A European Commission spokesman on Tuesday confirmed it received a reply from TikTok to provide within 24 hours an assessment of mental health risks related to its new app, TikTok Lite. According to officials, Monday’s legally-binding order concerning the new app’s rewards scheme, which allows users to collect points by …
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ALLEGED accidental discharge from the gun of a yet-to be-identified security agent on Tuesday in Ogbomoso killed a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and injured two others. It was gathered that the incident happened at the institution when the security agent was invited to settle a misunderstanding …
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THE management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has suspended indefinitely its Mr David Udo-Udom, the lecturer, allegedly involved in sexual harassment of a female student. This is contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chief Okwun Omeaku, and made available to newsmen on …
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THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has lauded Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi over the successful conduct of the Ondo State Governorship primaries of the party. Ganduje stated this when he received the report of the State Governorship Primary Election Committee from Ododo in …
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THE First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, says standard and accessible education for all Nigerians is important for national development. Remi disclosed this on Tuesday in Osogbo at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of an Alternative High School for Girls (AHSG). She decried the alarming rate at which youths, …
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THE National Assembly says it will come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation …
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THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has sworn in 1,454 corps members for the 2024 Batch “A” Stream II Orientation Course in Jigawa. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mr Jidda Dawut, said this during the inauguration of the exercise on Tuesday at the Gen. Yakubu Gowon Permanent Orientation Camp, …
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THE Naira on Tuesday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,300.15 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the Naira lost N65.66. This represents a 5.3 per cent loss when …
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NATIONAL Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has called for enhanced collaboration among African countries to enhance intelligence sharing to effectively address the menace of terrorism. Ribadu made the call at the round off of the two-day High-Level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting, on Tuesday in Abuja. The meeting had as the …
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THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has agreed to partner the National Commission for the Coordination and Control of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NATCOM) to curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Anambra. Mr Olatunde Maku, the NSCDC Commandant in Anambra, …
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