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National Universities Commission approves second Imo State-owned university in Umuagwo

NIGERIA'S National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the newly-opened University of Agriculture and Environmental Science in Umuagwo of Imo State making it the

171st university in the country.

 

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North East Consultative Forum endorses Danjuma Goje as its candidate for senate president

SENATOR Danjuma Goje has been endorsed by the North East Consultative Forum (NESF) made up of five groups from the geo-political zone as their candidate for the office of the senate president in the forthcoming ninth National Assembly.

 

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Buhari challenges Nigerian workers to justify new minimum wage by improving their output

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian workers to justify the new N30,000 ($62) national minimum wage by showing more commitments to their work after he signed a new bill into law increasing it from N18,000 a month.

 

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Justice Onnoghen appeals against his conviction saying it was a premeditated fait accompli

JUSTICE Walter Onnoghen has filed an appeal against his conviction for false asset declaration after the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) found him guilty earlier this week and banned him from holding public office for 10 years.

 

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After the shame of Lagos rail we need a Zero Tolerance Infrastructural Delay campaign

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) It is no news to anyone that the Norte Dame Cathedral In Paris recently caught fire. As soon as it happened donations began pouring in to refurbish the site. Some of the donors are African presidents whose own countries are in ruins but alas, they have got caught up in the stampede and are pledging to assist France despite the fact that the French do not need their help

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Former Peruvian president Alan Garcia commits suicide to avoid being arrested for corruption

FORMER Peruvian president Alan Garcia has died in a Lima hospital after he shot himself in the head to avoid the humiliation of being arrested and prosecuted in connection with a bribery scandal while he was in office.

 

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Federal government approves $20m loan to Lagos State to enable it address transportation crisis

FEDERAL government ministers have agreed to loan Lagos State $20m to enable it implement its strategic transportation plan that will involve introducing an urban mass transit network to cope with the choking city.

 

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Walter Onnoghen found guilty of false asset declaration by Code of Conduct Tribunal

JUSTICE Walter Onnoghen has been found guilty of false asset declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and officially removed from office as the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC).

 

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Coalition for the Inclusion of Women in Governance asks Buhari to give 50% of all appointments to women

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been challenged by the Coalition for the Inclusion of Women in Governance (CIWG) to make sure that at least 50% of all his appointees during his second term in office are female.

 

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Gombe State to establish Nigeria's first ever hippopotamus colony under wildlife protection programme

GOMBE State government has announced plans to establish a hippopotamus colony at Dadin Kowa under an ambitious wildlife protection programme aimed at saving the animals from extinction and combating the threat they currently pose to fishermen.

 

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