National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) designed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The association took the decision at its 52nd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.NAAT said the CCMAS document under review was prepared and circulated without any input from its
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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has attributed the slow pace of home-bound airlift of Nigerian pilgrims that performed the just ended 2023 Hajj rituals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia back to Nigeria to logistics challenges.The commissioner of operations, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa, made this known while addressing journalists
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President Bola Tinubu has arrived Guinea-Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that this is Mr Tinubu’s second foreign trip after his participation at the summit on “A
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Seychelles has allegedly imposed a ban on Nigerian passport holders, applying for short-term visa or holiday purposes.A travel content creator, raised the alarm on Saturday evening after receiving a rejection email.A screenshot of the mail, which was shared on Twitter partly reads, “We regret to inform you that your application
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Not less than 4,560 kilogrammes of skunk have been seized in interdiction operations in Lagos, Adamawa and Osun States by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the last few days.The operatives also raided a ‘skucchies’ factory in Ogun State and arrested four members of a drug
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Guiness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, July 14, to raise N1m for a widow.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar, The Duke of Shomolu, to assist widows and
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to disclose the “Exact amount of money stolen by General Sani Abacha from Nigeria, and the total amount of Abacha loot recovered and all agreements signed on same since the return of democracy in 1999 till date.”The court
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worlwide has mourned the passing of his former President General Professor Joe Ogbonna Irukwu.Ohanaeze described Prof Irukwu as brightest, an accomplished legal luminary, moral edifice, insurance and risk management wizard, erudite scholar of world renown, Igbo leader. “Irukwu was elected the President -General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 2003
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the state chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, Paul Omotosho.According to reports, the APC chairman was kidnapped on Saturday evening along Agbado – Imesi-Ekiti road in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the State.According to a source who spoke with
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Over half of the domestic flights in Nigeria in first quarter of 2023 were delayed, an official report states, confirming the complaints of travellers about incessant flight delays in the country’s airports.Of the total 18,288 domestic flights within the period, 10,128 were delayed about 55 per cent), the Nigerian Civil
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