The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged candidates for this year’s UTME not to allow a third pa.rty do the registration for them. Registrar of the board, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede gave the advice while monitoring the ongoing exercise on Friday in Lagos. According to him, research...
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The Nigeria Navy has discovered 15 massive illegal refining sites with the capacity to process 2.7 million litres of crude oil per day in Rivers, a senior navy official revealed. Commodore Desmond Igbo, the Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, made the disclosure on Friday when...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says it has sanctioned eleven Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) for non compliance with capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. The commission’s management said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The commission said that a review of the DisCos billing...
The ban on alcoholic beverages in sachets and pet bottles less than 200ml may cause manufacturers and other stakeholders across the food and beverages value chain to lose investments worth over N800 billion. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN)...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Patrice Motsepe, on Friday in Abidjan said about two billion people globally are watching the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. Motsepe disclosed this at a news conference, ahead of the AFCON final on Saturday. He described the...
Nigeria women’s national under-17 football team, the Flamingos on Friday in Abuja whitewashed their Central African Republic counterparts 6-0, in the second-leg of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, saw...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that the bill, which was passed by the...
The 2023 New Telegraph newspaper awards drew a huge cast of outliers and top flyers in both the public and private sector. The awards spectrum was wide, covering critical sectors of the socio-economic and political ecosystems. But by far, the most outstanding award of the night was the 2023 Most Innovative...
A group of youths have taken to the streets of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to protest against economic hardship and insecurity in Nigeria. The protesters displayed placards with several inscriptions, chanting solidarity songs to express their grievances, and demands for improved living standards for Nigerians. They...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has assured of stability in naira/ dollar exchange rate. The CBN Governor Mr Olayemi Cardoso, said this at an interface with the Senate Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance in Abuja on Friday. “In terms of volatility of the exchange rate, we...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The operatives of FCT Police Command, attached to Utako divisional Headquarters, have arrested six (6) suspected armed robbers in an uncompleted hospital building which is a marked black spot in Utako village. The suspects; one Basara Hassan ‘m’ 41, Daniel Charles ‘m’ 27,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the yearly Access Bank Lagos City Marathon coming up on Saturday between 5.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, who announced this in a statement on Friday in...
The Federal Government has assured its commitment to expedite full implementation of the 16-point agreement reached with organised labour. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, gave the assurance at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Nigeria Labour...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Yemi Cardoso, has said the measures taken so far by the apex bank to stabilize foreign exchange rates have started yielding positive results. He noted that these measures would help to stabilise the foreign exchange rates and minimize the distortion that...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sanctioned two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of NAFDAC, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa, seeking protection against arrest, detention or prosecution by the police and others. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Justice...
An Akure-based medical practitioner and Chief Medical Director of Sckye Hospital, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, has warned Super Eagles fans and football lovers who are highly emotional and have heart conditions to avoid Sunday’s final. Ikubese, who stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in...
No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead on Friday in a lone accident involving a Toyota Camry car at Area J3 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta . Okpe...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 93 Battalion under 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. The acting Assistant Director of 6 Brigade Lieutenant, Oni Olubodunde, disclosure this in a statement on...