PROSTITUTES in Lusaka’s Kanyama, John Laing, Chawama and Kalingalinga have offered themselves free of charge to every Jim and Jack as part of their celebration after Zambia beat Ghana 1-0. A check by The Independent Post (TIP) at nightclubs such as Kanyama’s Kanchembele and Chine Chikayeba found long queues of men waiting to have sex [...]
AUTHORITIES of the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU),Ile-Ife, has approved February 26, 2012 for the re-opening of the institution for the commencement of the 2011/2012 academic session. A statement issued and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, said the on-line registration for harmmattan semester courses begins February 6, while clearance [...]
Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri, yesterday administered the oath of of fice on Hon Seriake Dickson and his deputy John Jonah as governor and deputy governor of Bayelsa State respectively as Dickson vows to tackle corruption and ensure zero tolerance in the state. He also said his administration would offer free and [...]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okorocha for deciding to offer free education to every indigene of the state. A press statement signed by the National President of the association, Com. Dauda Mohammed, said the step taken by Okorocha will go a long way in [...]
Imo state Governor, Rochas Owelle Okorocha has announced free tertiary education for Imo state indigenes Announcing this, Governor Rochas said the students will be entitled to a scholarship worth N100,000 every year, of which 70,000 will be the bursary for the school fee and 30,000 as loan/grant from the state saying that no collateral would [...]
Following the death of Elvis Paul Abu, a student of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State on February 5, the authorities of the institution has set up an investigative panel to look into the issue while the school has debunked the report that the deceased died as a result of laxity on the part of the [...]
One of the three students of the scrapped Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, on danger list after 18 of them were involved in a fatal auto crash on Monday, Olatunji Fashina, is dead. This came as the State House of Assembly queried executive arm of government over the controversial conversion of some of the [...]
Members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram on Wednesday stormed the Nigeria Prison at Koton Karf in Kogi State, with bombs and guns, killing one prison warden and setting the inmates free. According to eyewitnesses, the prison invasion started immediately after Magrib prayers in the town neighbouring the nation’s capital city of Abuja. Residents fled [...]
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Fresh details have emerged about the guns shots heard earlier today at the Government House, Kaduna. It is now known that a director in the Kaduna state ministry of information had tried to force his way through the military barricades at the government House, and the soldiers on duty had opened fire on him. Inuwa [...]
Laplace Telecoms Academy, an arm of Laplace Technologies Limited was formally founded in 2011 to provide top of range practical, engaging and skill-oriented Telecoms and IT training solutions. The academy is leveraging on the established reputation of the parent company in the area of Telecoms Engineering Services. Laplace Technologies Limited established in Nigeria in 2007 [...]
89 Niger Delta youths will this week , leave for the United Kingdom and Cyprus to pursue various degree programmes under the Presidential Amnesty Office scholarship scheme, even as former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chibudom Nwuche, advocated a programme through which a quota of oil company employment opportunities could be reserved [...]
Zambia lifted the Africa Cup of Nations Sunday after beating the Ivory Coast 8-7 in a dramatic penalty shoot out in the final in Libreville. Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba missed a penalty in the second half of regulation play as the match ended scoreless after extra time. Both teams were successful with their first [...]
NIGERIA Police Force has concluded arrangements to establish a police training college in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Speaking when he met with Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in Government House, Ilorin, at the weekend, the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar said that work on the proposed college would commence in the next two months, [...]
Bayelsa State Returning Officer, Prof Joseph Ajienka, Sunday, declared the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Seriake Dickson as winner of the state governorship election. Announcing the result, Prof Ajienka,Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt said the PDP candidate polled a total of 417,500 votes. His closest rival, Famous Daunemigha of the CPC, came a distant [...]
Security agencies have drawn up a list of wanted leaders of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram in furtherance of the ongoing war against terrorism in the country. Top on the list is the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, according to investigations in Abuja by The Nation on Sunday. Other names on the list were not revealed [...]
The private Punch newspaper reported on Sunday that the SQ club owner, identified as Susan Yusuf, was stabbed by her boyfried, Idris Mohammed, in the popular 1004 flats in high-brow Victoria Island As neighbours, who heard her cries, rushed to the apartment, they found her in a pool of her own blood, stabbed several times [...]
The executive of the Enugu state government has approved the release of more than one hundred and ninety-five million naira (N195, 170, 463.00) for the construction and renovation of some public schools in the state. The schools that would benefit from the money approved including the Government school for Deaf and Dumb, Coal Camp, Enugu. [...]
The management of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has awarded scholarship to Aramide Opeyemi, a 300-level student in the Department of Statistics, College of Natural Sciences (COLNAS) who recently won medals in national and international competitions. FUNAAB Director of Sports, Bayo Oluwatoki, made this known at a briefing organised at the school campus, Abeokuta, [...]
As the University of Ilorin gets set to host the 13th edition of the West African University Games (WAUG), Wale Bakare of 200 level Zoology, reports the state of preparation. The common practice among West African universities is to compete every four years in various sporting events known as the West African University Games (WAUG). [...]
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka and Xiamen University, China, have developed a programme aimed at promoting the exchange of cultures between both countries. As part of the programme, a cultural troupe from Xiamen University was at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, during which they performed for three days at Awka and at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko. Vice-Chancellor [...]
The Ogun State government yesterday scrapped the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun, near Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, and merged the four ICT institutions established during the immediate past administration. The government said the action is to ensure quality education and block wastages and duplication of efforts. The state’s Commissioner for Education and his [...]
Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Olabisi Ogungbesan, has charged a 59-year-old Professor, Joe Diogu, before a Lagos State High Court for allegedly issuing a dud cheque worth N134 million. It was gathered that the defendant entered into an agreement with the complainant to take over an estate being developed by the complainant on behalf of [...]
The Football Association have confirmed that Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager. Capello resigned following a meeting with FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley Stadium. An FA statement read: “The Football Association can confirm that Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager.” The statement went on: “This follows a [...]
Special Adviser to the Sokoto Governor on Higher Education, Prof. Gajam Ardo, has said the state government would soon recruit about 100 teachers for its state university. The recruitment is coming even as the government has bought over 5,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, forms worth over N23 million for distribution to qualified indigenous candidates. [...]