students For The First Timein Decades
“School Of Nursing Calabar breaks record, Matriculate 100 Students for the first time in many decades; As Health Commissioner To Reward Best Graduating Student With Half A Million”* Cross River state in the last 12 months has recorded unprecedented heights in the health sector and the nursing profession in particular. …
Read More »31.7% Youths Lack Access To Bank Loans For Business – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics says that 31.7 percent of youths in Nigeria lack access to bank loans to finance their businesses due to high-interest rates. The bureau said this in its National Youth Survey for 2020, obtained from its website in Abuja on Monday. According to it, the report …
Read More »Montolivo Tips AC Milan, Inter Milan, Napoli For Scudetto Title
Former AC Milan captain Riccardo Montolivo believes the Scudetto title will be a closed battle this season. Montolivo in an interview with DAZN, stated that ‘The Rossonero’, Inter Milan and Napoli would be favourites to win the title. Recall that on Sunday, AC Milan defeated Atalanta 3-2 away from home …
Read More »Oil Surpasses $81, Nigerian Production Drops By 130,000 Barrels
Oil prices climbed above $81 on Monday as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies announced that it would maintain its steady output increase by 400,000 barrels per day in November, its highest since 2014. OPEC also said Nigeria’s crude oil production slipped by 130,000 barrels per day …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg Loses N2.4 Trillion In A Day
The CEO of Facebook Inc, Mark Zuckerberg has suffered a significant loss in as two major happenings which weakened the confidence of his investors as it was reported by Forbes that Zuckerberg loses $5.9 billion which is about N2,430,896,630,319.77(N2.4 trillion) a day.
Read More »Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Suit Challenging Executive Order 10
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the suit filed by the 36 states challenging the legality of the Presidential Executive Order 10, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Executive Order 10 on May 22 last year. The order made it mandatory for all states to include allocations of …
Read More »TCN: Power Upgrade To Cause 2-Month Blackout In Lagos (List of Affected Areas)
Many residential and commercial areas of Lagos State will be thrown into darkness for about two months as a major power facility upgrade begins. Newsextra24 reports that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is about to flag off the second phase of infrastructure upgrade to improve the grid system and …
Read More »Comply With IPOB Sit-At-Home In The North & Lose Your Shops – Arewa Warns
Sit-at-home: Seal any shop closed in solidarity with IPOB, Arewa group tells Northern Govs The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has rejected the recent call by the Indigenous People Of Biafra on the Middle Belt people to join its sit-at-home campaign, warning that no section of the north should be a …
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