Adamawa State and seven others have subscribed to Nigeria's $500 million World Bank livestock development loan for the diversification of the agricultural value chain.The other states are Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Kogi, Kwara, Niger and Oyo states. The national project coordinator, Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRESS) Mr Sanusi Abubakar,
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Kaduna State chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended governor Nasir El-Rufai’s government for reinstating 1, 288 public school teachers that were earlier sacked after the competency test.In a letter dated April 5, 2023, which had reference number NUT/GO/G7/Vol 4/732 and signed by state secretary Adamu Ayuba Kaltungo,
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By Uchechukwu OkoroaforTo those who were declared winners of the various elective positions in the 2023 general election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the elections are over and done with even though there may be petitions at the election petition tribunals challenging their victory.This is even as
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has promised to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into universities.The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited the board.The visit was to discuss
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The naira depreciated against the dollar on Wednesday, exchanging for N463.02 at the investors’ and exporters’ window.The rate represents a decrease of 0.17 per cent when compared to the N462.25 it exchanged to the dollar on Tuesday.The open indicative rate closed at N463 to the dollar on Wednesday.A spot exchange
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has ordered airline operators and aircraft owners to relocate their aircraft from the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, to another airports.FAAN, in a circular dated May 8, and issued on Tuesday, stated that the May 29 presidential
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The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja has adjourned further proceedings on the joint petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, adjourned the petition until May 18
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The Supreme Court has fixed September 14, 2023 for definite hearing of the appeal filed by the federal government to challenge the request to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.In fixing the date, the apex court said there was no other time to
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The Senators-elect from the North-Central geopolitical zone comprising different political parties have rejected the zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly (NASS) leadership positions announced by the All Progressives Congress.The APC had in the zoning plan, endorsed Senator Godswill Akpabio from the South-South geopolitical zone as the president of the
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A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines henceforth on broadcast stations in the country.Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed, on March 1, 2019, on each of the 45
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