Month: July 2022

Naira crashes to N710 per dollar

Abibat Babalola

The naira has crashed further in the parallel market, trading for N710 against the U.S. dollar on the exchange platform Aboki Forex. The national currency, which traded for N670 against the dollar on Monday, has fallen even further by 6.7 percent in two days as of Friday afternoon, according to data from Aboki Forex. READ ALSO Money Rain As CAF Hikes Rewards For WAFCON 2022 Winners To $2.4m ‘EU Sanctions Nigeria on Dearth of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation’ How Iyabo Ojo, I, Apostle Suleiman Had Threesome – Actress Steph Nayah Today’s…

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How Iyabo Ojo, I, Apostle Suleiman Had Threesome – Actress Steph Nayah

Abibat Babalola

Nollywood actress Steph Nayah has again dropped a bombshell over the alleged romance between some Nigerian celebrities and popular Nigerian clergy, Apostle Johnson Suleiman. Recall that in 2017, Steph Nayah called Iyabo Ojo out on Instagram, threatening to expose her numerous sexcapades with Apostle Suleiman and others. As usual, after making the post, she deactivated her account. Nollywood actress Steph Nayah has again dropped a bombshell over the alleged romance between some Nigerian celebrities and popular Nigerian clergy, Apostle Johnson Suleiman. READ ALSO: ASUU Demands Ban of Foreign Education for…

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ASUU Demands Ban of Foreign Education for Public Officials’ Children

Abibat Babalola

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that Mr. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in Yenagoa. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Resolve Issues With ASUU In 2 Weeks, Buhari Orders Minister N1m For Professor As Buhari’s Intervention May Fetch ASUU 100% Pay…

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Fame To Penury: Up, Down-the-Ladder Journey of Ajala, Globetrotter On Vespa

Ganiyu Amodu

  How the man who travelled round the United States on bicycle, met global leaders by visiting 87 countries with his scooter in six years, and made fortunes in dollars, died in penury at a Lagos hospital   Ever heard of the phase, Ajala The Traveller? Ajala the traveler is based on the life and time of a Nigerian man named Ajala who toured the world using a Vespa Motorcycle. Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala, popularly known in Nigeria and across the globe as ‘Ajala the traveller‘, was the man who…

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Portable Mocks Headies, Reacts To 2022 Award Ban

Abibat Babalola

  “I am rich. People know me everywhere. I don’t regret my actions,” singer who calls himself “were Olorin,” says in a reaction to Headies’ disqualification + Wahala Musician: Chronicles of a Singer and His Controversies   Singer Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has mocked organisers of The Headies Awards in a reaction to his disqualification for the 15th edition scheduled to hold later this year. Platforms Africa has on Tuesday reported that the Headies Awards’ organisers announced the disqualification of Portable for being the subject of an investigation relating to criminal activities.…

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JAMB Cancels Results In Centres, Fixes August 6 For Mop-Up UTME

Abibat Babalola

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had cancelled results in 10 centres across five states just as it fixed Saturday, August 6 for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who could not participate in the examinations during the period of the exercise for some verified reasons. The board said the decision was a result of JAMB’s determination to give equal opportunity to all candidates who are desirous of tertiary education. It said this in its weekly bulletin by JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian…

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Kwara Inks Minimum Wage Deals with Varsity, Poly Staff

Aliyu Aliyu

Kwara State Government on Monday signed an agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage and consequential adjustment for non-teaching staff at the Colleges of Education, Kwara State Polytechnic and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies. The agreement, among other things, set the effective date for the implementation of the new minimum wage covering the concerned workers at the tertiary institutions on July 1, 2022. Recall that the state government had started the implementation of minimum wage for workers on grade…

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JUST IN: Headies Disqualifies Portable For 2022 Awards

Precious Ibekwe

The threat to kill co-nominees, that cost Zazzu crooner his first major award The organisers of Headies Awards 2022 have disqualified singer, Habeeb Okikiola, professionally known as Portable from the list of nominees for threatening to kill his co-nominees of its 2022 edition. Portable was nominated to contest in the ‘Rookie of the Year’ and ‘Best Street-Hop Artiste’ categories when The Headies unveiled the nominees for its 2022 edition on Tuesday Other nominees in the ‘Rookie of the Year’ category include Av, Fave, Magixx, and Ugocci. For the second category,…

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Osun Primary School Pupils Protest ASUU Strike

Abibat Babalola

Primary school pupils in Osun State have appealed to the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the grievances of university lecturers. Recall that it is almost six months since members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have been on strike. Other unions in the universities including ASUU, Non-Academic Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have also been on strike for the same length of time. READ ALSO: ASUU: Expect Nationwide Strike,…

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ASUU: Expect Nationwide Strike, NLC Tells Govt

Abibat Babalola

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning protest organised by the NLC. Wabba, who spoke in an interview with Channels TV ‘Sunrise Daily’, also stated that the workers’ union embarked on a two-day protest against the ongoing ASUU strike not just as a show of solidarity, but because the strike directly affected the…

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