Author: News Agency Report
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#AnambraDecides: INEC Suspends Collation of Results
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended collation of results of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra, pending the conduct of the election in Ihiala Local Government Area. Prof. Florence Obi, INEC Returning Officer for the Anambra Governorship election made the announcement Sunday night in Awka. Ms Obi, who is also the Vice…
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#AnambraDecides: Counting of Ballot Papers Begin
Counting of votes has started in some polling units in Awka township after the Saturday governorship election in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though voting began late in some polling units in Awka, the exercise was concluded about 3.30 pm. Mr Ugochukwu Nwosu, a voter at the Agu ward 2 polling…
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Tinubu Speaks On Meeting With President Buhari
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu said his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday was devoid of political talks. Mr Buhari hosted Mr Tinubu at his official residence, State House, Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the closed door meeting, Mr Tinubu dismissed the insinuation that he was in…
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FG Warns Nigerians Against Purported Payment of N80,000 Survival Fund
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to be wary of fraudulent messages making the rounds over the purported payment of N80,000 to beneficiaries of the Survival Fund Scheme. A statement issued in Abuja, on Saturday, by the Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Scheme, said that the news of such payment was the handiwork of…
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Just In: NECO Releases SSCE Results (See Breakdown of Candidates Performance)
The National Examination Council, NECO, on Friday announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSSCE, conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantali Wushishi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna. He said that out of 1,233,631 candidates who registered; 1,226,631 actually sat for the…
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Insecurity: My Colleagues Now Afraid To Travel, ASUU President
The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, calling on all to work together to solve the problem. The ASUU president expressed his concern in Bauchi on Thursday during a one-day State of the Nation Summit organised by ASUU, Bauchi Zone. Osodoke, who lamented that…
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PhotosNews: Buhari, Tinubu, Dangote, Others Perfom Lesser Hajj
President Muhammadu Buhari has successfully performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, alongside the minister of communications Isa Pantami, and business moguls Aliko Dangote, Wale Tinubu and Abdulsamad Rabiu. The Umrah, is a religious ritual of great significance performed by Muslim Ummah for the sake of Allah. It is…
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Witness Chronicles Content of 2,410 Messages Analysed in Naira Marley’s iPhone
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday heard that 2,410 short messages were analysed from the iPhone of Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola, (aka Naira Marley), charged with cybercrime. A second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, narrated how the messages as well as different credit card numbers were extracted from the defendant’s phone. The Economic…
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CBN Releases Guidelines For eNaira
Following the launch of the eNaira, the application for the digital currency introduced by the CBN has become available for download, with more than 5000 downloads within hours of the launch. This is as the apex bank released regulatory guidelines which stipulate that charges for transactions that originate from the eNaira platform will be free…
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Fake News: Nigerian Army Engages Social Media Bloggers, Online Journalists
The Nigerian Army says it is engaging social media bloggers and online journalists in the country to combat the fake news syndrome. The Chief of Civil Military Affair, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this at the 15th Edition of Social Media Influencers Seminar for social media bloggers and online journalists in Kaduna on Monday. Kangye, who…