Category: News
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Eight Prospective Corps Members Abducted by Suspected Bandits
No fewer than eight prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits along a highway in Zamfara State. The victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route Zamfara State, to take part in…
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Labour Party Speaks On Purported Merging Arrangement Among Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso
Punch Newspaper The National Secretary of Labour Party, Umar Farouk, and Tai Obasi, media aide to LP flag bearer, Peter Obi have denied knowledge of an ongoing merger arrangement with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. The duo made…
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ASUU, ASUP, Other Academic Unions Send Message To Newly Sworn in Minister of Education
Academic unions and parents of students across the country yesterday urged Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to ensure improvement in the welfare of academics, improved funding and remuneration, as well as stabilise the academic calendar, and tackle out-of-school children. The unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Congress of University Academics (CONUA),…
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Alake: Why I was assigned Ministry of Solid Minerals
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake says he was assigned the portfolio by President Bola Tinubu because of the sensitive position of the sector to economic renewal. Alake disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen after the inauguration of 45 new ministers at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister…
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Syndicates Spread Fraud, Issue Fake Results to Desperate Admission Seekers
Punch Newspaper After posing as a candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Facebook, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE was approached by a syndicate of the UTME and West African Senior School Certificate Examination result manipulators who extort desperate candidates for ‘result upgrade’ In Nigeria, scoring what is considered a low mark in the Unified Tertiary…
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Tinubu appoints Momoh as minister designate for Niger Delta; reshuffles 3 ministers-designate
Following the outcry over the omission of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs in the recently published ministries and their respective ministers, President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The President also made a minor amendment to…
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Fresh OAU Graduate Heading To Nasarawa For NYSC Orientation Camp Kidnapped in Abuja
A fresh graduate of Education/English from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Miss Akande Abosede was said to have been kidnapped on Wednesday while on her way to the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Magaji Dan Yanusa Keffi, Nasarawa State. Akande with Call-up No.: NYSC/IFE/2023/201810 (Batch B stream 2), was kidnapped in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Reports…
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Police Arrest Traditional Priest For Obstructing Demolition Exercise
A demolition exercise being conducted by the government in the Nima district of Ghana was interrupted when local youths summoned a fetish priest to intervene. The priest, adorned in traditional regalia, attempted to halt the operation by pouring fetish liquid on a caterpillar bulldozer involved in the demolition. However, the intervention took an unexpected twist…
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Just In: CBN introduces FX price verification system portal
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a foreign exchange (FX) price verification system (PVS) portal to enable importers to access forex. The CBN, in a statement on Thursday night, said a price verification report from the portal is now mandatory for all Form M requests, effective from August 31, 2023. The Form ‘M’…
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Just: FG announces N5bn palliative for each state to address impact of subsidy removal
The federal government has announced a N5 billion palliative for each state of the federation, including the federal capital territory (FCT), to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy. Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, made the announcement in Abuja on Thursday when he spoke to State House correspondents at the end…