Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has said Nigeria’s potentials can be best attained if the country remains united. The ex Rivers State Governor on Friday spoke at the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar. In his speech, entitled ‘The National Question and the Challenges of Nationhood in Nigeria’, Amaechi preached equal opportunities […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Friday said it has applied for a waiver from the Federal Government to allow applicants for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examination to obtain new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card for registration. The examination body noted that candidates must make use of accessible […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, received the COVID-19 vaccine jab in his office alongside some principal staff officers of the Nigerian Army on Friday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima also got vaccinated. After receiving the vaccine, Attahiru reiterated the call for all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian […]
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The National Universities Commission, NUC had on Friday, approved three (3) new universities established by the Government of Delta State to begin full academic session. The approval was given by the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, when the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, led top state government officials to present strategic documents of the […]
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Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has said that Nigeria’s current poor corruption rating by Transparency International is as a result of inadequate data. This statement was made by the information minister while addressing newsman on Wednesday on TI’s January 2021 report in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points (the country’s […]
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A High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, sentenced a professor of the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, to three years in prison for announcing a false election result during the 2019 general elections. The professor of science who had served as the returning officer in the senatorial election in Akwa […]
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General Overseer of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has described the hijab controversy rocking the missions in Kwara state as a nasty development. The clergy said he has never seen a place in his life where a tenant will be deciding for the landlord, urging Muslims in the state to “leave […]
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Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has blamed State governors for banditry in the Northern part of the country. Spokesman of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Hassan, stated that pressure from governors turned some herdsmen into bandits. Hassan said herders, who lost their cattle and businesses, resorted to banditry in the North. Prior to the resurgence of […]
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A military impostor, Henry Mfon Asuquo was on Wednesday, March 24, sentenced by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to eight years imprisonment on a two-count charge of impersonation and cybercrime brought against him by the Uyo Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In […]
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has disclosed that the state-owned airport is ready for commercial flight operations. Mr Diri disclosed this on Wednesday when he made an unscheduled visit to the facility ahead of a final certification visitation by the country’s aviation regulatory authorities on March 30, 2021. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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