The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is in total disarray following Tuesday’s ruling of the Appeal Court upholding the suspension of the national chairman Adams Oshimhole as three members of the National Working Committee are now laying claim to the leadership of the party.To stave off leadership vacuum, THisDAy reports that the National Working
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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has described as laudable, the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to make public its audited accounts for the first time in its history with the publication of its 2018 Audited Financial Statement (AFS) on its website.This is made available in
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set cut off marks for 2020/21 admissions into Nigerian tertiary institutions. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation of the policy considerations at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions on Tuesday in Abuja.Oloyede said that 160
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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has described the alleged murder of 19-year- old Nigerian-American Activist, Toyin Salau in the US as highly depressing and cruel. She therefore urged the US government to conduct a thorough investigation on the circumstances leading to Miss Salau's death. The
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…the agency an Act of ParliamentThe Director General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Mr. Idris Musa, has said that the proposed scraping of the agency would not only have great consequences on the environment, but will return the nation to the Dark Age.Mr. Musa, who stated this
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Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has ordered the suspension of a private airline, Executive Jet Services, from operating in the country with immediate effect. The airline had conveyed musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, to Abuja for a musical concert in defiance of the
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Osun State Chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has called for an improvement in the prosecution of rape and other sexual related assaults in the state.NAWOJ also called for a collaborative efforts between Police and Judiciary towards prompt prosecution of any sexual gender-based violence in the state.This, NAWOJ
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Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike.The association president Dr Aliyu Sokomba announced this while addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja.Sokomba said that the union exempted its members working in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centres across the country from participating in
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…abhors armed Fulani slaughter of oguta farmerThe HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA), has strongly condemned the Kaduna and Kano States' governments for failing to stop the abduction of Christian girls and their forced conversion to Islam by some unscrupulous persons just as the Rights group said it was
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Beijing's largest seafood and produce market has been shuttered and surrounding neighbourhoods placed into lockdown after more than 50 people tested positive for the coronavirus, renewing concern that China's grip on the pandemic is not yet secure.The outbreak, which comes more than 50 days after the last local case of Covid-19 was recorded in
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