“Our children need to go back to school. It is a ticking time bomb when our children sit at home doing nothing.” Students from the University of Benin, the Edo State capital on Wednesday defied the early morning rain to embark on a protest against the continued strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students, who took their protest to the King Square area of the city, demanded an end to the strike. They said they are tired of staying at home,…
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Ogun Gov Abiodun’s ex-aide, Abidemi Rufai, pleads guilty to $350,000 fraud in US
Abidemi Rufai is a former Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun. He has pleaded guilty to his role in a $350,763 heist in the United States. According to The Seattle Times, 45-year-old Rufai pleaded guilty on Tuesday in US District Court in Tacoma to charges that he used stolen Social Security numbers and other personal data to file $350,763 in fake claims for pandemic unemployment benefits in 2020. The medium also quoted the US Attorney’s Office in Seattle as saying that Rufai pleaded guilty to…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has approved the sum of N2 billion to the Imo State government for the empowerment of artisans in the state. The Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Ford Ozumba, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Owerri, while announcing the Imo 2022 Entrepreneurial Product Expo in partnership with CBN. READ ALSO: 33.4 million Nigerians trade crypto, jettison CBN ban Nigerians Spent $39.66bn on Foreign Education, Medical Tourism in 10 Years– CBN report e-Naira’ll be accessible By All, CBN Says As Buhari unveils e-Currency He said…
Read MoreCommercial, govt users to pay for Twitter, says Elon Musk
Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, on Wednesday, said Twitter commercial and government users may have to pay to use the micro-blogging platform. Twitter on Monday, April 25, confirmed the selling of the platform to Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. READ ALSO World Richest Man, Elon Musk, Buys Twitter For $44bn Twitter Ready To Sell Firm To World Richest Man, Elon Musk Elon Musk Stakes $2.9bn,…
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