Category: News
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Suspended Adamawa REC Arrested
Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari, has been arrested. Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, confirmed Yunusa-Ari’s arrest on Tuesday. He said some of the persons who played roles in the controversy surrounding the election were also being probed. Yunusa-Ari had sparked a controversy after declaring Senator Aisha Dahiru, aka…
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JAMB Reschedules UTME For Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has disclosed that candidates who could not sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, would be rescheduled to take the examination on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The board disclosed this in a statement on Monday through its spokesperson,…
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Yahoo Yahoo: 19 Varsity Students Arrested After EFCC Raids Hostels
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 19 students of the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) for allegedly indulging in internet fraud. The anti-graft agency raided two private hostels at Ikot Akpadem in Mkpat-Enin LGA of Akwa Ibom on April 28. EFCC said the raid followed several months of surveillance on their suspected…
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Pray For Smooth Transition of Power To Tinubu – Witches and Wizards Urge Nigerians
The White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria, has rallied support for the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29. The Association also urged Nigerians to pray for a smooth transition of power to the President-elect. Spokesperson of the group, Okhue Obo, in a statement, assured Tinubu of their efforts to cleanse…
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Pay Rise: FG Sends Message To Lecturers, Medical Doctors, Others
Lecturers in government-owned higher institutions, medical doctors and other categories of civil servants under the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure, Consolidated Medical Salary Scale, popularly known as CONMESS, CONHESS, CONTISS salary scales, will benefit from an undisclosed percentage of pay rise, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made the disclosure on Monday.…
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Workers’ Day: Tinubu Vows To Give More Than Minimum Wage To Nigerian Workers
Vanguard News In what appeared a pledge to embark on wage increase in the middle of the year, President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has vowed to give more than a minimum wage to Nigerian workers, promising to give them a “living wage”. “In the Nigeria I shall have the honour and privilege to lead from May…
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Northern Governor’s Son Marries American Partner, Alysa (Photos)
Zakari Abdullahi, One of the children of Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has tied nuptial knot with his partner, Alysa, in the United States of America. The wedding, according to a post by the governor’s mandate group on Facebook, took place on Saturday at the McKinney Roughs Nature Park, Texas, United States. The pictures show…
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Nigerian Witches and Wizards Gives Dino Melaye Condition To Win Kogi Guber Poll
Ahead of Kogi governorship election slated for November 2023, a group under auspices of White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria has urged the flag-bearer of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Dino Melaye, to either see them or be ready to “lose” the poll. The group’s spokesperson, Dr Okhue Oboi gave the advice…
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How Tinubu Plans To Remove Fuel Subsidy – Source
Many are of the belief that fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria is an economic necessity, as the subsidy funds could lead to major development gains. However, considering the attendant pressure the removal may have on Nigerians and the economy, there are strong indications that the incoming government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu may no more be…
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FG Gives Breakdown Of $1.2m Bus Fare For Sudan Evacuees
The Federal Government on Sunday gave a breakdown of the $1.2m spent on the bus fare to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan to Egypt borders for onward airlifting to Nigeria. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry and Chair of the Situation Room on evacuation of Nigerians from Sudan, gave the…