Category: News
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FG To Begin Payment For Unemployed Nigerian Graduates With NCE, Others
The Federal Government on Monday said it would extend its social security payments net to graduates with qualifications from NCE and upwards. Addressing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, disclosed that the programme would see unemployed Nigerian youths being paid…
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Naira Appreciates Further at Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The Cable News The naira, on Monday, appreciated further to N1,650 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. Naira appreciated by 6.78 percent, representing N120 drop compared to the N1,770/$ traded on February 23, 2024. Bureau De Change operators (BDCs) in Lagos put the buying price of the dollar at…
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FULL LIST: Agencies that may be scrapped based on Oronsaye report
Punch Newspaper President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report. As a result, the government announced the merging, subsuming, scrapping, and relocation of several agencies. In 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan established the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions, and Agencies, with Mr. Steve Oronsaye as the…
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BREAKING: Tinubu orders full implementation of Oronsanye Report
Punch Newspaper President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report.Consequently, it announced the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “So…
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NECO Gives Breakdown of Students Performance in 2023 Exam
The National Examination Council, NECO, on Monday, revealed that 50,066 candidates representing 67.35 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for Senior School Certificate Examinations got five credits including Mathematics and English language. The Registrar of NECO, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this while releasing the results and launching the Automated Annual Posting…
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Social Media: NYSC DG Issues Warning To Corps Members Attending 3-week Orientation Camp
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against sharing camp activities on social media. Ahmed said moments captured during the three weeks of exercise must only be for their consumption. The DG, according to a statement on Sunday, handed down the warning while addressing the 2024 Batch…
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Qatar Makes U-Turn, To Hold Investment Forum During Tinubu’s Visit
There was some controversy over the President’s visit with some reports claiming Qatar had snubbed him. A so-called leaked memo dated February 22 2024 had showed that Qatar declined the proposed forum, saying the Arab country had no agreement with the Nigerian side on the matter. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga would later issue a statement…
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Why ECOWAS Lifted Economic Sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
The Nation Newspaper Citing humanitarian considerations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday resolved to lift some of the sanctions it had imposed on Niger, Mali and Guinea, following the unconstitutional change of government in the countries. An Extrardinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS took…
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How FG Inflicts Hardship on Lecturers, Students – ASUU Alleges
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Nigerian government of inflicting hardship on lecturers and students. Speaking on Friday at a press conference organised at the University of Lagos by the Lagos Zone of the union, the Zonal Coordinator, Prof Adelaja Odukoya, explained that it was imperative to update Nigerians…
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Naira Appreciates at Parallel Market
Naira strengthened on Friday to close at N1,770 against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. It appreciated by N90 or 4.84 percent, compared to the N1,860 per dollar reported on February 21, 2024. Bureau de Change (BDC) operators quoted the buying price of the naira at N1,730 and the selling…