Leads 113 others in NUC’s ranking FUTA follows The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the University of Ibadan (UI) the best in its latest 2021 ranking released yesterday in Abuja. The ranking, which had 12 indicators, involved 113 universities across the country. The institutions were ranked on the basis of the total number of […]
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Some of the Governors Governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday lost in their bid to hold down the Federal Government from deducting $418 million from their monthly allocations to settle their contractual obligations in the Paris Club refund. In a ruling at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Inyang Ekwo refused a […]
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By Lucas Ajanaku Two decades after the liberalisation of the telecoms sector, MTN Nigeria is opening a new vista of opportunity to democratise its ownership by allowing retail investors to share in its fortunes. LUCAS AJANAKU writes on the prospects and challenges of the initiative. When former President Olusegun Obasanjo liberalised the telecoms sector to […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu Direct primary will ensure free, fair polls, tame corruption – Bamidele, Moro The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has the capacity to monitor any form of primary, whether direct or indirect, that may be conducted by the political parties. Its National Commissioner in charge of Information and […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said only Computer-Based Centres that are 100 per cent prepared will be used for its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board announced this in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja. […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has hinted of the likelihood of the party choosing its 2023 presidential candidate by consensus. He spoke against the backdrop of his election as the party’s consensus candidate in the October 31 national convention. Most members of his newly inaugurated executive committee were […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi The Chairman, Ekiti Council of Elders, Prof Joseph Oluwasanmi, has lamented that most of the governors in the state had been self-serving rather than prioritising development of the state. Oluwasanmi, who called on Ekiti people to shun monetary inducement in next year’s election and source for a patriotic person, give […]
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A mechanic, Promise Tochukwu, aka Daddy, has been shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified policeman on Opaleye Bridge, around Okoya Street, in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The killer cop was said to have followed a security team to the area, which included military men of the Operation MESA. There are, however, […]
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Today marks Day 25 since the amended Electoral Act Bill 2021 has been on the table of President Muhammadu Buhari for assent into law. The nation is waiting for the electoral law to open a new vista for a credible electoral process in our democracy. And should Buhari fail to append his signature in the […]
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• Judiciary must assert, liberate self, says body of senior advocates • Faults Court of Appeal on Onnoghen’s saga An Abuja Federal High Court, yesterday, refused to grant an injunctive order against the Federal Government over its bid to deduct $418 million from the allocations of the 36 state governments. The governors, through their counsel, […]
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