Year: 2023
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FULL LIST: FG Appoints 46 Directors For Aviation Agencies
The Tinubu-led government has appointed no fewer than 46 Directors for the country’s aviation agencies. The move was followed by the removal of those overseeing the affairs of the agencies by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Below are the full list of the newly appointed Directors as released by the ministry of Aviation on Thursday. NIGERIAN…
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Ghanaian Varsity Wins 2023 WAUG Championship Hosted by OAU
The University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, has won the 2023 edition of West African Universities Games (WAUG) Championship, hosted by the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun. The university won 10 Gold, Eight Silver and three bronze medals to emerge winner of the championship. The University of Education, Winneba Ghana, came second with six…
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Emefiele, ex-minister, 14 others indicted in CBN probe, N31.78b paid to print new naira notes
The Nation Newspaper Former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele and a minister are to face trial over the scandal that rocked the apex bank in the last one year, it was learnt yesterday. After a five-month probe, Emefiele, the minister and 14 others who have been implicated in over N26.6 trillion fraud, have been recommended…
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Just In: Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in Kano Guber Dispute
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal over the Kano State governorship election. A five-member panel of justices presided by Justice Inyang Okoro on Thursday reserved the judgment after listening to lawyers in the matter. Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State and the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) had filed the appeal challenging…
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19-year-old arrested for stabbing his girlfriend to death over N5000
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old, Muhammad Ibrahim, for the gruesome murder of his girlfriend at Bayan Gari area of Bauchi. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, said the suspect stabbed Emmanuella Ande to death with a knife in…
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JAMB Opposes FG’s Automated Deduction of Revenue
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has opposed the federal government’s automated deduction of funds accruing to it from the registration fees paid by candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME. According to JAMB, government’s action was significantly reducing its revenue contribution to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, CRF. JAMB ‘s Registrar,Prof. Ishaq…
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JAMB Clears Air Over Purported Increase in 2024 UTME Fees
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,has denied reports that it increased its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration fee. JAMB clarified that the cost of obtaining the Board’s UTME application documents remains N3,500, which has been the cost of its application documents since it was brought down from N5000 in 2018. “Therefore, the…
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$19bn Dangote Refinery Gets Another 1m Barrels Crude Oil
Vanguard News With the delivery of two million barrels of crude, the $19 billion Dangote Oil Refining Company is set to commence production of petroleum products paving the way for additional jobs and foreign exchange relief to the economy. This follows yesterday’s delivery of an additional one million barrels of crude oil yesterday to the…
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Naira Scarcity: NLC Sends Strong Message To FG, CBN
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday asked the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to find immediate solutions to the current scarcity of naira being experienced by Nigerians. The NLC said the CBN and Federal Government’s disregard for warnings meant they were deliberately inciting Nigerians against the system and constituted authority.…
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ASUU President ‘Reveals Powerful Nigerians’ Behind Employment Crisis in Varsities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Vice Chancellors (VCs), political officeholders, and traditional rulers of hijacking staff employment against due process in the varsities. President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osaodeke, who raised the concern yesterday in Uyo during the Heroes’ Day Celebration of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, wowed…