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NUC orders closure of varsities for elections
The National Universities Commission (NUC), has directed that all university and inter-university centers in the country be closed down because of elections meant to hold on February 25 and March 12 in the country. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. This announcement was made known via a statement
Polls: Catholic Agency calls for watertight security in FCT communities
Caleb Onwe, Abuja As the general elections fast approach, some stakeholders have said there was need for adequate security at all rural communities within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to guarantee full participation of women and girls in the exercise. One of such stakeholders, the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development
Bleaching: NAFDAC declares state of emergency
Muhammad Kabir, Kano The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has, after establishing that Nigeria today has been ranked first when it concerns the problems of bleaching, declared a state of emergency on the menace. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of NAFDAC, raised the alarm on the menace of bleaching
Fuel Scarcity: Tank farm owners flag off sales at N172 ex-depot price
Success Nwogu Tank farm owners on Thursday commenced sales of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol or fuel, at ex-depot price of N172 per litre. Chairman, Ijegun-Egba Tankfarm Owners & Operators Association, Mr.Debo Olujimi, while speaking with journalists during the flag-off in Lagos, said depot owners were committed to
Coalition of political parties in Lagos endorse Tinubu for president
Anayo Ezugwu Ahead of the general election, a Coalition of Political Parties in Lagos State (COPPILS), has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next president of Nigeria. The coalition, comprising 28 registered and deregistered political parties in the state, said their
JUST IN: Multiple auto crash on Kara Bridge
An accident involving an articulated vehicle, an 18-seater bus belonging to GUO motors, a Sienna car, Toyota Corolla and a Toyota Matrix car occured in the early hours of Thursday on the Kara Bridge axis of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Details later…
Ukraine War: Zelensky takes fighter jet request to Europeans
Ukraine’s leader has taken his request for fighter jets to France and Germany after meeting UK officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky met the two countries’ leaders in Paris on Wednesday evening, where they pledged ongoing support to Ukraine, reports the BBC. France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Olaf Scholz restated their belief that Russia must
Google’s AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares
Google is searching for ways to reassure people that it is still out in front in the race for the best artificial intelligence technology. And so far, the internet giant seems to be coming up with the wrong answer, reports the BBC. An advert designed to show off its new AI bot, showed
US Soccer to ‘voice concerns’ over Saudi sponsorship at Women’s World Cup
The US Soccer Federation (USSF) said on Wednesday it would voice its concerns to FIFA over a reported Saudi Arabian sponsorship deal for the Women’s World Cup. Last week, co-hosts Australia and New Zealand wrote to FIFA seeking urgent clarification after the Guardian reported Visit Saudi will be named as a major
Be partner in progress, Buhari tells new NLC leader, Ajaero
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the newly elected President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, to be a partner in progress. The President, who congratulated the new Labour leader on his emergence, also lauded the National Executive Committee of the NLC on the success of the congress that produced the new leadership. According
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