The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order temporarily restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from enforcing its new policy mandating a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in Nigeria. This ...
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a substantial quantity of illicit substances in Lekki, Lagos State. The seizure includes 11,786 pills of tramadol, mally, rohypnol, and diazepam, as well as 64 bottles of codeine syrup. The ...
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Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has announced a significant increase in the minimum wage for civil servants in the state. The new minimum wage of N75,000 was revealed during a Holy Mass at the Government House Chapel in Abakaliki on Sunday. ...
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The UK has carried out its largest deportation operation to Nigeria and Ghana, returning 44 individuals. According to the UK Home Office, this move is part of a “major surge” in immigration enforcement. Deportations to these countries are rare, ...
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A Niger Delta militia group, the Niger Delta Development Force, has threatened to shut down oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The group stated it would destroy the facilities if President Bola Tinubu fails to caution the Minister ...
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The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of non-teaching staff unions in Nigerian universities, comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has directed its members to begin an ...
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The Police Force has issued a statement on Saturday regarding the unauthorized use of its official uniforms by VeryDarkMan. Earlier, VDM generated attention with a video in which he introduced himself as Policeman for the online division. He was ...
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has achieved a sweeping victory in the recent local government elections, securing all chairmanship and councillorship positions across the 44 local government areas of Kano State. Sani Malumfashi, Chairman of the Kano Independent ...
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Approximately 40 people are believed to be trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in Sabon Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja. According to PUNCH, the collapse occurred around 5 PM on Saturday while victims were still inside. Videos ...
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WEMA BANK PIONEERS NIGERIA’S FIRST LICENSED BANKING APP FOR TEENAGERS, ALAT XPLORE App Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative app and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, is breaking new ground by pioneering yet another industry first; the ...
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Golden Terra Oil says it has won the Outstanding Campaign of the Year Award at the 2024 National Marketing Stakeholders Summit and Awards. The event, held in Lagos, had in attendance leaders from across the marketing industry who gathered ...
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The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to commence the gradual withdrawal of old naira notes and make available to Nigerians new notes in N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations. This is just as the ...
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Sterling One Foundation, in partnership with PwC, NGX, and other partners, is set to host the fourth edition of the ESG Series 4.0 focused on sustainable business practices. UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office Nigeria, LBS Sustainability Centre, Lagos ...
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A Nigerian man, Solomon Mawo Akpama, has d!ed eleven days to his wedding. Solomon and his partner, Keltu Edith Chindo were set to get married on November 2, 2024, in Jos, Plateau State, d!ed in a motor accident on ...
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The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,739 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,735 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,601.2 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that ...
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A teenager broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday, k!lled one officer with a knife and wounded another, police said. The attack happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa. The assailant, born in ...
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Two men, Ige Balogun and Sunday Ojo, appeared before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, facing charges of allegedly stealing 20 tubers of yam. The defendants, Balogun, 20, and Ojo, 24, both without fixed addresses, pleaded not ...
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said that power distribution companies may begin to bear the cost of equipment used to repair faulty transformers and other transmission infrastructure replacements. It said if the measure is implemented, it will ensure ...
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Lagos, Nigeria – October 24, 2024 – We wish to address a misleading report circulating in the media regarding a system upgrade at FirstBank. The message which was incorrectly interpreted and reported was sent to, and intended for our vendors ...
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement,” the ...
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Three persons have been confirmed de.ad in a helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The accident occurred at 11:22 a.m. along the waterways in Port Harcourt when the helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 ...
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The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, yesterday, disclosed that over 352 facilities including religious houses have been shut down across various parts of the state in the last year over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The General Manager ...
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Nigeria’s engagement with the global debt market remains vibrant despite challenges posed by high borrowing costs, the International Monetary Fund has said. During a press conference on the global financial stability report at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in ...
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The Federal Government on Wednesday withdrew the money laundering charges preferred against Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Binance, its U.S. head of financial crime compliance, Gambaryan, and the exchange British-Kenyan regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla, were facing money laundering ...
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FBN Holdings, a financial holding company, will seek shareholder approval for a new capital raise of N350 billion at its upcoming annual general meeting. The firm also is considering a change of its legal and brand name to FirstHoldco ...
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