Month: May 2022

Crescent varsity Lecturer Wins Journalism Summit Scholarship In U.S.

ADEOLA YUSUF

A lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Jamiu Folarin, has won a scholarship to the United States to attend the 2022 Solutions Journalism Summit holding in Utah. Platforms Africa reports that the summit holding in Sundance, Utah from 5th to 8th May, 2022 is being sponsored by Solutions Journalism Network (SJN). READ ALSO: BREAKING: UNILAG Lecturer, Ismail Ibraheem, Now Professor of Communication Meet Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika, UNILAG first female Professor of Mass Comm Lagos Varsity names Alawode first Professor of Broadcast Journalism Adeola Yusuf secures Columbia…

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MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile To Slam 40% Tariffs Hike On Nigerians

ADEOLA YUSUF

N100 recharge card, data to now worth N60 Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria, ALTON have recommended an upward adjustment in call and SMS tariffs to cushion the increasing cost of operation in Nigeria. Making the proposal in a letter to the Nigerian Communications Commission, the association lamented that the cost of doing business in the country had risen by 40 per cent. The association claimed that the telecommunications industry had been financially harmed by an economic downturn that occured in 2020 and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. READ ALSO: MTN Loses 1.3…

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African Church Model Grammar School Wins N1m Caleb Varsity Debate Contest

ADEOLA YUSUF

Barachel College, Baptist Academy and Dansol High School came 2nd, 3rd and 4th at the debate attended by about 700 students from 40 secondary schools   Caleb University, Lagos fulfilled its pledge to award N1m to the winner of its 2022 National Intellectual Development Programme (NIDP) debate competition for secondary schools in Nigeria. African Church Model Grammar school, Ifako Lagos, emerged winners and got the star prize of one million Naira at the Inaugural competition, organized by Caleb University Imota Lagos, held on Thursday April 28 at the Institution’s Multipurpose…

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Strike: UNIBEN Students Protest Against Unending Action

ADEOLA YUSUF

  “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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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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Why CBN Approved N2bn for Artisans in Imo

ADEOLA YUSUF

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…

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Commercial, govt users to pay for Twitter, says Elon Musk

ADEOLA YUSUF

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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Imo: Terrorists Rape Soldier Before Fiancé, Behead Victims, Post Video

ADEOLA YUSUF

A couple who were personnel of the Nigerian Army have been murdered by yet-to-be-identified terrorists in Imo State. PUNCH reportes quoting a military source that the woman was first raped before she was shot dead along with her fiancé. The duo were later beheaded. READ ALSO: How 23 Year-Old Dropout Broke In, Raped, Killed OAU Graduate Bamise’s Alleged Killer Raped Me Inside His BRT Bus – Sales Girl How Nigerian Man Raped 80-Year-Old Grandmother – Police The source said the couple were travelling to the state to formalise their traditional…

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Lady Expelled from School for Exam Malpractice Starts Over, Graduates With First Class

ADEOLA YUSUF

A young beautiful lady, identified as Angela Sughnen has shared her story of how she was expelled from her former school for examination malpractice, but that didn’t weigh her down as she reenrolled into another school and graduated with first class honors. Angela shared her story on her facebook handle, titled, A thread of What God does to a Woman who is determined to get to the finish line. Her story reads In 2016, I was a 400 level undergraduate student of a Nigerian University, I wasn’t a bad student(2:1…

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Russia: Nigeria Buys Emergency Canadian Potash Amid Food Crisis Fears

ADEOLA YUSUF

Africa’s biggest economy coughes out money at 250% Cost for Potash, a key fertiliser, to replace lost supply from Russia   Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key fertilizer from Russia due to the impact of Western sanctions, the head of Nigeria’s sovereign investment authority NSIA said. Platforms Africa reports that Canadian potash will hopefully arrive just in the nick of time for the planting season, which starts as early as end-May in some parts of Nigeria…

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