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Student loan: NELFUND postpones application process

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Student loan: NELFUND postpones application process

Bode June 25, 2024

The Management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announce a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loan for state institutions due to low data submissions. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Head, Media and Public...

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Worldwide alcohol consumption declining slowly — WHO

Bode June 25, 2024

People around the world are drinking less alcohol than they used to but the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that the reduction is happening far too slowly. The WHO reported in Geneva on Tuesday that the organisation’s goal of reducing consumption by 20 per cent by 2030 compared...

Governor Makinde reshuffles Oyo cabinet

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Governor Makinde reshuffles Oyo cabinet

Bode June 25, 2024

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle. This is contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, on Tuesday in Ibadan. According to the statement, Mr Segun Olayiwola, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, has...

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Naira abuse: Court strikes out charge against Cubana Chief Priest

Bode June 25, 2024

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a charge against celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, over alleged abuse of the naira. Justice Kehinde Ogundare struck out the charge following the adoption of terms of settlement between parties to the suit....

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Governor Aliyu denies plans to dethrone Sultan of Sokoto

Bode June 25, 2024

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu has said his relationship with the Sultanate Council remain cordial and urged the Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) and Vice President Kassim Shettima, to disregard mischievous groups. This is contained in a statement issued by Aliyu’s spokesman, Malam Abubakar Bawa, on Tuesday in Sokoto....

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Police recruitment: Ex-IGP Okiro urges PSC, Police to work in harmony

Bode June 25, 2024

Former Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Mike Okiro has called on the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to work in harmony for national security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police had alleged irregularities and corruption in the recruitment of Constables...

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IPMAN vows to continue strike as petrol hit N2,000 per liter in Adamawa

Bode June 25, 2024

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Adamawa/Taraba chapter, has expressed resolve to continue its ongoing strike even as petrol sells N2,000 per liter. The IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Dahiru Buba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. He...

Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)

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Exercise patience over hike in food prices, FCCPC tells Nigerians

Bode June 25, 2024

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has advised Nigerians to exercise patience over the increase in food prices across the nation. The commission said that the Federal Government is making appropriate efforts to address the problem. The acting Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Dr Adamu...

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Electricity consumers increase to 12.33m in Q1 2024 – NBS

Bode June 25, 2024

The number of electricity consumers rose by 210,000 from 12.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 12.33 million in the first quarter of 2024. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Electricity Report for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024 released on Tuesday in...

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Nasarawa Speaker, Envulanza, Ombugadu, 32 others bag traditional titles

Bode June 25, 2024

By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Danladi Jatau, has been conferred with traditional title of Garkuwan Eggon, by the Aren Eggon, HRH Justice Ahmed Ubangari Alaku (rtd). Also conferred with the new traditional titles were Barrister Danladi Halilu Envulu-Anza, as...

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar.

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Ending banditry in Nigeria will take decades – Sultan of Sokoto

Bode June 25, 2024

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, has said it would take decades for the bandit-ravaged North-West geopolitical zone to come out of the menacing security challenge. The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) stated this at the North-West Peace and Security Summit...

Katsina State Governor, Umar Dikko Radda

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We won’t allow insecurity to define our region – Governor Radda

Bode June 25, 2024

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has said the North-West Governor’s Forum will not allow insecurity to define the region. The Governor said this at the opening of a two-day North-West Peace and Security Summit in Katsina on Monday, with the theme: ‘Regional Cooperation for Securing Lives and...

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Tinubu appoints Tunji Bello as new CEO for FCCPC

Bode June 25, 2024

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), pending confirmation by the Senate. The presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued...

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113 countries yet to have woman head of state, says UN women

Bode June 25, 2024

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women has said 113 countries have never had a woman Head of State and only 26 are led by a woman today. The UN Women, in a new figure on gender equality...

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Alleged burglar suffers electric shock inside FAAN powerhouse

Bode June 25, 2024

An unidentified man believed to have attempted to steal electrical cables inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Lagos airport, has suffered an electric shock. The Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, made the disclosure on Monday at the...

JAMB to announce cut-off marks on July 18

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JAMB to announce cut-off marks on July 18

Bode June 25, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, July 18, 2024, for the Policy Meeting to deliberate on admissions cut-off marks into tertiary institutions. The meeting which is expected to set minimum cut-off marks for 2024/2025 admissions, would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof....

Ms Michelle Corzine (5th from right) with other participants at a partnership meeting with some stakeholders on Monday in Abuja.

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U.S. Govt. awards $26.6m grants to 33 Nigerian companies

Bode June 25, 2024

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has awarded 26.6 million dollars in co-investment grants to 33 companies in Nigeria through its global hunger and food security initiative. Ms Michelle Corzine, Director of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Power, USAID, announced this at a partnership...

Femi Gbajabiamila and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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Tinubu felicitates Chief of Staff Gbajabiamila on birthday

Bode June 25, 2024

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on his birthday. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman , Chief Ajuri Ngelale, described Gbajabiamila as a statesman and prolific public administrator. He said Gbajabiamila was also an...

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Constitutional role for traditional institution is solution to Nigeria’s current security, socio-economic decadence – Oba Haastrup

Bode June 24, 2024

By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Giving a constitutional role for the traditional institution, at least at the local level, has been identified as the solution the the present security and socio-economic decadence in the country. The Olumobi of Imobi-Ijesa, His Royal Highness, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, made...

Former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and court gavel

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Money laundering: Court acquits ex-Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji, aide

Bode June 24, 2024

Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, acquitted a former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his former aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, of 54-counts of money laundering.. Delivering judgment, Justice Liman held that the prosecution failed to discharge the...