Meet Studacom.ng, Delta-based start-up simplifying access to student accommodation
Call it an online real estate platform, and you will be right. Although it neither lists houses nor parcels of land for sale, Studacom provides indispensable real estate services for Nigerian universities and polytechnics. Coined from two words - Student and Accommodation - Studacom.ng focuses specifically on students’ off-campus accommodation, providing the critical information about available off-campus accommodation for students affected by dearth of on-campus accommodation, thereby saving students the valuable time and energy that would have been dissipated searching for a place to live.
Gov. Lalong sends N6.5bn supplementary budget proposal to Assembly
The Plateau Governor, Mr Simon Lalong, has sent N6.5 billion supplementary budget proposal to the State House of Assembly for approval.
Absence of defence witness stalls ex-Gov. Dariye’s trial again
The trial of former governor of Plateau state, Chief Joshua Dariye, was once again stalled in an FCT High Court Gudu, due to the absence of defence witness.
President Buhari in The Gambia to hold talks with Jammeh
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Banjul, The Gambia this morning to meet with the country’s President, Yahya Jammeh, who lost the presidential election penultimate week.
IGP commends police performance in Rivers rerun elections
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NMP, mni has expressed satisfaction in the performance of the police officers deployed in the re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers State held on Saturday, 10th December, 2016, the gruesome death of one of the officers, DSP Mohammed Alkali and others missing notwithstanding. The IGP condoles with the family for this great loss and identify with the grief of his colleagues. To this end, a high powered investigation team has been directed to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the officer and submit findings.
Enugu Govt to deploy 5,000 new teachers in January
The Enugu State Government says it will deploy the newly recruited 5,000 teachers to various primary and secondary schools in the state in January 2017.
Vatican open emails for 80th birthday wishes to Pope Francis
The Vatican on Tuesday says people who want to wish Pope Francis happy 80th birthday can do so via the emails which it opened, as the pontiff turn 80 years on Saturday.
Pensioners protest non payment of N8.1bn pension arrears in Delta
The Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Asaba, requesting the state government to pay N8.1 billion owed its members.
What Nigerians are saying about MMM’s account suspension
Reactions have continued to trail the suspension of the ponzi scheme known as MMM and below is a compilation of tweets summarizing the feelings and thoughts of Nigerians on the development.
Toure banned and fined for drink driving
Ivory Coast football great Yaya Toure has been banned from driving for 18 months and fined £54,000 ($68,500, 64,600 euros) for drink driving, he said on Facebook on Tuesday.
Ekweremadu proposes a single term of 6 years for President, Governors
DEPUTY President of Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has proposed a single term of six years for incumbent president and governors, just as he raised alarm that the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC was dangerously drifting away.
