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University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) will award first-class degrees to 120 students during its 36th Combined Convocation Ceremony, with a total of 8,156 graduates set to receive various academic qualifications, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Owunari Georgewill has announced. I’m a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, Georgewill disclosed that the graduating class comprises 5,822 first-degree recipients, 510…
By Maxwell M. Ngene, PhD Three years ago, when Peter Ndubuisi Mbah assumed office as Executive Governor of Enugu State, expectations were as high as they were cautious. The state was grappling with the triple burden of economic stagnation, deepening insecurity, and infrastructural neglect—challenges that had accumulated across successive administrations and had come to define…
A 16-year-old boy, identified as Miebaka Koko, has drowned while swimming with friends at Derock Waterside in Ogoloma Community, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State.. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday when a strong current swept him away, with rescue efforts proving unsuccessful. According to eyewitnesses, the teenager was swept away by a powerful…
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has ordered all public primary and secondary school teachers in Oyo State to withdraw their services indefinitely beginning Monday, June 1, until abducted teachers and students regain their freedom.The decision follows the May 15 abduction of 39 students and seven teachers by gunmen who attacked Baptist Nursery and Primary School,…
A major section of the Oji–Awgu Federal Road in Enugu State has been completely washed away by severe erosion following Friday night’s heavy rainfall, disrupting vehicular movement and isolating communities Leading an emergency assessment tour of the affected area, the Member representing Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency, Anayo Onwuegbu, described the incident a alarming, noting that…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from N1,275 to N1,250 per litre, citing declining global crude oil prices and market realities in Nigeria’s deregulated downstream petroleum sector.SThe N25 per litre reduction, representing a two per cent decrease, comes amid growing competition among fuel suppliers…
National leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as fake and unauthorised the various lists of purported winners of its Enugu State primary elections circulating on social media, saying that no official results have been released. The National Secretary of the NDC, Mr. Ikenna Morgan, said the party successfully conducted its primary elections…
In response to economic hardship being experienced in the country, the Nigerian workers may soon earn a new national minimum wage of N100,000 as state governors have begun talks with the Federal Government and organised labour to review the current N70,000 benchmark The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara State,…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has directed hotels, event centres to deny access to factions of political parties not recognized by the Independent National Electorial Commission (INEC) warning that violators could face revocation of their property titles. The directive, issued on Friday through the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media…
Nigerian Army says the directive of the Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on church memorial for civil war victims is illegal. In a statement made available to Newsmen on Friday in Enugu, acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, said the directive was aimed…