The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said it remitted N7.8 billion to Federal Government coffers from 2016 University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made this known when a delegation from National Officers Council of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) paid a visit to the […]
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The 36 states of the federation on Thursday failed to hold the monthly federal account allocation committee (FAAC) meeting due to alleged discrepancies in federation account figures presented by the federal government. Mahmoud Yunusa, chairman, forum of finance commissioners, said the decision was taken after consultation with state governors. He said the governors gave commissioners […]
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The federal government says it has compiled the list of 500 Nigerian tax dodgers, some of them prominent citizens who have homes abroad. Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, who disclosed this at the national economic council meeting, said the list of about 500 Nigerians with trusts abroad has been obtained to determine their tax compliance […]
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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday in Abuja approved N987 million for the procurement of 50 vehicles for Special Mines Surveillance Task Force to check illegal mining activities across the country. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has questioned Italy over the burial of the 26 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean sea. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs, said the Italian embassy told the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) that […]
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The Federal Government said that 176,160 graduate beneficiaries had so far been deployed under the N-Power programme of its Social Investment Programmes (SIPs). This was made known in excerpts of a book entitled: ‘‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progress for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A Mid-Term Report Card on the Buhari Administration’’. The book is authored by […]
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Justice Saliu Saidu of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government of Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. The property housed the sums of $43.3 million, £27,800, and N23 million in cash. The judge issued the orders following an ex parte application by the Economic and […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday approved N5.6bn for soil erosion control accelerated intervention projects for six states in different geopolitical zones in the country. This disclosure was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who was joined at a […]
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The federal government has asked the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to be patient, stating that all issues of concerns will be attended to. The government said this in reaction to a threat by the militants to resume attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. Speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on Monday, […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the federal government and Igbo leaders to produce Nnamdi Kanu “dead or alive” or have themselves to blame. Kanu has not been seen in public since soldiers of the Nigerian army invaded his Abia residence during the Operation Python Dance exercise. On Sunday, the group renewed the […]
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