A police station was submerged and a link road was cut off and several property damaged after a heavy rainfall caused flooding at Trademore Estate, Abuja.The rain, which started early yesterday morning, fell for several hours.Emmanuel Mbaka Road which connects that estate with the Abuja International Road was impassable as
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary education stakeholders have approved “the National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS),” otherwise known as the cut-off mark for 2023 admission into the nation’s universities.The benchmarks of 140 for universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education were arrived at during
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the federal government has not lifted the ban on vehicle importation through Seme border.Reports had posited that the border was now open to vehicle importation.Hussaini Abdullahi, customs public relations officer (CPRO), Seme area command, clarified the situation in an interview with NAN on Saturday.Abdullahi
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The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has hit the ground running by approving the appointment of New General Officers Commanding (GOCs), for some of the divisions of the Nigerian army and commandant for the Nigerian Defence.Lagbaja appointed Major General A.B Ibrahim as the Chief Of Policy
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has mandated financial institutions to obtain the social media handles of customers for the purpose of identification.The apex bank also asked financial institutions to obtain e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and residential addresses, among other things, from customers.The directive was contained in the new CBN
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Emmanuelle Blatmann, French Ambassador to Nigeria, said France has invested 600,000 Euros for the promotion of French language in Nigeria.Ms Blatmann revealed this on the sideline of the solidarity fund for innovative projects (FSPI) launch in Abuja.According to her, the two-year FSPI project aims to strengthen French teachers’ skills and
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Nigerian music star Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has achieved another major feat in his career becoming the first African artiste to headline the renowned Glastonbury Festival, the United Kingdom’s biggest music festival.The ”Essence” crooner, Friday, performed at the festival’s “Other Side Stage” to an impressive crowd of over 210,000 attendees
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Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday reinstated former Director General, of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mohammed Dauda who was removed.Justice Peter Ige, who delivered the judgement, said the evidence leading to the dismissal of Dauda was frivolous and lacking in merit.The Judge resolved all the contentious issues against NIA
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Osi Braimah, the director of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), has said his team will henceforth arrest herders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).Braimah who spoke on Thursday during a monitoring exercise, said grazing along the streets of the FCT is illegal.He added that the board has held several meetings
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Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to commit the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, to prison over alleged disobedience to court orders.Mbah prayed to the court in a Form 49 filed through his lawyer, Emeka Ozoani, SAN,
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