BREAKING: Nigeria Declares Monday, Tuesday Sallah Public Holidays

The Nigerian Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion. READ ALSO: Petrol Hits N180/litre, Worsens Fare Hike For Sallah Travellers JUST IN: Boris Johnson Resigns As UK Prime Minister JUST IN: Friday 8th July Is Arafat Day, Saturday, 9th Eid-el-Adha – Saudi Olota of Ota Son,…

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Olota of Ota Son, Adetobi Obalanlege, Bags First Class at UK Varsity

Excited monarch announced Prince’s success in Computer Engineering as Ota indigenes, friends and families of the paramount ruler of the Aworiland congratulate the royal family   Hamed Adetobi Obalanlege, son of Olota of Ota, and paramount ruler of the Aworiland, Professor Adeyemi Obalanlege, has graduated from Ulster University, London, with a First Class Honours. Platforms Africa reports that the monarch, a Professor of communication who announced this on his verified Facebook page, declared that Adetobi made his First Class in Computer Engineering. “Our boy Adetobi Obalanlege made it. First class…

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BREAKING: Ekweremadu, Wife Denied Bail Again, Remanded in Prison till August

Nigeria’s top parliamentarian and Senate ex-Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have yet again been denied bail by a Westminster Court in the United Kingdom. The Senator and his wife are facing trial for allegedly coercing a minor that has been identified as David Ukpo to the UK to have his organ harvested to save the life of the Senator’s daughter, Sonia. Gavin Irwin represented Ekweremadu, while Szilvia Booker represented his wife. A high-powered Nigerian delegation was in court for the trial of the former Deputy Senate President.…

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Petrol Hits N180/litre, Worsens Fare Hike For Sallah Travellers

“We are being forced to either pay through our noses to travel or stay in one place to celebrate Ileya (Sallah)”   The plan by thousands of Nigerians to travel for Eid-el-Kabir Sallah Festival may be disrupted as the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol hit N180 per litre in Lagos, and environs. Platforms Africa reports that the high price slammed on petrol by mostly members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Lagos, Ogun and other parts of the country has made transporters…

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WHO Calls Emergency Meeting As Monkeypox Cases Surpass 6,000

More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. The UN agency will reconvene a meeting of the committee that will advise on declaring the outbreak a global health emergency, the WHO’s highest level of alert, in the week beginning July 18 or sooner, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference from Geneva. At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak, which has seen cases rising both in the…

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ASUU: Ambrose Alli Varsity Loses 10 Lecturers in 4 Months

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University chapter, Cyril Onogbosele, said the union had lost 10 of its members since it embarked on strike over unpaid salary arrears. Onogbosele disclosed this Wednesday when ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, led other national delegates in a solidarity protest to the Ambrose Alli University over their unpaid salaries and other sundry issues in the institution. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Boris Johnson Resigns As UK Prime Minister How I Graduated With 23 Distinctions, Female Software Developer Shares…

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JUST IN: Boris Johnson Resigns As UK Prime Minister

Why Mr. Johnson throw-in the towel, and link to the mass resignation by significamt members of his government Following several resignations from significant members of his government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned. Early on Thursday, BBC political editor Chris Mason reported that Mr. Johnson intended to serve as prime minister through the fall, allowing for the organization of a Conservative leadership election and the appointment of a successor. The BBC also noted the start of a push to remove Mr. Johnson. “Suella Braverman has expressed an interest in…

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How I Graduated With 23 Distinctions, Female Software Developer Shares Secret

“22 distinctions of 26 modules-15 academic awards, 4 certifications and average of 92,7% later in Software Development from Damelin College in South Africa. This is what I did” A brilliant South African Lady, Zinhle Sibanyoni has graduated as a Software Developer from Damelin College in South Africa with 23 distinctions and a grade point average of 92.7%. Zinhle Sibayomi who celebrated her achievement on Linkedin shared a video of her father and mother decorating her on her graduation day. READ ALSO: 3 Nigerian Students Beat 68,000 Applicants, Win N5m Microsoft…

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Female Corps Members Raped In Midnight’s Attack On NYSC Lodge

A female corps member, who also spoke while fighting back tears, said her phones, laptop, cash were also forcefully taken away Female members of the National Youth Service Scheme Corps (NYSC) serving their father land were reportedly raped as gunmen attacked the corper’s lodge in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria. The lodge is located along Udo Ekong Ekwere street, off Information Drive in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. READ ALSO: Investors Kick As Minister Explains Benin, Ibadan, 3 Other Discos Takeover Nigeria’s Oshoala to Miss Rest of…

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Investors Kick As Minister Explains Benin, Ibadan, 3 Other Discos Takeover

What’s the implication of the receivership of the core investors in Kano, Benin, Kaduna and Ibadan Discos on power supply to customers? Aliyu answers this and other and-then-what questions about Fidelity bank loans and implication to electricity distribution, here   Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has declared that the power ministry has received a confirmation from the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Central Bank of Nigeria that they are exercising the rights of lenders to the core investors in Kano, Benin, Kaduna, and Ibadan, Port Harcourt electricity distribution…

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