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President Tinubu Gives Marching Order To Education Ministry Over NOUN Law Graduates
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given a marching order to the Ministry of Education to accommodate graduates of the National Open University, NOUN in the National Youth Service Corps scheme, NYSC . The President also resolved the longstanding admittance of NOUN Law graduates to participate in Law School in the country for equal opportunities. Tinubu…
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APC Reacts To Kano Court Verdict on Ganduje’s Suspension
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has reacted to the order of a Kano State High Court which affirmed the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, describing it as a nullity. The development came on Wednesday as Ganduje received the APC Ward Executives from his Ganduje Ward…
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Just In: Former Kwara Lawmaker Dies at 58
Former lawmaker, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara south in the senate from 2015 to 2019, is dead. Ibrahim died on Wednesday morning, aged 58, after a brief illness. He was chairman of the senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions in the 8th national assembly, and lost his bid to retain the…
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Students Loan: 1.2 Million Undergraduates From Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges To Make First Batch Beneficiaries
The Nation Newspaper No fewer than 1.2 million young Nigerians will be in the first batch of those to benefit from the Student Loan Scheme of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration. The process of participating in the programme, whose enabling law was signed by President Tinubu on April 3, will commence “anytime soon”, according to…
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Two Nigerian Soldiers Arrested For Stealing Armoured Cables At Dangote Refinery
Two officers of the Nigerian Army have been arrested for vandalising and stealing armoured cables at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. According to SaharaReporters, the suspects are identified as CPL Innocent Joseph and L/CPL Jacob Gani. Dangote Refinery owned by Dangote Group was inaugurated on the 22nd of May 2023 in the Ibeju-Lekki area of…
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FG Begins Disbursement of Presidential Grant To Nigerians
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment says it has kicked off the disbursement of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants after an exhaustive selection process. The government, through the Bank of Industry, had said it would be disbursing three categories of funding totalling N200bn to support manufacturers and…
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How FG Rescue Over 1,000 Abducted Victims – NSA
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has rescued over 1,000 victims of verified mass abduction across the country without paying ransom. Ribadu said on Monday in Abuja while receiving 22 rescued students and staff of the Federal University Gusau, that the covert operations were conducted in the last few…
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Naira Appreciates at Parallel, Official Market Against U.S. Dollar
The Naira, on Monday appreciated to N1,080 per dollar in the parallel market, from N1,230 per dollar last weekend.Similarly, the Naira appreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,136.04 per dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange revealed that the Naira gained N6.34. This represents a 0.55 per cent…
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The Hidden Truth That Led to Killing of 17 Soldiers in Okuama Community
The ICIR A feud between an illegal oil bunker, Endurance Okodeh alias Amangbein and a sophisticated cartel of powerful illegal oil bunkers led to the killing of 17 soldiers in the Okuama community in Ughelli South LGA of Delta, investigations revealed. Findings unmasked how the leader of the cartel, ex-militant leader Government Ekpemukpolo alias Tompolo…
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Just In: Again, Power Grid Collapses For 6th Time in 2024
Nigeria’s electricity grid has collapsed again, Daily Trust reports. The grid collapsed around 2:42 am on Monday, with generation dropping to 64.70megawatt. Only one generation company, Ibom Power, was active according to data from the Independent System Operator (ISO), a branch of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, has shown. This is the sixth collapse in…
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