Thomas Adewumi University Unveils 214KW Solar Farm, Powers Kwara Communities

A private tertiary institution, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State, has inaugurated a 214 kilowatt solar farm to serve its energy needs. The facility, which was unveiled by its founder, Dr Johnson Adewumi, at the university campus on Saturday, would also supply electricity to the neighbouring communities. A statement from the university on Monday said…

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INEC Declares Anambra Governorship Election Inconclusive

As predicted by PREMIUM TIMES, the Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, around 12:20 a.m., said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government…

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Polaris Bank advocates early cancer detection

Polaris Bank Limited has said women have to be intentional about regular and consistent check-ups and early detection in the fight against cancer. The bank’s Group Head, Products and Market Development, Mrs Adebimpe Ihekuna, said this during a breast cancer awareness programme, themed ‘The brave conversations: Diagnosis and remedy,’ according to a statement. She said,…

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Ikoyi building: Rescue team recovers one more body, death toll now 43

Trust Africa News, By Ayomide otitoju The death toll in a high-rise collapse in Ikpyi, Lagos State has risen to 43, the state government has announced. Lagos Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The 21-storey building under construction in the upscale Ikoyi district crumbled on Monday afternoon, trapping…

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Anambra: Was Locked Up In Toilet, Coerced to Sign Election Papers; INEC Official

The Returning Officer in the ongoing governorship election for Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, Micheal Otu, said election did not hold in the local government he presided over because he was locked up in the toilet and forced to sign election papers. “I was made to sign the election papers under duress,” Mr…

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Panel Clears FUTO Over Appointment Of Pantami As Professor Of Cybersecurity

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s probe panel has cleared the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) of infractions in the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, as a Professor of Cybersecurity. It said the university followed due process and…

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