Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board has generated N20 billion from University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) between 2016 and 2019. He made the disclosure during a two-day meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre Operators, State Coordinators of the Board, Financial Institutions and Internet Service Providers on […]
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Alhaji Isa Dutse, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federal, States and Local Governments had shared the sum of N635.8 billion for the month of November. Dutse disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), meeting. He explained that the amount […]
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Nami as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and 13 others as board members. The confirmation of followed a report of the Committee on Finance and consideration of same at the Senate Committee of the Whole. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a letter to […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze conditions with localised visibility of two to five kilometres over Northern and Central cities. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja further predicted sunny and hazy conditions over inland cities within the period of forecast. “For Northern states, dust haze condition with localised visibility between the […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and thundery weather conditions for Saturday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Friday in Abuja predicted dust haze conditions with localised visibility of 2 to 5km over the North. It further predicted sunny and hazy conditions over inland cities of Central states with chances of thunderstorms over coastal […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his election victory in the United Kingdom general election. The President, in a congratulatory message by one of his spokespersons, Malam Garba Shehu, noted that “Britain has been a reliable and historically unique ally of Nigeria’’. He said Buhari observed that Britain had particularly supported […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Friday won a parliamentary majority, according to Sky News and BBC television, after a snap election was called over Brexit. Results show that the Tories have won 326 of the 650 seats in the lower House of Commons, meaning they could not be beaten. Exit polls from Thursday’s vote […]
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A passenger identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage Ezeh, according to information […]
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Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and partly cloudy conditions over Northern and Central cities with possible chances of thunderstorms over the Southern region on Tuesday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy condition over the Northern states throughout the forecast period. The agency further predicted the day and night […]
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A training helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in the NAF Base in Enugu after returning from a routine training exercise. According to NAF twitter account on Friday in Enugu, the crash occurred on Thursday after a routine training. It said that although there were casualties, the cause of the incident […]
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