Author: News Agency Report
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Just In: Jamb Releases Fresh Updates on 2021 UTME Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will advertise the registration process for the 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) soon. The board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, in Abuja. Benjamin…
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Man Sets Ex-lover, 2 Children Ablaze in Ibadan
A man identified as Ahmed Saka, has set ablaze the room of his ex-lover, Mutiat Oladele, leading to her death and her two children in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to reports the incident occurred at Shogoye, Idi-Arere area of Ibadan. Mr Saka had allegedly threatened to end his life and that of Ms Mutiat for…
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50 Arms-bearing Herdsmen Arrested In Ekiti, Borno, Others
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 50 arms-bearing herdsmen. “We arrested 50 illegally armed herdsmen and realised that some of them are into cattle rustling and kidnapping,’’ Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday in Abuja. He made the declaration while presenting licences to private guard…
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Insecurity: NYSC Calls For Deployment of More Troops To Orientation Camps
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has called for deployment of more troops to its Orientation Camps nationwide in view of the growing security challenges. The Chairman, Governing Board of NYSC, Fatima Abubakar made the call when she led members of the board on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim…
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FG Issues New Directive To Gotv, Startimes
The Federal Government says it has directed two PayTv platforms – GoTv and Startimes – to migrate their signals from self-carrying to any of the two licensed FreeTv signal distributors. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, said the directive was in line with the Digital…
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FG Gives Updates On Number of Nigerians Enrolled For NIN, SIMs Registration
The Federal Government says it has so far enrolled 51 million citizens for the National Identification Number (NIN) as at March 31, 2021. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organized by the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja on Thursday. He also revealed…
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Gunmen Attack Ex-CBN Governor, Kill 3 Police Officers (Graphic Photos)
Police in Anambra have confirmed gun attack on gathering being addressed by Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor in his country home in Isuofia, Aguata in Anambra. According to media reports, three policemen were shot death by gunmen during the event. Mr Soludo, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Grand Alliance,…
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FG Sets To Create 30,000 Jobs Through CSHSP Initiative
The Federal Government is set to create 30,000 jobs through the Community Safety and Human Security Programme, CSHSP, initiative to reduce crimes and violence across the country. The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume, made the disclosure at the inauguration of a 22-man committee of CSHSP, Nasarawa State chapter, on Tuesday.…
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How I Caught My Pregnant Wife With Another Man On Bed, Cleric Tells Court
A cleric, Abdulrasheed Olalere, has narrated how he allegedly caught his wife, Mariam, in bed with another man when she was four months pregnant. Olalere, who filed for divorce against Mariam, accused her of infidelity and attempts to elope with her lover. He said they settled and he accepted his wife back after he caught…
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How Boko Haram Bombed Two Transmission Line in Borno, TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says insurgents have again vandalised two towers on the Damaturu – Maidugiri 330kiloVolt (KV)Transmission Line. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said that the two towers were bombed early on Saturday . Mbah said that the Saturday vandalism…