Day: May 26, 2022

Meet Oluwaseyi Adewumi, Lady who Shattered Records at UNILAG

Abibat Babalola

Oluwaseyi Adewumi, lady who broke record at the University of Lagos has narrated her story. Taking to her social media handles, Adewumi said; “Breaking a 59-year record as I emerged as the First Female to graduate as both the Best Graduating Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Overall Best Female in the entire Faculty of Engineering from my department at the University of Lagos remains the humbling moment of my convocation from the University of Lagos. Indeed, God has been undeniably good to me as I was able…

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COEASU insists on migration of academics to UTAS

Abibat Babalola

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has insisted on the migration of academics in tertiary institutions to the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). UTAS is an ingenious alternative pay platform innovated by ASUU. The President of the union, Dr Smart Olugbeko, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Olugbeko said that the insistence on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) had opened the payroll up to unilateral manipulations and fraud perpetrated by individuals. READ ALSO: Buhari orders NITDA…

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2023: Kantigi wins Niger PDP guber primary, defeats 4 other aspirants

Daniel Atori

Minna, Niger State: Alhaji Isah Liman Kantigi, has emerged the winner of the gubernatorial election held by the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Niger state. The primary poll was to hold on Wednesday, but due to the protest by the other five contestants who insisted on verification of authenticity of delegates list via means of identification, the primary wad shifted to Thursday. Kantigi, inveriably defeated the other aspirants by polling 667 votes. His closest rival, Idris Sani Kutigi, polled 114 votes, followed by the immediate past Director of Petroleum…

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17 Yr-Old Boy Stabs Ikeja Electric Staff Over Disconnection, Crazy Bills

Ganiyu Amodu

A 17-year old boy, Rokeeb Ogunola, has vented his anger on a staff of Ikeja Elecric company, Shehu Dogbe, by stabbing him with a knife for allegedly disconnecting their light over accumulated estimated electricity bill. Platforms Africa reports that the incident happened at Tunde Ilufoye Street Fatoki, off Isuti Road, Egan, Lagos, where the boy lives with his parents. According to the residents, the boy was angry and frustrated about the manner the staff of Ikeja Electric usually come to their house to disconnect light over the highly estimated bills.…

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Hunger Looms As Food Prices Skyrocket by 42% in Nigeria

Gbenga Adeoti

Prices of yam, beans, palm oil, others going out of the reach of millions of Nigerians   Selected food prices recorded an increase of 42 per cent in one year, figures by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. Platforms Africa reports that this, ccoming at a time the inflation has also increased significantly, signified hunger looming among millions of poor people in the country. A new report titled “Selected Food Price Watch for the month of April 2022” showed that the average price of 1kg of beans (white, black…

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Nigerian Teenager, Jonathan Adewale, Breaks ICAN Record, Becomes Chartered In SS3

Abibat Babalola

ICAN offers Ojo Jonathan Adewale schorlaship to University, gives reason the genius was not admitted as ICAN associate despite completing and passing all the levels of ICAN examination in record time   “He took ATS 1 in September 2020 and passed all in flying colours, six months later, he cleared ATS 2, and six months after, again he cleared ATS 3, which was September 2020,” President, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Mrs Comfort Olu Eyitayo declared while pouring eulogies on Jonathan Adewale, a secondary school leaver who broke…

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