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Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider their future and resume to work in their various institutions. Some of the students, who spoke with the  News Agency of Nigeria  in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged strike. The students said they were tired and frustrated due to the time wasted without any academic achievement. They said the strike would make them remain in the university more than it was necessary. ASUU has been on strike since March 2020 over demands for more funding for public universities and renegotiation of the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement. Others are outstanding earned academic allowances, the proliferation of universities by state governments, and the constitution of Visitation Panels to Federal Universities. A law student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Azubike, said he was appealing to the university lecture...

Following Chelsea's emphatic 4 - 0 victory last night over Spanish side Sevilla in the UEFA champions league, Olivier Giroud who scored all Four goals breaks and create a new record for himself to become the oldest player in the history of the UEFA champions league to score an Hat trick at 34years 63days after Cristiano Ronaldo's Hat trick at 34years 35days. The French international forwarder, who started ahead of Timo Werner and Tammy Abraham, netted his first goal of the evening in the eighth minute, He then doubled his tally in the 54th minute before completing his hat-trick with 15 minutes remaining. Giroud didn't only score an hat trick but a perfect one, with the Chelsea's forward scoring first with his left foot followed by his right foot and thirdly scoring an header, he then make it four goals from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute, and he made no mistake from 12 yards. Giroud then becomes the oldest player to score a Champions League hat trick be...

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The management of the university of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced via it's official website that it has reopened it 20/2021 Post-UTME registration portal to allow interested candidates start or complete their applications. The online registration portal for the Screening Exercise will be re-opened for a period of fourteen (14) days, that is, between Tuesday, December 1, 2020, and Monday, December 14, 2020. Interested applicants are advised to use this opportunity to complete their applications, prospective candidates are equally advised to seize the opportunity to upload their awaiting results onto the portal.

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 ...