• NNPCL blames new pump price on market realities as petrol hits N617/litre • Labour, NECA kick against fuel hike, threaten to pull out of ongoing dialogue • Hike will shrink corporate earnings, stockbrokers warn Less than 24 hours after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data about the June inflation, which rose to […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology is set to conduct a Screening Exercise for primary six pupils transiting into Public Junior secondary schools in the coming academic session on July 31, 2023. This was contained in a circular, released by the Registrar, Mr Yekeen M.B, on behalf of the Ministry’s […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State government has said it may start enforcing the Examination Malpractice Act, as enshrined in the 1999 Federal Constitution. The Act stipulates a three years jail term or a fine of N100,000 or both for anyone caught and found guilty of compromising exam ethics in the country. Speaking in Ibadan, with […]
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I-CON Polytechnic, Osogbo, Osun State has launched a press club, I-CON Wiz, as a platform for practising journalism on campus. The inauguration ceremony was held at Osamdo House, Osogbo and chaired by the Assistant Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State council, Comrade Mayowa Fagbohungbe. Addressing the Mass Communication students of the […]
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The presidents of Benin, Niger, and Guinea-Bissau arrived at the Aso Rock Villa, on Tuesday, to visit their Nigerian counterpart, Bola Tinubu. President Patrice Talon of Benin, Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, and Umaro Embaló of Guinea-Bissau were received by Tinubu at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Soon afterward, he led […]
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A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), on Tuesday, said Nigeria currently ranked fifth globally in countries affected by organised crime behind the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Myanmar, and Mexico. According to him, Nigeria also ranked second among 54 countries in Africa and first among 15 countries in West Africa. While […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday attributed the rise in the petroleum pump prices in the country to ‘market forces’. The NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this while speaking to journalists after a closed-door meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House in Abuja. Kyari said with […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take over the investigation and prosecution of the officer(s) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) involved in the shooting and killing of a two-year-old boy, Ivan Onose Omhonrina, in Delta State. Insisting that the perpetrators must be brought to book, […]
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About 60 constitutional and human rights lawyers, yesterday, commenced a contempt charge against the Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The charge bordered on alleged disobedience to multiple judgments and orders of the court directing the release of suspended Central Bank Governor, […]
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Remarkable as the revenue being generated by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the federal government is, the debate that has ensued over the impact or otherwise of the funds on improving tertiary education should not be surprising. It is indeed true that money being generated by JAMB is not being used, at least […]
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