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The University of Calabar, UNICAL, will graduate 7,769 students at its 35th convocation on Friday and Saturday. Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, made the announcement on Monday in Calabar while outlining events for the week-long convocation. Obi said that Friday was for the conferral of first degrees, diplomas, master’s degrees, and postgraduate degrees, as well as the induction of UNICAL alumni for individuals deemed worthy in character and learning. She said that the awarding of doctorates and honorary degrees to meritorious students and honorees was set for Saturday. According to her, the institution’s 6th Chancellor, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero,…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) salutes Nigerian workers as they join their colleagues throughout the globe in celebrating Workers’ Day this year, encouraging them to strengthen their struggle against anti-democratic forces aiming to seize control of our country. Chronicle NG reports that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) commends Nigerian workers for their resilience, loyalty, and patriotism in serving our fatherland despite the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s humiliating, suffocating, and assaulting anti-people economic policies, which have brought untold life-discounting experiences to Nigerians in the last eight years. The purposeful suppression of Nigerian Labourers’ rights, well-being, and chances shows the sad truth…

Debo Ologunagba was responding to Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed’s statement about the opposition losing the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu defeated Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the presidential poll. Both candidates are appealing the election results in front of the presidential poll tribunal. However, Mohammed had urged the opposition to stop whining about the last poll, which they had lost badly. The minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s judgement of why the opposition lost the presidential poll in 2023 was unarguable. Ologunagba, on the other hand, said Mohammed’s comment was intended to intimidate the…

Troops from Operation Hadarin Daji apprehended three bandits in an ambush at the Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Zamfara’s Anka Local Government Area on Sunday. Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, Director, Defence Media Operations, announced this in an Abuja statement on Sunday. Gunmen free 74 children after parents pay N20,000 ransom each in Zamfara The military also found one PKT gun with 48 rounds of 7.62mm x 54 ammo, three AK 47 rifles, three magazines with 63 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, and three motorbikes, according to Danmadami. “The military high command commends troops and encourages the public to provide credible and timely…

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has advised the opposition parties to quit whining about the 2023 presidential election and accept loss in the election they so badly lost. Both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, according to Mohammed, lost the election owing to overconfidence and complacency. “Mr President’s analysis on the reasons for the opposition’s loss in the 2023 polls was incontrovertible,” the Minister said in a statement published in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Assistant (Media), Segun Adeyemi. “President Buhari deserves nothing but praise for delivering unquestionably…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finalised plans to install video assistance referees (VAR) at regional stadiums around the country, while plans to train and retrain referees are also in the works. Malam Ibrahim Gusau, President of the Federation, revealed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the National Elective Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Referees’ Association (NRA). Gusau, represented by an NFF official, Malam Muhammed Ameenu, challenged the association’s new leadership with developing development plans, forecasting, organising, and ensuring the future of Nigeria Referees is properly fostered and watered towards the progress of the game. Gusau said that the installation…

Mr. Jide Awe, the Chief Executive Officer of Jidaw Systems Ltd., says the new feature in WhatsApp can make users vulnerable to hacking or phishing attacks by cybercriminals. The media reports that the new WhatsApp feature enables users to operate their account on four different devices. Awe told journalists in an interview in Lagos on Saturday that having multiple devices linked to a single account gives hackers more opportunities to access personal data or take over the account. He, however, noted that WhatsApp had implemented several security measures to protect against such threats, including end-to-end encryption and remote device management.…

The Federal Government has clarified that the 1.2 million dollars purportedly spent on leasing buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was owing to the emergency necessities of the conflict scenario. This is stated in a statement issued by Mrs Rhoda Iliya, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. On Saturday, it was also signed by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Janet Olisa, and Dr Sani Gwarzo of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. “The uproar over the negotiated sum of 1.2 million dollars for the buses hired for the exercise is unwarranted.” “The amount…

Five individuals were murdered in a shooting at a residence in Cleveland, Texas, on Saturday, according to news reports quoting local police and officials. The shooting occurred late Friday, and authorities were still seeking for the perpetrator, according to the story. The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office got a complaint about harassment from Cleveland about 11:31 p.m. local time, but when they arrived, they discovered many victims who had been shot, according to press reports. According to the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect was a Mexican male who was inebriated, armed, and on the run. The Cleveland Police…

Pope Francis visited with Ukrainian refugees fleeing the fighting on Hungary’s eastern border on Saturday, assuring them that a new future is possible. On the second day of his tour, Pope Francis spoke with some 600 migrants, destitute, and homeless persons at St. Elizabeth’s church in Budapest, where he warned of the risks of increasing nationalism in Europe. Francis was serenaded by a singing band of Hungarian Roma dressed in flower-patterned clothes who crowded about him as he sat in his wheelchair. But what Pope Francis had heard earlier was far more serious. Oleg Yakovlev described how he and his…