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Oct
09
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In The 2024 Rankings (See List)

Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In The 2024 Rankings (See List)

Education, News Flash
Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In THE 2024 Rankings (See List) Covenant University (CU) has been listed as Nigeria’s overall best university in Times Higher Education (THE) 2024 Rankings. The Times Higher Education World Rankings is a comprehensive global ranking of universities published annually. The 2024 rankings include 1,907 universities across 108 countries and regions. Covenant University which is Nigeria’s highest-ranking institution on the 2024 list fell within the 8001-1000 global scale alongside the University of Ibadan (UI). The ratings were done based on 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across five areas: teaching, research…
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Oct
09
2024
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Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Of Cameroon Reportedly Dies

Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Of Cameroon Reportedly Dies

Abia State, News Flash, Obituary
Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Reportedly Dies President Paul Biya, who is the longest serving African President has “reportedly” died. According to news filtering from Cameroon, Diya has passed away. Biya, born on 13 February 1933 is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the second president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second longest ruling president in Africa, the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world. Mr Biya ruled the country…
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Oct
09
2024
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Objectivism As A Cure To Bitterness: A Measured Reply To ‘Stop Governor Otti From Visiting Harvard University’ By A Scotland Based Misinformation Monger, Eke O. Ako – By Ukoha Njoku Ukoha(CPS To Gov. Otti)

Objectivism As A Cure To Bitterness: A Measured Reply To ‘Stop Governor Otti From Visiting Harvard University’ By A Scotland Based Misinformation Monger, Eke O. Ako – By Ukoha Njoku Ukoha(CPS To Gov. Otti)

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
OBJECTIVISM AS A CURE TO BITTERNESS: A MEASURED REPLY TO 'STOP GOVERNOR OTTI FROM VISITING HARVARD UNIVERSITY' BY A SCOTLAND BASED MISINFORMATION MONGER, EKE O. AKO. "Spreading 'Mis- and Disinformation' is Not Opposition Politics. It is Lying and Dishonesty" - Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha (Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State) The daily ranting of a Scotland based Abian whose identity and name has been in a perpetual flux cannot be taken seriously by those he tagged in his desperate, attention seeking, empty and inconsistent 'petition'. By this time last year, he was ranting under the name…
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Oct
09
2024
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28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested As EFCC Raids 2 States

28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested As EFCC Raids 2 States

Crime, News Flash
EFCC Raids Two States, Arrests 28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a total of 28 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Edo and Akwa-Ibom states. The suspects were arrested on Monday after a separate sting operation conducted on their hideouts following an intelligence report on their alleged fraudulent activities. Thirteen of the suspects were arrested in the Nwaniba area of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, while 15 were nabbed in Benin City, the Edo State capital. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele…
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Oct
09
2024
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Governance Reimagined: Mapping The Future – Being Gov. Otti’s Lead Paper At The 54th Annual Accountants Conference At Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja

Governance Reimagined: Mapping The Future – Being Gov. Otti’s Lead Paper At The 54th Annual Accountants Conference At Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash
GOVERNANCE REIMAGINED: MAPPING THE FUTURE Being the Text of the Lead Paper Presented by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, at the 54th Annual Accountants Conference Organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) on October 8, 2024 at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja Protocols Nigeria has changed dramatically in the last few decades. Unfortunately, it is not for the better. Strange events and ugly developments that were hitherto unimaginable in this part of the world a few years ago have become our daily reality. Going through regular national news reports and commentaries, one finds it difficult to accept that…
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Oct
08
2024
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ASUU Insists On 14-Day Ultimatum To FGN, Claims 84 Members Dead From Hardship

ASUU Insists On 14-Day Ultimatum To FGN, Claims 84 Members Dead From Hardship

Education, News Flash
ASUU Insists On 14-Day Ultimatum To FG, Says 84 Members Dead From Hardship The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised concerns over the deaths of 84 of its members within three months, citing economic hardship and unpaid salaries as key factors. The ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, revealed this during an interview on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, aired on Channels TV. “In the past three months, from May to August (2024), Nigerian universities lost 84 academics to death. In three months, because of what our people are going through,” Osodeke stated. He lamented the government’s failure to pay…
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Oct
08
2024
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Re: Trending Allegation Of Police Extortion In ABA – Press Release By PPRO, ABIA State.

Re: Trending Allegation Of Police Extortion In ABA – Press Release By PPRO, ABIA State.

Abia State, Crime, News Flash
PRESS RELEASE 8/10/2024 Re: Trending Allegation of Police Extortion in Aba The Abia State Police Command has been inundated with a trending allegation circulating online by a social media blogger, accusing an officer in Aba of extorting ₦100,000 each as bail from 10 arrested suspects on 04/10/2024. Preliminary investigation revealed that on 03/10/2024, the Aba Area Command received a complaint through a written petition from the management of Life Stock Feed PLC Aba. The petition alleged that several staff members had misappropriated a substantial amount of money and made away with some production materials from the company. Based on this…
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Oct
08
2024
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Let Go Of Rivers, You Can’t Win All Fights – Fubara Tells Wike

Let Go Of Rivers, You Can’t Win All Fights – Fubara Tells Wike

Gossips, News Flash, Politics
Let Go Of Rivers, You Can’t Win All Fights – Fubara To Wike Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to let go of any grip he desires to have over Rivers State and allow peace reign in the oil-rich state. Fubara, who stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, said he does not regret conducting the local government election in the state last Saturday despite the resistance by Wike’s men in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). “I have all the guts to do these things,” the governor said,…
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Oct
08
2024
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Bobrisky: Again, VeryDarkMan Drops Audio Call, Indicts EFCC, Prison Officials, ‘SAN’

Bobrisky: Again, VeryDarkMan Drops Audio Call, Indicts EFCC, Prison Officials, ‘SAN’

Crime, News Flash
Bobrisky: Again, VeryDarkMan Drops Audio Call, Indicts EFCC, Prison Officials, ‘SAN’ The ongoing saga involving the controversial figure Idris ‘Bobrisky’ Okuneye has taken a new turn with a recent audio release from social media influencer Martins ‘VeryDarkMan’ Otse. Recall that VeryDarkMan earlier shared a leaked phone call audio on his Instagram page, wherein Bobrisky recounted details of his six-month jail term. In the audio, Bobrisky alleged that the EFCC collected N15 million from him to drop money laundering charges against him. He also alleged that prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana and his son, Falz, approached him for a presidential…
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