Author: Vreporters
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Billion Naira Debts: WAEC Withholds Results of Candidates from Eight States
Results of students from eight states of the federation that sat for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, have been withheld by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, over the indebtedness of the states to the Council. This was disclosed at a press briefing on Monday in Lagos by the Head of…
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Just In: Senate clears 45 ministerial nominees
The Nation Newspaper Senate has confirmed the nomination of 45 persons as Ministers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Senate President Godswill Akpabio stated this on Monday evening. Abubakar Kyari (Borno)Abubakar Momoh (Edo)Nyesom Wike – RiversEngr Joseph Utserv (Benue)Senator John Owan Enoh (Cross River)Hon Bello Mohammad (Sokoto)Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa)Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi)Uju Kennedy Ohaneye…
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INVESTIGATION: Another Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominee in NYSC Certificate Controversy
Premium Times Another ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, is currently enmeshed in a controversy surrounding the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate he submitted for his screening by the Nigerian Senate. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported how another nominee, Hannatu Musawa, who had earlier been rejected by the same…
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Apply: Kwara Govt Opens Portal For Students’ Palliatives
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdurRahman AbdurRazaq has approved payment of fuel subsidy removal palliative to undergraduate students of Kwara State origin in public-owned tertiary institutions across Nigeria. The government made the disclosure in a statement made available to the public by Prof. Shehu AbdulRaheem AdaramajaChairman, Government Committee on students’ palliative REGISTRATION PROCEDURE Eligible and interested…
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Governing Council: ASUU’s Rival, CONUA Disagrees With Tinubu
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has faulted the dissolution of the Governing Councils of federal universities by President Bola Tinubu, saying it is totally against the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003. The union, a registered academic staff union in the university system, also lambasted the National Universities Commission, NUC, over…
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Ganduje: What I Told Tinubu About Replaced Ministerial Nominee, Shetty
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Gnaduje, has given some clarifications on the controversy surrounding former ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty. Daily Trust had reported how President Bola Tinubu replaced Shetty with Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure who served as a commissioner when Ganduje was governor. Admitting that the social media outrage that trailed…
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Coup: NYSC Clears Air On Purported Move To Send Corps Members to Niger Republic
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has downrightly reports alleging that Corps Members would be deployed to Niger Republic by the Federal Government of Nigeria to fight a war for the restoration of democracy in the troubled country. NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, who stated this in a…
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Tinubu: Atiku Suffers Set Back in US
Ahead of the presentation of judgment by the Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja in the petition he filed against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in that election, Atiku Abubakar, has suffered a legal blow in the United…
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Just In: Ogun Lawmaker’s aide Shot Dead in Lagos
Daily Trust Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, an aide of Senator Solomon Adeola, has been murdered in Lagos State. Sanni was killed under controversial circumstance in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased was stopped at a checking point in Lagos where he was said to have been questioned about documents of the vehicle he was driving.…
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How High-power Politics Behind Maryam Shetty’s Removal as Ministerial Nominee
Daily Trust While Nigerians were still trying to come to terms with the nomination of Maryam Shetty, a young and relatively unknown politician from Kano State, as a minister, her shocking replacement few hours to her screening has set tongues wagging on the intriguing power play that precipitated the unfolding process, Daily Trust Saturday reports.…