Month: November 2023
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JAMB releases dates for 2024 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board said sales for forms for the examination will start on January, 15 and end on February 26. In a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor (PAC), Fabian Benjamin, the board said the main UTME will…
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Supreme Court Rules on Validity of Old Naira Notes
The supreme court has ruled that old and new naira notes will co-exist as legal tender until further notice. In March 2023, the supreme court had extended the deadline to phase out old naira notes to December 31, 2023. On November 21, the federal government had filed an application before the supreme court, seeking an…
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List of Private Universities Owned By Nigerian Politicians
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, once accused some full time politicians in the country of being behind the pitiable state of Tertiary Institutions, particularly the government-owned ivory towers following their interest in floating citadels of learning, which according to ASUU, is affecting the proper and adequate funding of the public tertiary institutions. As…
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EFCC Raises Alarm Over Fresh Move By Fraudsters To Defraud Nigerians Through ATM Cards Swapping
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised fresh alarm on to how fraudsters are swapping automated teller machine (ATM) cards of innocent people. Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said the fraudulent practice is gaining momentum across the country. “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been inundated with…
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JUST IN: President Tinubu Reappoints Mele Kyari As NNPCL CEO
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Malam Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). This was announced in a statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday. According to Ngelale, the appointment takes effect from Friday, December 1, 2023. He said the president also appointed the…
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OAU Student Surpasses 50 hours wash-a-thon Target, as Management, Mum, Students Pay Solidarity Visit
Eniola Subair, student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state attempting to set Guinness World Records for the longest hand cloth washing (Wash-a-thon) has surpassed the 50 hours target set. This is as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on Administration of the University, Professor Abayomi Daramola paid a solidarity visit to the 200-level student of Linguistics and…
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GWR: 200-level OAU Student Starts 50-hour hand Wash-a-thon
A 200-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state, Subair Enitan on Friday commenced 50-hour hand wash-a-thon to set a Guinness World Record. Enitan, who had notified the Guinness World Record of her intentions in June this year, was given November 24th, 2023 to embark on her attempt. Enitan who is currently studying Linguistics…
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Naira drops to N956/$ as dollar supply falls by 46%
The naira fell, on Thursday, to N956/$ on the official Investor and Exporter forex window as dollar supply declined by 46.77 per cent. This is a 13.78 per cent decline from the N840.53/$ the naira closed trading on Wednesday according to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange. Also, the turnover of dollars traded in the…
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Just In: Appeal Court reverses sack of Nasarawa Gov Sule
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the October 2 judgment of the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sacking Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel of the court held that the tribunal was wrong to have declined to determine the legal issues identified in the objection raised…
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Fresh Naira Scarcity Hits Abuja, Lagos, Edo, Kano, Others
Punch Newspaper Despite recent assurances by the Central Bank of Nigeria that there is enough naira in circulation, reports of scarcity have emerged across the country. A survey by The PUNCH, on Wednesday, confirmed scarcity in some parts of Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kwara, Gombe, Edo, Sokoto, and Ekiti States. Many bank customers and Point of…