The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result being paraded by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma ”is patently fake.”It has also barred Mmesoma from sitting for its examination for the next three years.The board made this known in a statement, signed by Dr
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The first set of Nigerians that took part in this year’s pilgrimage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will, today, return to the country after a successful exercise.Ninety-five thousand Nigerians joined over two million Muslims from across the globe to converge on Mount Arafat and other sacred places of devotion
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Residents of Trademore Estate in the Lugbe area of Abuja have protested against the planned demolition of their buildings by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).FCDA had announced that it will demolish structures on waterways in the residential estate and other estates across the FCT.In a statement signed by the
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Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), yesterday, admitted final report of the European Union Observation Mission (EU-EOM) on the February 25 presidential election.The report was tendered by Dr. Lawrence Bayode, a witness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), during cross-examination by Chief Chris Uche, counsel for Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential
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TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s growing and technology-driven, non-interest banking services provider, has set a new record in the nation’s banking system with the payment of dividend to its shareholders just three years of its operations.TAJBank made history early this year as the first corporate entity in Nigeria’s history to list Sukuk
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More than 20 persons have been trapped underground by collapsed hotel building in Abuja, according to eyewitnesses at the site.Director General of FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Dr Abass Idris has said nine persons have so far been rescued as at 7:44 pm, while rescue operation continues following a 4-storey
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) will begin the installation of electric vehicles charging ports in its filling stations nationwide to boost Nigeria’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions.Managing Director, NNPC New Energy Limited, Mr. Kanayochukwu Odoe, who disclosed this in the company’s quarterly publication released yesterday, explained that the
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Nigeria earned about $11 billion from crude oil exports in the first half of the year.The latest revenues fact sheet of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which revealed the figure, also projected that the country’s earnings would increase to about $29 billion in the same period 2024.According to
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Nigerians have been asked to brace up for increase in the prices of bread, a major food item on the table of almost all Nigerians.The producers said their cost of production has risen following the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and the liberalization of the foreign exchange (forex) market by the
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The special assistant to the Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Ibrahim Giwa, has confirmed the deaths of two more pilgrims from the state.He said the two pilgrims died while performing their hajj rites in Saudi Arabia.According to him, the pilgrims were identified as Bashir Umar Sambo
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