Oriental Energy commences 2020/2021 scholarship programme Two thousand candidates have applied for the 2022/2023 Federal Scholarship Award. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, disclosed this at the inauguration of nomination for the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) in Abuja on Monday. He said that more than 30,000 candidates had benefited since […]
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The likelihood of potential further spread of the new Omicron Coronavirus strain at the global level is high, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. “Given mutations that may confer immune escape potential and possibly transmissibility advantage, the likelihood of potential further spread of Omicron at the global level is high,” the WHO said […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has taken over the collection of the N700 registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), from 2022. It said in its weekly bulletin issued in Abuja on Monday that it would collect the approved N700 registration fee at the point of registration and remit the same […]
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Chiemeka Arinze, an accomplice of suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, has died in prison custody. Arinze is standing trial alongside Evans, Joseph Emeka, and Udeme Upong, over the attempted kidnap of the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court. […]
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Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi, retired, submitting the panel’s report to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on November 15 A member of the Lagos #EndSARS panel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, and a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, Monday Ubani, have opposed Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, SAN, over the legality […]
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All the judicial panels investigating the October 2020 #EndSARS protests and cases of police brutality across the country are illegal, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo has declared. He was however, quick to explain that his comment was not that of the Federal Government, but his personal view as a lawyer and […]
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Economic and financial experts have warned the Federal Government that Nigeria risks losing key national assets to China in the event that it defaults in paying back loans obtained from China which is currently put at $3.48bn. They spoke against the backdrop of the possible takeover of Uganda’s only international airport and other key assets […]
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Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali •Top pastors, business moguls, banks and oil firms’ CEOs affected •NCAA, FAAN, NAMA get letter to ground affected planes •Aviation ministry, Customs on warpath over flight ban directive The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to ground 91 private jets belonging to some wealthy Nigerians over their […]
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Chibueze Nnaji, a corporal in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has obtained a PhD from the Abia State University (ABU). He bagged the degree at the 27th and 28th combined convocation of the university. Speaking during the convocation ceremony in a video published by ABN TV, a news platform based in the South-east, the police […]
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