Year: 2024
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Nationwide Strike: WAEC Official Sends Message To School Principals
Punch Newspaper The Branch Controller (Ekiti), West Africa Examinations Council, Mrs T.A.Y. Lawson has said that the nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Monday will not disrupt examinations in the state – and nationwide alike. She alerted Principals and school heads in Ekiti State in a letter titled, “Notice of Commencement of Indefinite Strike by…
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Notable Islamic Clerics React To Death of Nigerian Young Scholar, Mufti Yaks
The death of highly talented young Islamic scholar, Abdullateef Aliyu Maiyaki, popularly known as Mufti Yaks has continued to generate reactions from renowned Islamic Clerics . The Niger-born multi-talented cleric died at the age of 20. According to reports, Mufti Yaks who is also a well-known motivational speaker died early hours of today, Saturday, June…
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Naira Crashes Against U.S Dollars 24 hours After President Tinubu’s Anniversary
The Naira recorded its first depreciation against the dollar at the foreign exchange market 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first anniversary. FMDQ data showed that the Naira depreciated to N1484.75 against the Dollar on Thursday from N1329.65 on Wednesday. This represents an N155.1 loss against the dollar compared to N1329.65 traded on Wednesday.…
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How Village Head Collected N700,000 From Bandits To Invade, Kidnap, Kill Villagers – Governor Radda
Vanguard News When the Katsina State Governor, Dr Umaru Dikko Radda recently described banditry as a business venture for some highly placed individuals in the country, some felt the governor of the Northwestern State was merely exaggerating issues out of context. But he didn’t stop there as he also said poverty and injustice are major…
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“New” National Anthem is National Self-Debasement by Farooq A. Kperogi
Farooq A. Kperogi Nothing in my adult life has made me more ashamed to be a Nigerian and more inclined to completely divest my emotions from Nigeria than the readoption of “Nigeria, We Hail Thee,” a colonially created national anthem whose first stanza drips wet with the spit of racist condescension, gender exclusion, and stodgy,…
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FG Releases N3.8 Billion To Support Stranded Nigerian Scholars Abroad
The Federal Government has released the sum of ₦3.8 billion to support stranded Nigerian scholars in foreign countries. The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, shared this information on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on TETFund. He mentioned that the fund has provided support…
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Emir Sanusi Lectures Congregants in First Jumat Service After Reinstatement
The just reinstated Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi has said no one can ask God for explanation on any issue . The monarch stated this in his first Jumat sermon after his reinstatement at the Kofar Kudu Central Mosque in Kano. His sermon focused on the belief in Allah in good and bad times.…
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Sit-at-home: Military Reacts To Deadly Attack on 5 Soldiers in Abia
The Military High Command has promised to bring overwhelming military pressure on the proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, over the killing of five soldiers at a checkpoint at Aba in Abia on Wednesday. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mr Buba…
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30,000 Applicants Successfully Applied For Students Loan
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND said it has received over 60,000 applications from students of federal government institutions since it launched the students loan application portal. However, NELFUND revealed that 30,000 applications have been successfully processed. NELFUND also said so far, 90 percent of federal universities have submitted their students’ data to its dashboard,…
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Naira Appreciates at Parallel Market Against U.S. Dollar
The Naira yesterday appreciated in the parallel market to N1,375 per dollar from N1,500 per dollar on Tuesday. But the Naira was depreciated to N1,339.33 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,329.65 per dollar from N1,173.88 per dollar…