General Updates
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NUGA 2014: UNIBEN, UNIPORT Win Men, Women’s 100m Gold
Onyeaku Chukwuma of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has won the 100m male event at the ongoing 24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games. Peace Uko of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) also won the 100m female event. The…
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NUGA Games 2014: Tension As UNILAG Beats UNIJOS (Football)
Players and coach of the University of Jos on Monday alleged poor officiating after losing their football match 2-1 to University of Lagos at the ongoing 24th edition of the Nigerian University Games which is holding at the Obafemi Awolowo…
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NUGA Games: UNIPORT Sweeps 10 gold, 9 Silvers In Swimming
University of Port-Harcourt won no fewer than 10 gold medals and 9 silvers in the swimming pool competition held at the ongoing 24th edition of the Nigeria Universities Games. The team got the gold during a keenly contested swimming competition…
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NUGA Games 2014: Hosts OAU Defeated By EBSU In Volleyball
EBSU defeats OAU in Male Volleyball — The male volleyball team of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) on Monday lost 2-3 to their Ebonyi State University counterparts at the ongoing 2014 Nigeria Universities Games (NUGA). The host university team failed to…
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5 Nigerian Chess Players Offered Scholarship To Russian University
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian President, World Chess Federation (FIDE) has offered to sponsor five Nigerians every year to study chess and any other course in Russian universities from September, 2014. IIyumzhinov who was on an official visit to Nigeria, made…
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Geology Graduate Jailed 7 Years for Conspiracy, Robbery
A Yenagoa high court presided over by Justice Nayai Aganaba, Friday, sentenced a graduate of Geology from the University of Calabar, Okonkwo Michael, to seven years in jail for conspiracy and robbery of N200,000. Okonkwo Michael, according to the prosecution,…
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Student Arraigned For Beating Up Policeman
The police on Monday in Abuja arraigned a 22-year-old student, Ibrahim Salisu, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for beating up a policeman. Salisu, who lives at 4, Olumo Rock, Amasco Plantation Estate, Galadimawa in Abuja, is charged with…
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Call For Applications: 2014 LYFE Camp Bootcamp In Lagos, Nigeria
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2014 LYFE CAMP BOOTCAMP IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. ABOUT: We are proud to present the first annual edition of Lifting Youth and Fostering Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (LYFECamp). To be held in Lagos, June 19th-22nd, 2014. LYFECamp is an intensive…
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We’ll Not Be Happy if Jonathan Refuses to Contest in 2015 – Ijaw Students
THREE Ijaw students’ groups in Niger Delta, yesterday, said that they will not be happy if President Goodluck Jonathan fails to seek a fresh mandate in 2015. In a statement by the leaders of Izon-Ebe Students, National Association of Izon-Ebe…
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Court Sentences Student to 4-Month in Prison for Snatching Handbag
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 6 on Friday sentenced a student, Kamal Garba, 20, to four months in prison for snatching a lady’s handbag. Senior Magistrate Fatima Malo, sentenced the convict without an option to pay a…
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AOCOED Reduces Tuition Fees Following Students Protest
Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) has finally reduced the tuition fees to be paid for the 2013/2014 session after protests by the students. The spokesman of the College said that both parties have resolved the disputes. Read the full…
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Register and Attend The 2014 Education UK Exhibition
This is the guide to register and attend the 2014 Education UK Exhibition holding in Nigeria. Just follow the instructions here to get started. British Council Nigeria invites you to meet face to face with representatives of over 50 UK…
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