Year: 2024
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NYSC: Policy Change Threatens HND Graduates’ Participation
Leadership Newspaper Some graduates of Higher National Diploma (HND) academic programmes across the country are at the risk of exclusion from the national service due to the National Youth Service Corps’ (NYSC) latest policy of demanding Industrial Training (IT) certification for those seeking to fulfil their national service obligations.NYSC, on its official Facebook handle, announced…
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Dangote Refinery May Crash Petrol Price – Independent Marketers
Punch Newspaper Independent petroleum marketers in Nigeria are hoping that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery will sell its Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at N600 or N650/litre when it is finally released into the market. Dealers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said they believe that the Dangote refinery would…
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FG, Governors Reach three-month Agreement on LG Allocations
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government and state governors may have agreed to a three-month moratorium on Local Government autonomy, over concerns arising from its impact on salary payments and operational viability, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. The development means Local Governments may wait till October before the implementation of the law in the direct payment…
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Student loan:1,370 UI Students Benefit From NELFUND Loan
The University of Ibadan, UI, has confirmed the receipt of N201m institutional fees remitted by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, for the payment of fees of students who forwarded their applications to the Fund. The university, in a circular by the Registrar, G.O Salisu, dated August 9, 2024, and addressed to the Office of…
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Gunmen Killed Varsity Lecturer, Deputy Registrar, 1 Other
Gunmen attacked and killed six travellers, including a lecturer from the Federal University Wukari and the Deputy Registrar of Taraba State School of Health Technology Takum, in the early hours of Monday along the Takum/Wukari road. The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the attack. DSP Kwache Gambo, the command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, confirmed…
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Why Over 200,000 Results Were Withheld – WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has given more detailed report why it withheld the results of 215,267 candidates who participated in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The 2024 WASSCE began on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024. In a statement made on Monday while announcing the…
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Just In: WAEC Announces Release of 2024 SSCE Results
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the release of results for its 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The 2024 WASSCE was held for a period of seven weeks and six days, from April 30 to June 24. A total of 1,814,736 candidates registered for the examination from 25,126 recognized secondary schools in…
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12 African Countries that Outperform Nigeria at Paris Olympics
The curtains were drawn yesterday Sunday August 11, 2024, on this summer’s Olympic games in Paris with Team Nigeria failing to win a single medal. Despite parading one of Africa’s biggest contingent and taking part in 12 sports, Team Nigeria fail to register their name on the medals table. The trio of Kenya, Algeria and…
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FG Clears Air Over N573 Billion Received By State Governors
The Nation Newspaper The Presidency has shed more light on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the Federal Government guaranteed, and not a grant. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan should not be at…
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N70k Minimum Wage: NYSC Clears Air Over Purported Directive To Corps Members
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has cleared the air over purported directives issued to corps members to upgrade their accounts for the payment of N70,000 minimum wage. Recall that , President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in July, 2024, approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The decision followed weeks of…