Category: News
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Full List: Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Rema, Others Shine at Maiden Trace Awards in Rwanda
Top Nigerian Music Stars including Davido, Burna Boy, Asake, Rema, Yemi Alade were among the top winners at the maiden edition of the Trace Awards, which was held in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 21, 2023. The award ceremony is aimed at celebrating the creativity, talent, and influence of African and Afro-inspired music and artistes. Rema…
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FG Lists Conditions To Receive Cash Transfer, as CBN Begins Payment
Punch Newspaper The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those without…
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Former Senate President, Saraki ‘Pays’ Medical Expenses for Ailing Actor, Mr Ibu
Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki through his foundation Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) foundation has donated funds for the treatment of John Mr. Ibu Okafor, the actor currently battling with an undisclosed illness. ABS foundation is a non-profit organisation that was established by, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the former senate president. The foundation is dedicated to…
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JAMB Begins Probe of 2000 Candidates Denied Admission Despite High Scores
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has commenced a probe into a report that 2,000 applicants lost their university admission over the failure of the board to upload their results. On October 16, a report surfaced that about 2,000 applicants to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) who sat for JAMB’s Unified Tertiary…
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BREAKING: Tinubu orders release of lecturers’ withheld salaries over ASUU strike
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the commencement of their eight-month industrial action which began on February 14, 2022 and was terminated on October 17, 2022. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser…
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Renewed Cities Agenda: FG Solicits Release Of 50 Hectares Per State From Governors
The Federal Government has solicited the release of 50 hectares of land by state governments to enable it actualise its Renewed Cities Agenda in housing delivery for citizens. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, made this call when the Governor of Taraba, Dr Agbu Kefas, paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday…
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Report: Nigerians affected as EU clamps down on countries offering golden passports
The Cable News The European Union (EU) has raised security concerns over the trade in ‘golden passports’ after discovering that five Caribbean states have sold citizenship to 88,000 individuals from nations like Iran, Nigeria, Russia and China. The EU is seeking to review its visa-mechanism in countries that offer investor citizenship schemes to countries with…
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Kwara-born Media Guru, Issa Onilu, Seven Others Get Presidential Appointment
Kwara born media Guru who was also former National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Lanre Issa-Onilu has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) along with seven others for agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. According to…
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Naira Hits New Low Against U.S Dollar
Vanguard News The crises festering in Nigeria’s currency exchange market doubled down yesterday with the local currency depreciating further across all segments of the market. Vanguard’s monitor of the market yesterday indicated that the Naira went down from N1,100 to USD1.0 mid-day in the parallel market before settling at N1,060 in the major trading hubs…
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Tinubu Issues Fresh Directive Ministry of Education Over Varsities Approved by Buhari
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to stagger the take-off of some of the federal tertiary institutions established by the previous administration. Minister of Education, Dr Mamman Tahir, who disclosed this to journalists at the State House, Abuja after meeting with President Tinubu on Wednesday, explained that the decision was…