Month: April 2023
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Election Tribunal: NJC Publishes List of 257 Judges To Hear Petitions (Full List)
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has published a list of the 257 judges who will hear petitions resulting from the Nigerian general elections of 2023. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and the State Election Petition Tribunals are expected to resume full operations in May, following the Worker’s Day holiday. Nigerians’ attention has shifted to the…
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Candidates experience minimal technical hitches, slight delay as 2023 UTME kicks off nationwide
Premium Times Unlike the experiences of many candidates during the mock examination in March, there were fewer technical glitches and slight delays at various computer-based test centres visited by PREMIUM TIMES reporters on Tuesday as the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) kicked off nationwide. UTME, which is conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
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JAMB Reschedules UTME for Candidates
The Nation Newspaper The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates who could not sit for the exam on Tuesday because of technical challenges. The Board made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Dr Fabian…
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African Union Ambassador, Yara Speaks On Tinubu’s Guinea Passport, Viral Video
Ousmane Yara, the African Union Ambassador, has claimed that Nigerian “President-elect”, Bola Tinubu got his Guinean Passport as a special envoy under the government of President of Guinea, Alpha Conde. The AU official told Daily Sun that Tinubu got his Guinean citizenship because the former President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, saw him as a special…
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Sudan: Why Nigerian Youths Are Moving Out of Country – ASUU President
Tribune Online As many Nigerian nationals including students are still being trapped in Sudan due to the ongoing regional crisis there, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has taken a swipe at the Nigerian government, saying its failure to make Nigeria’s educational system work and attractive is causing…
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40% pay rise: ASUU, SSANU, Other Varsity Workers on Warpath with FG over Exclusion
Vanguard News The Federal Government had recently approved 40 per cent increase for civil servants in federal ministries, agencies and departments, MDAs, under the Consolidated Public Salary Structure. But workers in the university sector have kicked against their exclusion, describing the action of government as a recipe for crisis. But the Federal Government has said…
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India overtakes China as world’s most populous nation — UN
India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said Monday. “By the end of this month, India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people, matching and then surpassing the population of mainland China,” the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs…
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Video: Excitement as Tinubu returns to Nigeria
Excitement and jubilation rent the air when President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu touched down at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe airport, Abuja. Supporters in their numbers gathered to welcome the president-elect, and went whooping the moment Tinubu stepped out of the plane. Shouts of ‘Jagaban’, ‘on your mandate’, ‘Mr. President’ could be heard in…
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Moment Davido “Attacked# During His Timeless Concert in Lagos (Video)
A trending video showing moment music superstar, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido was “attacked’ by one of the attendees of the just concluded Timeless concert held at Tafawa Balewa Square, in Lagos last weekend. The yet to be identified fun seeker was seen making a ‘violent move’ toward the singer, but was stopped by…
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Kwara High Court Judge, Oyinloye Dies at 58
A well known judge, Justice Sikiru Adeyinka Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court is dead. The legal luminary died on Sunday night after a protracted battle with a neck-related illness. He was once flown to India for treatment but died at 58 years in active service, sources told Daily Trust. From Ijara Isin, Isin…