Stakeholders differ on UTME 16-year minimum age
Some stakeholders in the education sector, including the Nigeria Union of Teachers, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools and the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria...
View ArticleMan United’s Rashford to undergo shoulder surgery, faces 12 weeks out
– reports London, United Kingdom | AFP | Tuesday 7/13/2021 – 23:52 UTC+2 | 230 words Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford could be sidelined for up to three months after deciding to have surgery...
View ArticleDespite denial, FG earmarks N20bn for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
The Federal Government has set aside N20bn for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines three months after denying a report by The PUNCH that N10.6bn had been set aside for distribution of vaccines across...
View ArticleAbiodun blames FG as residents tackle gov over Lagos-Abeokuta highway
Angry residents of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday stopped the convoy of the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, demanding explanation for his failure to fix the...
View ArticleCOVID 19: UNILAG orders students to vacate campus, continue lectures online
The management of the University of Lagos on Wednesday asked students to vacate their hall of residence from Wednesday to 12 noon on Thursday (today). The institution also announced that lectures would...
View ArticleOnochie can function elsewhere for Nigeria – Situation Room
A coalition of over 70 human rights organisations under the aegis of Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room on Wednesday said the rejection of the confirmation of Lauretta Onochie as a National...
View ArticleReps to pass electoral bill today, panel pegs presidential poll expenses at N5bn
The House of Representatives is billed to pass amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010 today (Thursday) barring any last-minute change in plan. The Committee on Electoral Matters laid its report on the...
View ArticleKaduna, kidnapping HQ, says CAN, demands emergency rule
The Christian Association of Nigeria has called for the declaration of a state of emergency in Kaduna State, but warned that it should not be politicised. The body said the call became necessary...
View ArticleTax credit: FEC awards N309.9bn road contracts to Dangote
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the award of a contract to Dangote Industries for the construction of five roads totaling 274.9 km at the cost of N309.9bn to be advanced to the...
View ArticleWe suspect conspiracy in Super TV boss murder, says CP
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has paraded no fewer than 1,320 suspects for allegedly terrorising and robbing residents of their valuables in various areas of the state....
View ArticleOn media regulation, Gbajabiamila just didn’t get it
Until Tuesday, there were two media-muzzling bills before the National Assembly: one is the Act to amend the Nigerian Press Council Act 1992, and the other is the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission...
View ArticleFans attack police as command parades heavily-tattooed artiste, King of...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an artiste, who identified himself as King of Madness. The artiste, who was among 1,320 suspects paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,...
View ArticleOne injured as Fulani clan clashes over who inherits family head’s widow
A Fulani man, Babbi Aliyu, was seriously injured during a clash between members of a Fulani family in Ikoroku village in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The clash, which occurred in...
View ArticleYoruba Nation rally: Falana takes over slain salesgirl’s case, Lagos pledges...
The Lagos State Government has said anyone found culpable in the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3,...
View ArticleAgric subsidy: Farmers fault FG, govt claims six million operators registered
The Presidency and the All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria on Wednesday clashed over the Federal Government’s claim on the registration of farmers. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on...
View ArticleKidnappers raped me daily, killed abductees in my presence – Woman
A kidnap victim has taken to social media to narrate how she was allegedly abducted and sexually abused by some gunmen during her travel to Rivers State. The woman, with the Twitter handle...
View ArticleGTB appoints Olusanya first female managing director
The newly established Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has appointed Mrs Miriam Olusanya as the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank Limited. It also announced its new board of directors as well...
View ArticleFIBA stops Nneka Ogwumike from representing Nigeria
Nneka Ogwumike’s petition to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Olympics was on Wednesday rejected by basketball governing body FIBA due to “substantial involvement” of more than 10 years with Team USA....
View ArticleThree siblings die after yam flour meal in Kwara
Another tragedy struck in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State on Tuesday as three members of the same family died of suspected food poisoning. It was gathered on Wednesday that the...
View ArticleFG to partner Korea in boosting mining sector
The Federal Government of Nigeria plans to partner with the Republic of Korea to boost the mining sector and diversify the economy. It disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Mining: FG urges strategic...
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