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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and reconstitution of the Governing Councils of five federal Universities in Nigeria. The affected universities are University of Ibadan (UI), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife and Maritime University in Delta State. The approval was contained...

All is set for the 489th in the series of the University of Ibadan inaugural lecture to be delivered by Afis Ayinde Oladosu, a Professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. The lecture will be held on Thursday April 15, 2021 under the chairmanship...

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has described the death of 19-year-old, Richard Okorogheye in London as very sad and painful. In a condolence message, Dabiri-Erewa said the circumstances of Richard's sudden disappearance and eventual death was very disturbing and heartbreaking. The NIDCOM boss consoled with Richard's parents,...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied it tortured Sa’idu Afaka, the President’s official driver to death. Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services, National Headquarters, Dr Peter Afunanya, said this in a statement late Wednesday evening. It reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) denies the misleading news by...

The Chief Executive Officer of Basement Africa Productions, Engr Okiemute, says winner of the Basement Search Reality TV show tagged: 'The Film Makers Edition' will go home with a car gift and other items worth twenty five million naira. Recall that the organizers have so far covered the City of Warri and Port Harcourt...

Professor Oluayo Anthony Bello-Olusoji has canvassed for the establishment of Shellfish Bank to deal with classification or mapping of the indigenous molluscs in Nigeria for cultivation and harvesting. Bello-Olusoji, who is a professor of Fisheries Management at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) made this known on Tuesday when he delivered the institution's...

By Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Abuja. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Migration department of the United Nations, has donated a computer for data management and mapping to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. Representing the Organisation, Mr Chukwuemeka Anene said the donation was necessitated by the outcome of the National Migration Working Group...

No fewer than 50 armed herdsmen have been arrested in the past one week by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, revealed this while presenting licences to 17 private security guard operators in Abuja, on Wednesday. He added that...

A lecturer in the Earth Sciences department of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, (AAUA) on Tuesday lost consciousness while in his car and died. He is Dr Olatunde Adegbuyi. The lecturer according to a top management source who spoke with The Precision NG, has retired but still on contract engagement with...

Master Warrant Officer, Saidu Afaka, who is the official driver of President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed Afaka's death in a statement on Tuesday. He was recently detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) after allegedly tricking Buhari...