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The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, said preferences placed on paper qualifications by employers in Nigeria is responsible for high incidences of examination malpractices in JAMB.

JAMB registrar: Paper qualifications responsible for exam malpractices

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The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Sri Lanka extends inter-province travel ban amid coronaviru spread

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The Controller-General (CG)of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has set up a committee of enquiry to investigate individuals or group of persons behind the ‘fake’ 2019/2021 replacement and recruitment supplementary list currently in circulation on social media.

Ondo: NSCDC arrest man over alleged N1.9 million employment scam

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Nigerian youths held memorial protests in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday, one year after security forces violently suppressed mass protests against police brutality and bad governance.

Nigerian youths protest a year after bloody crackdown

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President Alberto Fernández proposed the bill which would permit abortions to be carried out up to the 14th week of pregnancy.

Argentina defies producers, freezes prices against inflation

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Serie A will remain suspended until at least June 14, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has confirmed.

Racist soccer fans in Italy to be given stadium life ban

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Alibaba shares soar after Jack Ma reported on Europe trip

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Mali’s government said on Tuesday that it asked the country’s main Islamic body to open peace talks with leaders of al Qaeda’s local affiliate in an effort to end a decade of conflict.

Ignoring France, Mali tells Muslim leaders to open talks with Al Qaeda group

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Submerged cars are seen at a flooded hotel resort as extreme rainfall caused the Kosi River to overflow at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. More than 20 people have died and many are missing in floods triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

Floods, landslides kill more than 100 in India and Nepal

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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has approved a dedicated security team for the monitoring and enforcement of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and protection of other transport infrastructure in the state.

#EndSARS: Lagos governor brokers truce with youths

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A unit of Credit Suisse Group is pleading guilty for its role in a fundraising scandal that looted money from Mozambique and tipped the country into economic crisis.

Credit Suisse to pay at least $400 million in Mozambique scandal

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Kaduna government to bar unvaccinated civil servants from offices

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FILE PHOTO - Military-aligned demonstrators gathered in numbers, chant Down with the government of hunger in front of the Presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, October 16, 2021. REUTERS-El Tayeb Siddig

Facebook shuts fake accounts in Sudan, as fight for public opinion rages online

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Racism could be eradicated from football if the authorities cared enough, Les Ferdinand, the former Newcastle and England forward and now director of football at London club QPR, has told AFP.

Les Ferdinand: Erasing racism in football has to come from top

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UEFA has ordered England to play their next home match behind closed doors as a result of the crowd trouble at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley

UEFA bans crowd presence in Wembley after Euro final crowd disturbance

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