JAMB makes NIN mandatory for UTME, direct entry admission

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the National Identity Number (NIN) is mandatory for students seeking admission into universities of their choice. JAMB spokesman Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday, said all potential candidates must provide their NIN at the point of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) […]

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Reps probe NNPC over alleged $25b spent on refineries

Investigate accounting ‘infractions’ of govt, others The House of Representatives, yesterday, ordered immediate probe of over $25 billion allegedly spent by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on turnaround maintenance of refineries. The decision was sequel to adoption of a motion initiated by Mr. Onofiok Akpan Luke during plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. […]

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Public schools in throes of poor infrastructure, learning facilities

A classroom in Birnin Kebbi Education infrastructure is an important factor in determining the quality of learning and graduates being churned out, however, most public schools lack basic infrastructure, such as laboratory, library, electricity and quality learning environment. While existing infrastructures in some public schools are in deplorable condition, others are below acceptable standards and […]

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IMF, JP Morgan list policy options for economic recovery

To review Nigeria’s growth prospect for 2021 Calls for foreign exchange market reform The International Monetary Fund (IMF), JP Morgan and the American Business Council (ABC) have recommended policy options that could aid economic recovery efforts in Nigeria.  According to the financial institutions, policy options for economic growth and recovery would border on increased pace of […]

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OAUSTECH maiden inaugural lecture: Varsity don, Teniola counsels govt on food security

By Banji Ayoola A professor of Industrial Microbiology at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Prof Olakunle David Teniola, has called on the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria to give priority attention to the food industry to guarantee food security and smooth industrialisation. Besides he advised government at […]

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Traditional worshipers demand stoppage of Reps hijab bill

The global head of Ifa priests, otherwise called the Araba Agbaye, Chief Owolabi Aworeni, on Tuesday cautioned the Kwara State Governor, Abdualrahman Abdulrazaq, against actions that might incite violence in the state. Also, Aworeni urged the House of Representatives to halt a bill which sought to institutionalise the use of hijab in the country. The […]

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Ortom visits Buhari, says 2023 polls under threat

Stop inflammatory statements, Benue governor advises Nigerians With full-scale banditry, nobody will think of 2023 elections –Akeredolu Benue State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, three days after he was attacked by herdsmen. At the end of the meeting held behind closed doors, the governor told […]

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Why Tinubu doesn’t frequent Aso Villa to meet Buhari – Garba Shehu

Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, says All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, does not frequent Aso Villa to meet with the President Muhammadu Buhari because he is not a cabinet member of the present regime. He made this known in a statement on Wednesday, titled, ‘Alleged Rift Between President Buhari And Tinubu; Handiwork Of Cynics’. The […]

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Ortom: Insecurity worse under Buhari than Abacha, says Mailafia

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, says Nigeria is going through the worst of times as a nation. He also said the security situation in the nation during the era of the late military head of state, Sani Abacha, was better than the insecurity confronting Nigerians in the […]

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JAMB accredits Fedpoly Ile Oluji as CBT registration centre

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accredited the Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State as one of its registration centres in the South West Zone of the country. It would serve for the registration of prospective candidates for year 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry Applications […]

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