The National Examination Council (NECO) has unveiled ”NECO ‘e-Verify” platform to ease the verification of results, and checkmate manipulation and falsification of results conducted by the council. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, in his address of welcome at the ceremony on Thursday in Abuja, said all...
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The World Bank has provided one billion dollars to strengthen resilience and improve the livelihood of the people in the countries affected by the insurgency in the Lake Chad. The bank’s Country Manager for Chad, Mr Rasit Pertesv, made this known on Thursday during the Fourth Lake Chad Governor’s...
Former Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani died in Rome on Thursday at the age of 97. Local media reported on Friday that Forlani’s son Alessandro announced his father’s death. Forlani, of the Christian Democracy (DC) party, was born in 1925 in the Adriatic port town of Pesaro. He studied...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified illegal mining and other criminal activities as major threats to the nation’s economy. EFCC Acting Executive Chairman, Mr Abdulkarim Chukkol, said this at a one-day workshop which the commission organised for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Deremi Atanda, Managing Director of Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), a subsidiary of SystemSpecs Holdings Limited (SHL), has called for deeper industry collaboration to foster the adoption of digital payments in Nigeria. He made this call during his presentation at the 2023 Digital...
On Tuesday, 9th August 2022, senior editors and top journalists attended a media parley with the then Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor. The previous month, devastating terrorist activities were widely reported in the media, including attacks on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State; assault on...
Organiser of the 2nd Cycling Lagos on Thursday launched a portal to officially flag off its online registration of participants for the Greener Ride edition of the event, scheduled to hold on October 28, 2023. Speaking on the launch of the portal in Lagos, Chairman Cycling Lagos 2023, Mr....
Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused...
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River, says he is committed to making the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar, one of the leading tertiary institutions in the country. Otu made the commitment when he received Prof. Austin Angba, Vice-Chancellor of the university and his management team on a...
President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday assured foreign investors of the safety of their investments in Nigeria. Akpabio, gave the assurance while receiving a delegation from Jampur International Group FZE, led by its CEO, Mohanmed Shafiq in Abuja . Akpabio reinstated Federal Government’s commitment to provide...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces have in the last three weeks discovered and destroyed 30 illegal refining sites and 125 storage tanks in various operations in the South-South. Brig-Gen. Abdullahi Ibrahim who spoke on behalf of the Director, Defence Media Operations said this on Thursday in Abuja...
The Police Command in Lagos State has approved the dismissal of Insp. Samuel Ukpabio, over alleged baby theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the dismissal on Thursday on his verified Twitter handle. He said the recommendation of Ukpabio ’s dismissal was approved on Thursday. “The recommendation for...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe what it regards as illegal auctioning of the Federal Government properties by Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Others agencies allegedly involved are: the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) River Basin Development Authority (RBDA) and Nigeria...
Sen. Sharafadeen Alli of Oyo South Senatorial District has described the demise of Prophet Michael Ojo, popularly known as “Baba Olowere” as the loss of a true prophet of God. Alli, an APC senator, stated this in a condolence message he personally signed on Thursday and made available to newsmen...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has shut down the main library of the institution indefinitely. According to the library’s Public Relations Unit of the University, this follows the report of an explosive sound that rocked the Special Education Wing of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of Associate Professor Bello Alhaji Ibrahim as Executive Chairman of Borno State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS). The appointment was announced via a statement issued on Thursday by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau. Until his appointment,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has disbanded the police team responsible for running over a citizen in handcuffs in Ekpoma area of Edo. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja....
Gov Dauda Lawal of Zamfara on Thursday signed an executive order reducing the state ministries from 28 to 16 to improve quality services. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the Director General, Media and Communication, office of the governor, Malam Nuhu Anka. The governor noted...
The Enugu State Government says it has tracked down some hoodlums who were enforcing illegal weeklong sit-at-home in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday in Enugu. According to him, those engaged in scaremongering through fake...
The Police in Osun and Ekiti Commands on Thursday, warned those planning to celebrate ‘Cultists Day’ on July 7, to desist or be arrested and prosecuted. The warning is contained in separate statements issued by the police commands ahead of the ‘cultists day’ on Friday. In Osun, the police...