•Gridlock in Apapa, Lagos Severe gridlock has returned to the Apapa Port corridor, following the reported collapse of the electronic call-up (E-call-up) system, a development operators and stakeholders blame on racketeering and extortion at checkpoints allegedly manned by touts and personnel linked to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The co...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa Parents have called on the federal government to checkmate the single-use textbook practice in private schools across the country. They accused schools’ proprietors of profiting from the practice, which they viewed as racketeering, reports Daily Trust. Single-use textbooks are designed for one-time use, wit...
•OAU main gate Former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Michael Faborode, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian youths studying either at home or overseas. The don said he based his view on the fact that most Nigerians, including parents, nowadays place more v...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe alleged certificate racketeering by Nigerian students in collusion with some officials of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) at plenary in Abuja, reports NAN. Presenting the motion, Fulata said th...
•Train station The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Engineer Fidet Okhiria, told our correspondent exclusively that the workers arrested yesterday for ticket racketeering were staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and not staff of the NRC. This is even as the MD confirmed that the fre...
•NANS president, Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Benin Republic, has called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo, saying 15,000 Nigerian students are in Benin. A reporter detailed how he bagged a degree in under two months from a universi...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) of admission racketeering. The examination body which welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, maintained that it would be vindicated, reports The Guardian. Recall that the Senate had last ...
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