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President Tinubu Sets up Panel to Audit N-Power, School Feeding, Others
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday approved the establishment of a Special Presidential Panel saddled with the responsibility of undertaking a comprehensive review and reform of the social investment programmes suspended last month. The panel will be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun. The SPP comes…
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10 NYSC Corps Members Sets To Travel To India For Key Exchange Programme
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has announced that 10 corps members will travel to India on Sunday, to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organised by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The annual programme is held to commemorate the Independence Anniversary of the Republic of India, drawing participants from Europe, Asia, Africa and other…
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President Tinubu Approves Establishment of National Philanthropic Office
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday approved the establishment of the National Philanthropic Office (NPO). The Vice President, Kashim Shettima made the announcement during the inauguration of the Local Implementation Committee of the NPO at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shettima assured that the success and positive impact of the newly established…
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Forbes Names Four Richest Nigerians
The number of Nigerian billionaires on the Forbes list has increased to four after the wealth-tracker included Femi Otedola, the chairman of Geregu Power. According to the Forbes Billionaire Index sighted on Thursday, Otedola, who fell below the billion-dollar mark in 2017, occupied the fourth position behind AbdulSamad Rabiu, Mike Adenuga and Aliko Dangote. As…
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How Nigerian Varsities, Polytechnics Battle Indecent Dressing on Campuses
Daily Trust In their bid to curtail the rising trend of indecent dressing among students on campuses, tertiary institutions have come up with various measures, Daily Trust Saturday reports. Students of tertiary institutions, in their quest to align with the trending fads and fashion styles, often go to classes in skimpy and tattered dresses considered…
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President Tinubu Suspends N-Power, School Feeding, Other NSIP Programmes
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended all administered Social Investment Programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency. Announcing the suspension in a statement on Friday, the Director Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the President’s decision was in view of the “ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management…
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President Tinubu Approves N683 Billion For Varsities, Polytechnics, Colleges
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. This year’s intervention witnessed a boost as compared to last year where over N320 billion was disbursed. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny…
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Kano: Supreme Court Sets Aside Appeal Court Judgement
Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which nullified the election of Governor Kabir Yusuf of Kano state. A five-member panel of justices on Friday, January 12, unanimously held that the lower court misunderstood the import of the purported deduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favour of Governor…
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Anxiety in Seven States as S’Court Delivers Judgment
The Nation Newspaper There is heightened security amid anxiety in some of the states where the Supreme Court judgment is expected today in the dispute over the March 18, 2023 governorship elections. The court yesterday announced that the appeals on Plateau, Kano, Zamfara, Lagos, Cross Rivers, Bauchi and Ebonyi will be decided today. The situation…
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FULL LIST: 45 Visa-free Countries Nigerian Passport Can Travel To in 2024
Punch Newspaper The Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world on Thursday. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. Their index is often based on exclusive data…
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