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23 Jan
Experts have advised the Federal Government not to ignore the allegation by former General Officer Commanding (GOC) that terrorism is a criminal enterprise rather than any ideology.
23 Jan
A group, Edo Consciousness (TEC), yesterday, called on Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to visit alleged continued stay in office of the Vice Chancellor of the Edo State University, Iyamho, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor.
23 Jan
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the negotiation and implementation of a new nationsl minimum wage is a collective struggle for all and not just organised labour.
23 Jan
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to change the leadership of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
23 Jan
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared recent report claiming that paracetamol tablets sold in Nigeria are below standard as “false and unscientific.”.
23 Jan
The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) is a national examinations body approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria in December 2013 but formally established in April 2014 by a consortium of 10 partner universities and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), led by the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
23 Jan
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), yesterday, rescued a male accident victim on Anthony-Oke Bridge, inward the Gbagada area of Lagos.
23 Jan
Following a successful pilot programme, globe’s first World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended malaria vaccines are to be administered through routine immunisation programmes across Africa today, beginning with Cameroon.
23 Jan
Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences, yesterday, raided Oshodi and environs, arresting 63 persons. Chairman of the agency, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Shola Jejeloye, led the operation that lasted over three hours.
23 Jan
In November 2020, the Nigerian Police Force recruited over 25,000 special constabularies to assist in community policing. The then Police Affairs Minister, Mohammed Dingyadi, said the special constabulary would complement regular police officers
23 Jan
Federal Government has approved more registries to facilitate marriages. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who disclosed this, said government, with the interest of citizens at heart, took the step to ensure efficient service delivery
23 Jan
Rita, the wife of embattled Professor Cyril Ndifon of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), is now a professor at the institution’s Faculty of Education. A Federal High Court had, recently, ordered that Cyril, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Ahmad Aruwa, has accused the presidency of working against the party’s suspended National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
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Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has charged contractors and site engineers handling the construction of the 260 smart schools and 260 Type-2 primary health facilities in the 260 wards of the state on the delivery of world-class projects that would stand the test of time.
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Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has declared that reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administration have started manifesting in the resurgence of the nation’s economy.
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The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, formally invited the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata, over alleged security breaches, involving shootings at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ugbowo Campus, last Friday.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, declared immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted.
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A Nigeria Child Labour survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that about 39.2 per cent of children in Nigeria are trapped in forced labour.
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Oyo State Government, yesterday, charged residents of the state to report any illegal, life-threatening and nefarious activities going on in their environment, saying the government is out to maintain security.
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, found near any of their facilities during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins today.
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed April 23 for ruling in the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking a substituted service of the charge on the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.