The federal government on Thursday directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, issued the directive in Abuja at the annual lecture series of the NBC and the 25th anniversary of the commission. The minister said the directive was […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted localised thunderstorms over Bauchi, Jalingo and Yola in the morning with cloudy conditions over most places in the central cities. NiMet, in its Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) issued on Tuesday in Abuja, also predicted localised thunderstorms with rains over Abuja, Jalingo, Ibi, Lafia and […]
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The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday in Abuja, disclosed that the examination body has fixed the cut off marks for tertiary institutions. He said the stakeholders unanimously agreed that the minimum cut-off marks for university degree is to stand at 120. The stakeholders, according to him, pegged […]
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Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government, states and local governments shared N467.8 billion as allocation in August. This indicates a shortfall in revenue by N184.2 billion from N652 billion shared in July. Adeosun, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Mahmoud Dutse, said this at the end of […]
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A new research has shown that oil workers, having direct contact with crude oil and benzene have a much greater risk of developing skin cancer. This is as revealed by public broadcaster NRK, on Tuesday. Researchers at the Cancer Registry of Norway have investigated the incidence of skin cancer among 25,000 oil workers employed in […]
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Many people were feared dead on Thursday in a fresh attack by Boko Haram Islamists in Ghumbili community in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa. The attack comes a few days after a similar incident in a neighbouring village in the Local Government, known as Mildu, where seven people were killed by the insurgents. […]
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says a total of 923,486 candidates, out of 1,559,162 who sat for the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination obtained credit passes in Mathematics and English. The figure, which represents 59.22 per cent, is an improvement on the percentage of school candidates who obtained credit passes in Mathematics […]
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The Police Command in Borno said on Monday that a total of 12 persons were killed while 18 others sustained various degrees of injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, made this known while confirming the attack at a news briefing in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the country’s inflation as measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) further dropped to 16.10 per cent in June from 16.25 per cent in May. The NBS made this known in its CPI June 2017 report released on Monday in Abuja. According to the bureau, this is the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approached the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to intervene in the recall process of Sen. Dino Melaye which was stopped by the federal high court, Abuja. Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, National Commissioner and acting Chairman of INEC explained in a statement he issued on Saturday in Abuja said that […]
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