A popular actress and filmmaker, Stephanie Linus, has been announced as the chairperson of the Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Best International Feature Film category of the prestigious Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars. Recall that the founder and former chairperson of the committee, Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi, recently stepped down from the position. The […]
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A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State Services. The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the […]
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India’s latest space mission entered the Moon’s orbit on Saturday ahead of the country’s second attempt at a lunar landing. This was made known by the Indian Space Research Organisation via Facebook. “Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit,” the agency posted. Launched in mid-July, the mission underwent multiple orbits around Earth, gradually […]
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says update is free The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has urged prepaid meter users to update their meters before November 2024. NERC shared the update on its X handle (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The commission added that the update, which is free of charge, would not affect the current prepaid units of users. It further […]
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Daniel Bwala, an aide to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Bola Tinubu may be forced to sacrifice the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike if he goes ahead with his planned demolition of structures in the FCT. Wike, upon assuming office on Monday, vowed to demolish […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards CCMAS (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their programmes towards achieving the overall goals […]
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Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration in Abuja With the creation of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy after 30 years of advocacy, Adegboyega Oyetola, the pioneer minister, will need to hit the ground running to transform the sector, Adaku Onyenucheya writes: As the […]
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A picture taken on August 22, 2023 shows lightning over Mecca’s clock tower in Saudi Arabia. – Fierce storms closed schools on August 23 in the desert kingdom’s Mecca region, home to the Grand Mosque which was lashed by heavy rains and wind overnight, witnesses said. (Photo by Hammad Al-Huthali / AFP) Fierce storms closed […]
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), ‘Kemi Pinheiro, has urged the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to effect the immediate release of the former chairman of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrahseed Bawa. Pinheiro noted that Bawa’s continued detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) for […]
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By Monday Ubani In 1993 what you may consider a bizarre event occurred in the continent of Africa and the location was Nigeria. General Ibrahim Badamosi Babaginda was President and Commander in Chief under whose watch the heinous act against Nigerians was committed. The foundation for the annulment of the June 12 presidential election of […]
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