The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has stated that the refusal of the Lagos State Government to issue a circular on the usage of hijab is to blame for the crisis in the state. The female president of the Lagos chapter of the society in Lagos, Basheerah Majekodunmi, made this known while addressing a […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dismissed some reports that he has been picked as the running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to fly the flag of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2023 general election. The Governor while calling on the general public to discountenance the report said the South was […]
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Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish a School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. With the passage of the FUTA (Amendment) Bill, the upper chamber approved the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, from a Diploma awarding […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a sixty-two billion Naira (N62bn) trust fund to help the country end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. Speaking at the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN), the President pledged that his administration […]
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Ijaw national leader, Edwin Clark, appealed to those aspiring for presidency in the 2023 general elections in the north to reconsider their ambition. Edwin noted that those aspiring for presidency from the north such as the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Aminu Tambuwal and others, for the interest of unity, peace and […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited has made a shocking disclosure at the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. The company, in its 2021 performance report submitted to the committee recently, the national oil firm said it spent N100 billion on the rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries last year. It revealed that N8.3 billion […]
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The African Union (AU), has suspended Burkina Faso, following the military coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, on 24th January. The AU’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department announced on Twitter on Monday that it had voted “to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities, until the effective restoration of constitutional […]
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Candidates who would be sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), can now include Computer Studies or Physical and Health Education (PHE) as part of their four UTME subjects, if they so desire or as dictated by their programme preferences. This is made possible following the addition, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), […]
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Senator Rochas Okorocha, former Governor of Imo state, has officially declared his will to contest for the presidency in 2023. Okorocha currently represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate. While declaring his intentions to run for office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, the Senator said uniting Nigerians across […]
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Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church, Winners Chapel, has recounted why some Nigerians once called him a devil and wished him dead. Oyedepo made it known he was called a devil for preaching prosperity. He disclosed this while preaching to his members at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State on the theme “Blood […]
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