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Day: October 19, 2022

One dead, many injured in fracas between traders and hoodlums in Lagos Alaba market (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

Death of a person has been recorded while many other people injured following clashes between traders and hoodlums at the Alaba International Market in Alaba, Lagos State. According to reports, the clash was believed to be a fight between the Alaba Market task force and hoodlums. It was also gathered that the clash started on…

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BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly Speaker, Afuye is dead

The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, is dead. It was gathered that Afuye died of cardiac arrest at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital,Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday evening. The Speaker, according to reports, was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. Afuye inspected some ongoing road projects with…

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ASUU strike: Government’s festival of wrong moves| By Satguru Maharaj Ji

The bottom-line of the strike action of Nigerian lecturers is money. Government says it is broke and that it cannot meet ASUU’s entire basket of demands. Is Nigeria actually broke? Or is it that government only has money to feed fat-cat politicians and their colonies of notorious rats? The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…

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BREAKING: FG approves N470bn for universities’ revitalisation, reviews lecturers’ salaries

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved N470 billion special fund in the 2023 budget for university revitalisation and upward review of lecturers’ salaries. N300 billion is for university revitalisation while N170 billion is for an upward review of university lecturers’ salaries, says Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed. •Details later…

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FUOYE announces resumption for academic activities

…runs two sessions simultaneously, holds 2021/2022 matriculation on Oct 28 By Wole Balogun(S.A Media to VC) Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has resumed academic activities on her twin campuses of Ikole-Ekiti and Oye-Ekiti respectively. The institution officially recalled its students, both returning and fresh students, for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 sessions to resume on October 17,…

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