Author: News Agency Report
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Oba of Benin Announces Date for Outdoor Celebration of Oodua
Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has announced the date for the outdoor celebration of Ugie Odudua ceremony. This is contained in a statement, signed by Mr Frank Irabor, Secretary, Benin Traditional Council (BTC), and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Friday. Irabor said the ceremony will begin on…
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IPOB: Channels TV Apologises For Violating Broadcasting Code, NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on Tuesday said Channels Television has apologised over its infraction of the broadcasting code. NBC’s Director of Public Affairs, Franca Aiyetan, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. Mrs Aiyetan explained that the commission’s letter to the TV station was a regulatory…
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Insecurity: Buhari Makes Request From U.S.
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the U.S. to reconsider relocating U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM, from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, nearer the Theatre of Operation. The president made the call at a virtual meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Anthony Blinken, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said AFRICOM, which partners countries to counter transnational…
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UNILORIN Advises Candidates on Admission Status
University of Ilorin has advised candidates to check their admission status to the institution from the Central Admission Processing Systems, CAPS, on Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, website. Its Deputy Chairman, Admission Committee, Dr Tayo Arinde, gave this advice while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday. Mr Arinde said that any admission seeker…
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Jamb Introduces USSD Code For Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
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NDLEA Intercepts Drugs Hidden In Holy Mary Statue
Daredevil narcotics couriers who used the statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, to conceal their illicit drugs have met their waterloo in Lagos. NDLEA operatives embedded in two courier companies intercepted the drugs concealed in the statue and some in auto spare parts to be despatched to Canada and the United Arab Emirates, UAE. Spokesman…
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JNI Speaks On ‘Report’ Linking Yakowa’s Death To Pantami
The Jama’atul Nasril Islam, JNI, has described as “excessive convulsive smear campaign taken too far”, linking the death of fomer Kaduna State governor Patrick Yakowa to the organisation and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. The Secretary General of JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar, said this in a statement issued on Friday…
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Why we are yet to resume registration of new SIM cards, Network Providers
Network providers across the different telecommunications network in Lagos say they are yet to receive approval to resume registration of new Subscriber Identification Module, SIM. The telecom operators made the disclosure in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. Recall that the Federal Government suspended the registration of new SIM…
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Suicide Committed Recently By Student Not Linked To Academic Failure, OAU PRO
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, has said that the suicide committed recently by a student of the university was not as a result of academic failure. Olarewaju, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, in Ile-Ife, added that…