Year: 2024
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Again, Naira Depreciates at Official, Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The Naira on Wednesday depreciated to N1,305 per dollar in the parallel market, from N1,255 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,308.52 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,308.52 per dollar from N1,300.15 per dollar on…
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JAMB Arrests Father, Son Over Alleged Impersonation
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has arrested a father and his son, for their alleged involvement in impersonation during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known to newsmen shortly after monitoring the exam at the Kaduna State University CBT Centre, Kaduna, on Wednesday. The JAMB…
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TOGO’s PIA, The Multimodal Industrial Centre that Makes the Pride of LOME
TOGO PIA, The Multimodal Industrial Centre that Makes the Pride of LOME; Operational since January 2022,
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Edem Kokou Tengue, The Driving Force Behind Maritime Transport in Togo
Togo’s minister for Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection is on the move. On 8 April 2024, he welcomed the Sierra Leonean minister to Lomé and facilitated a visit to the Port of Lomé. Furthermore, the Adetikope Industrial Platform (Plate-forme industrielle d’Adetikope – PIA) continues to make its mark under his watch. With Edem Kokou…
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JAMB Boss Speaks Amidst Ongoing 2024 UTME
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…
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Naira Depreciates Against U.S Dollar at Official, Parallel Market
Punch Newspaper The naira depreciated in its value against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market on Monday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 or 5.26 per cent from N1,169.99/$1 recorded on Friday. The local currency had strengthened…
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Why We Support Proposed 18-years Minimum Age Requirement for Admission into Universities – ASUU
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Monday, said the Federal Government is weighing the adoption of 18 years as the minimum entry age for admission into universities and other tertiary institutions of learning. The minister also accused underage students of being responsible for some of the problems being encountered in higher institutions. The…
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FG To Review Age Requirement For Admission Into Tertiary Institutions
Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, Monday, hinted that the federal government would review age requirement for admission into tertiary institutions across the country. Mamman pegged 18 years as benchmark for admission into universities, advised parents not to push their underage wards to higher education, especially university education, below the age of 18. Prof. Mamman…
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Management, Family Member React, as Final Year Student ‘Disappear’ at His Lodge
Some yet to be identified armed men have reportedly abducted John Udochukwu Elekwachi, a final-year student of Combined Social Sciences at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. According to PUNCH Metro, the abducted student, Elekwachi, a campus blogger, was picked up by some yet-to-be-identified armed men last Monday at his lodge in the middle of the…
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EFCC, Yahaya Bello Move Battle To Appeal Court
Vanguard News The battle by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to remove all legal hindrances in its efforts to arrest and bring for trial the immediate past governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, will begin today, at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, as the anti-graft agency has approached the court…