Year: 2024
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Police Give Details on Abduction of 20 UNIJOS Medical Students
The Benue State Police Command has given more details regarding the abduction of twenty medical students from the University of Jos. The medical students were reported to have been kidnapped along the notorious Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu road on Thursday evening on their way to attend the annual convention of the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students,…
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Ogun FTZ Deal: Chinese Firm Targets Nigeria Assets in 8 Countries
Punch Newspaper Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, the Chinese firm that got a court injunction to ground three presidential jets belonging to the Federal Government in Europe, has initiated plans to seize other Nigerian assets in the United Kingdom, United States of America and in six other countries, The PUNCH has learnt. The PUNCH…
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FULL LIST: NJC recommends Kekere-Ekun as CJN, 28 others as Judges
The Nation Newspaper The National Judicial Council (NJC) has nominated Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The recommendation was made at its 106th meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola held on August 14 and 15. The Nation…
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Customs Releases Guidelines for Zero Duty Implementation on Food Imports
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday released guidelines for corporate organisations interested in benefiting from the zero duty rate policy of the Federal Government on imported food items. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Public Relations Officer of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, the Customs said that only companies incorporated in Nigeria and…
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Tribunal Sacks Lawmaker, Declares LP Candidate Winner
The by-election petition tribunal yesterday sacked the House of Representatives member representing Igboeze North/Udenu Federal Constituency, Simon Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The tribunal, which sat in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, declared the candidate of the Labour Party, Dennis Agbo, winner of the rerun election held on February 3, 2024. Agbo earlier won the…
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NAHCON Chair, Secretary in EFCC’s Net Over Alleged Mismanagement of N90bn Hajj Subsidy
The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. In a document sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, the…
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Electricity Tariff: ASUU Sends Message To FG
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has cried out against the huge power bills paid by universities in the country estimated at N275bn annually, following the recent increase in electricity tariffs. The National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, called for per-unit billing as the universities’ power bill rose by 300 per cent,…
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FG Blocks N83bn Protest Funds, Arrests Political Collaborators
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests, The PUNCH reports. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This…
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Student loan: NELFUND Gets N50 Billion Looted Funds, as Six Varsities Receive N2.026b as Tuition
The Nation Newspaper EFCC gives NELFUND N50b from funds recovered from looters Many universities have confirmed receipt of tuition payments for successful student loan applicants by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Six federal universities, according to the chart from NELFUND, received N2.03 billion for the 2023/2024 academic session. Each of the students will also…
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Falana Reacts To Withdrawal of 101 NYSC Certificates Over Fraudulent Mobilization
Legal luminary cum human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has vowed to take legal action against the management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) over allegations of fraudulent mobilization of graduates for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The allegation, which has caused a stir in academic circles, centers on claims that the university’s authorities…