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September 7, 2022

Nigeria Must Be Ready For Protests If Another Northerner Becomes President In 2023 – Niger Delta Group, PANDEF Warns

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PANDEF said it had also met with the United Kingdom and Dutch governments and registered its warnings ahead of the 2023 general elections. 

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Politics
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September 7, 2022

Discord In Nigerian Government As Budget Office Counters Minister, Says Telecoms Tax On Mobile Calls, Data Stands

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The Budget office noted that the telecoms tax remained intact – an assertion which showed discordant tunes in the Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government.   

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September 7, 2022

Nigerian Universities May Lose Complete Session As Admission Seekers Remain Stranded Since 2021 Over Strike

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The strike, which the union generally evaluated on a monthly basis, is now indefinite, with neither the Buhari government nor the striking lecturers willing to compromise. 

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Education
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September 7, 2022

We Are Slaves In Our Own Country – Nigerian University Lecturer, Who Rejected Juicy UAE Lecturing Offer, Laments Seven Months’ Strike

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Shuaibu said he was offered employment as a lecturer by a university in the United Arab Emirate in September 2021, but he declined the offer due to his patriotism for Nigeria. 

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Education
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September 7, 2022

Nigerian Anti-Trafficking Agency, NAPTIP Rescues Nine Women In Kano On Way To Libya

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The Nigerian anti-human trafficking agency, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) intercepted the women being smuggled to Libya from Kano State. 

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September 7, 2022

How Lives Perished During Emergencies On Bad Roads As Government Poured Millions Of Naira Into Projects Left Undone In Kwara Farm Settlements

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Between 2019 and 2021, the Ogun/Osun River Basin Development Authority has released millions of naira to Salta Infrastructure for the rehabilitation of farm settlements and Chayakyagi road to Gbaradogi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. But two years down the line, The Informant247 reports that despite the funds, the settlements remain in shambles with the roads yet to be constructed.

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September 7, 2022

UK Prime Minister, Truss Appoints Nigeria’s Kemi Badenoch Into New Cabinet

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Kemi was appointed as the new Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade on Tuesday.

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September 7, 2022

Four Newborn Babies Die In Delta State After Doctor Was Found Drunk

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The victims’ families, while lamenting over their deaths, alleged that the doctor on duty was drunk, adding that there was no power supply in the hospital. 

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PUBLIC HEALTH
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September 7, 2022

Nigerian Education Agencies, NUC, JAMB To Sanction Universities Carrying Out Irregular Admission

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The move was meant to curtail the high rate of irregular admissions conducted by institutions.

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Education
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September 7, 2022

Forget Getting 'Free' Highest Votes From Rivers State In 2023 – Governor Wike Tells Atiku, PDP

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Wike who expressed the concern at the commissioning of Etche Campus of Rivers State University in Etche Local Government Area, also urged those concerned for his life over his hardline in the crisis rocking the PDP not to be afraid.

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Politics