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The Cable Network News simply known as CNN has retracted its initial report, which claimed that troops of the Nigerian Army killed 38 #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. Dubbed: “Lekki Massacre,” PRNigeria reports that the incident, which occurred on October 20, 2020, is fraught of a lot of misinformation, disinformation and fake news, to which a lot of reputable local and international media organisations were found culpable, including CNN itself and the British Broadcasting Corporation. After heated controversy and strategic interventions, CNN has officially backtracked its initial report via a tweet on its Twitter handle, which was titled: “Clarification.” In the Clarification, CNN said it did not attribute the death toll to Amnesty International and also failed to say in the report that the 38 persons killed were not just at the Lekki tollgate but across the country during the #EndSARS protest. Recall that PRNigeria had through its fact-checking in...

The management of the University of PortHarcourt simply known as UNIPORT has postponed the date for her 20/2021 Post-UTME screening exercise indefinitely. For instant school news and updates join us on  Facebook ,  Telegram  and  WhatsApp . The screening exercise was earlier scheduled to commence on Monday, November 30th to Saturday, December 5th, 2020, but has now be postponed indefinitely. According to the information published on the school's official website New dates will be communicated as soon as possible. Any inconvenience occasioned by this postponement is highly regretted. Prospective candidates are therefore advised to keep checking the University website to confirm the new date that would be given. Candidates are also advised to get UNIPORT official Post-UTME past question and answer to aid accurate preparation for the exercise, click here to get it if you haven't.

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC has arrested the acting Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Alex Akpa, for allegedly defrauding the federal government of N400 million. In a statement signed by the  anti-graft agency 's spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua on Wednesday, the agency said it is also investigating the official for abuse of office. According to the report, Mr Akpa, who is a professor of microbiology, was arrested by operatives of the commission to answer questions on how the said amount was misappropriated under his watch. The ICPC also said investigations revealed that the money, which the acting DG had claimed to be an intervention fund for the biotechnology agency, was diverted into private pockets. The  anti-graft agency  also accused Mr Akpa, who was recently appointed in June, to have allegedly shared the money with top management staff of the agency. The commission said his offence is ...

The Management of the University of Lagos simply known has UNILAG has postponed the date for it 2020/2021 Post UTME screening exercise. For instant school news and updates join us on  Facebook ,  Telegram  and  WhatsApp . The exercise which was earlier fixed to commence from Saturday 30th November to 12th December 2020 has now been postponed indefinitely by the institution's management, see full details below. "The University wishes to inform all prospective candidates of the 2020/2021 Post-UTME Screening exercise earlier slated for Monday, November 30 to Saturday, December 12, 2020, that the screening has been postponed. New dates will be communicated as soon as possible. Any inconvenience occasioned by this postponement is highly regretted." According to the publication on UNILAG's official website. All candidates are enjoined to note the new dates accordingly when communicated, candidates are also advised to get the  UNILAG Post-U...

Football Legend and formal Argentina international forward, Diego Maradona has died at age 60 having suffered from heart attack at his home in Buenos Aires.  He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency Maradona captained his country Argentina when they won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the quarter-finals. In a statement on social media, the Argentine Football Association expressed "its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend", adding: "You will always be in our hearts." Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups. Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was s...

Following   the   close and deserving 2-1 win over Rennes in the UEFA Champions League,  Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has revealed the club could welcome back Christian Pulisic when they take on Tottenham Hotspur over the weekend in the Premier League.  Christian  Pulisic  missed Chelsea's 2-1 win over Rennes in the Champions League having been on the sidelines with an hamstring injury weeks ago.  Speaking concerning Pulisic, Frank Lampard said "Christian (Pulisic) stays back and doesn’t travel but the good news is that he has had aggression in the last week."  "The reason he has stayed back is to get some physical work in so hopefully that will have him ready for selection come the weekend and onwards." There have been some consistency in the Chelsea team in the pasts week after they brought in Goal keeper Mendy from France side Rennes. The Blues will look forward to continue their unbeaten run when they welcome Spurs at Stamford Bridge...

AC Milan Striker and Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts as he opens the scoring during the Italian serie A football match Napoli vs AC Milan on November 22, 2020 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples. Zlatan said on Wednesday that he missed playing for Sweden and hinted that he may be open to a return to the national side for next year’s Euros. The 39-year-old, who retired from international football after the World Cup in 2016, opened the door for a return after being awarded Sweden’s Footballer of the Year award for an astonishing 12th time. “If you ask me I’ll be honest: yes, I miss the national team,” he told Swedish daily Aftonbladet. “It’s no secret.” “The one who does not miss it, he has already finished his career. And I have not finished my career.” Ibra, who scored 62 goals in 116 internationals, has been in impressive form for AC Milan since his summer move, heading the Serie A scoring charts with 10 goals already this season. He was more op...

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Onyema Ogbuagu is a Nigerian-born researcher and medical doctor who has spent his career investigating some of the world’s most pervasive infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and Ebola, just to name a couple. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mr Ogbuagu’s ground-breaking research in the field of modified genetic code has catapulted him into the public eye, as he is one of the brains behind the research at Pfizer for  the potential world’s first effective coronavirus vaccine. Some of the fastest vaccines ever developed took at least four years. However, scientists are now racing to develop one for coronavirus under a year. Dozens of research teams around the world are working to develop a coronavirus vaccine using a mix of established techniques and new technologies. Funding for a vaccine has never been greater, with billions of dollars pouring in from around the world to make a product that could help to control the pandemic. There has been a growing optimism after leadi...

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, has told United Kingdom lawmakers to desist from imposing sanctions on Nigerian Government officials, who violated rights of citizens during the peaceful #EndSARS protests. Members of the UK Parliament had on Monday reached a unanimous decision to consider sanctions against Nigerian Government officials, who disrupted peaceful protests across the country as well as those involved in the attack and shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, on October 20. Reacting to the decision, Mohammed in an NTA interview on Wednesday morning said, “We earlier stated that governments all over the world who have taken hasty decisions about Nigeria on this issue should please seek the truth. “If the decision of any government all over the world is based on fake news, it is very risky. It brings me to the issue of the UK Parliament resolution.  “We are not panicking at all as a government for two reasons – the resoluti...

The Coalition of 19 Northern States presidents of the Students Union Government has issued a one-week ultimatum to both the Nigerian government and ASUU to resolve its problem with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or else it takes to the streets and make them their classes. They stated this at a press conference in Kano, yesterday, where they read the outcome of an earlier meeting of the coalition they had in Jigawa State. Addressing the conference on behalf of the coalition, Sadi Garba Sa’id of the Bayero University Kano said, “The coalition has unanimously agreed on the review of the ASUU demands. The coalition is giving both parties ultimatum of one week to resolve themselves or else we the Nigerian students will move to the roads and make them our classes” They further stated that they would not accept any hike in the registration fees while calling on the government to waive the fees because of the pandemic which has caused economic devastations. “The co...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is set to unveil an 8,230 capacity bed-space hostel at the Lagos State University, simply known as LASU during the Investiture of Chancellor, Award of Directorate Degrees, Conferment of Honorary Doctorates and Distinguished Professor on Thursday, Dec 17th, as part of activities marking the 24th convocation ceremony of the institution. Announcing the programme schedule for the event, LASU Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ademola Adekoya said that the convocation ceremonies will run from Convocation Ceremonies Thursday, Dec. 10th to Friday, Dec. 18th. Adekoya also noted that convocation, a hybrid programme, to hold both physically and virtually will allow only invited graduands and guests at the physical event with others joining virtually via shared links to be provided by the university. LASU PRO in a statement explained that “Lagos State University will hold her rescheduled 24th from Thursday, Dec....

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The president of the Academic staff union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi has declared that the Union doesn't has a Twitter handle, describing guise accounts as impersonators. The Academic union president released this statement during a virtual interview with Arise News at The morning show program.  During the interview Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi when asked about the inconsistency in it negotiations between the Federal government about how the body via it supposed Twitter handle advised Lecturers and members of its Union to not depend on only their educational job, advising it's member look into other source of income... The Professor said ASUU doesn't have a Twitter handle and hasn't made any such statement, describing those account claiming to be ASUU's as impersonators, therefore, advised the public to disregard any information released by those Twitter handles. Also, during the interview the Professor when asked if the ...

The Cable News Network simply known as CNN has released a detailed visual documentary which proves allegations against the Nigerian army for killing peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate on the 20th of October 2020. The event which occurred on October 20 and claimed the lives of young Nigerians has been denied by the Nigeria Army head authorities.  The army denied shooting at protesters while Lagos State Governor, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said only two protesters were killed, a statement which is believed to be false by reputable numbers of people. However, CNN investigation has revealed hours of videos and heard from dozens of witnesses to establish the massacre indeed happened and that many lives were lost. Click Here to Watch the video  

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Following the persistency in disagreement between the Academic staff Union of universities (ASUU) and the federal government of Nigeria,  The minister of labor and employment, Chris Nguge has revealed that the FG will have to explore other options within the labor law should the disagreement between between both party persist.  The minister disclosed that the federal government has met six, out of ASUU's nine demands but both parties still haven't come to an agreement. The Members of the academic staff union of university (ASUU) and representatives of the federal government are expected to meet again this week to resolve the lingering crisis.  As we look forward to the upcoming meeting, kindly subscribe via email so as to receive due updates as regards this subject matter.

The Federal Government has approved the enrolment of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the National Health Insurance Scheme. This was revealed today 9th November in a statement released by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim The Brigadier general started his statement by saluting and expressing gratitude towards the security agencies and other stakeholders for their support Furthermore, he said the scheme has concluded arrangement with the  National Health Insurance Scheme  ( NHIS)  for the enrolment of corps members into the NHIS in line with a presidential directive.  He then concluded his statement saying that they have also expended huge resources on critical health needs of corps members, including footing of medical bills

It's been a week since the west African Examination Council WAEC released the result of candidates that participated in the 2020 West Africa Senior school certificate examination WASSCE.  The 2021 WASSCE registration is ongoing and surely lot of funds are needed to successfully conduct this exam. In this regards, The Head of WAEC National Office in Nigeria, Areghan Patrick has revealed that over N1.5 billion was used to conduct the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE)  And so urges the government that it would need more funds to conduct the 2021 WASSCE as the registration fees collected from candidates aren't enough to fully fund their budget. This was disclosed in Abuja at the 2021 budget defence before the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services. The council head stated that over 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination were made to pay N13, 900 as examination fee. He further said that 80,000 offic...