The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) plans to empower five million Nigerian artisans annually with the knowledge, tools, and other resources to succeed in their vocations.The director-general and chief executive of the agency, Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun, stated this at the North West Zonal media briefing.Ogun said ITF initiated the Skill
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, adjourned hearing on the bail application of Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, till May 17, 2024.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Gambaryan alongside Binance Holdings Ltd. and
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has announced the reopening of Runway 18L/36R at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, following a temporary closure caused by a Dana Air plane skidding off the runway on TuesdayThis was disclosed in a press release signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer
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The federal government, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed a fresh four-count charge against Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).The charges bordering on disobeying the law to punish Nigerians, illegal printing of money, abuse of office, and other offences were
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The Director of Special Projects of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Aisha Omar, said the ministry has recovered N57 billion from the N5.2 trillion owed by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).Omar disclosed this during the sensitization workshop on the Federal Government Debt Recovery Drive through the Project Lighthouse Programme for
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Gombe State has been thrown into total blackout since Monday as a result of an outage caused by a windstorm.Consequently, the residents now sleep under darkness and extreme heat.It was learned that the development has also affected communication, as residents complained of their phones being shut down due to their
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A total of 61 physically challenged candidates, including blind persons, sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu centre under the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) yesterday.Participants at the examination held at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus
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President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday depart Abuja for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit.According to a release issued on Monday by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's visit is at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. He is
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Former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).This was contained in a letter dated April 23, 2024 and addressed to the PDP chairman in Mbutu Ward, Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo State.The letter reads:“Since 1998, I have contributed my
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has revealed that even though air transportation is not so functional in the state, he understands that the state has an airplane, but its whereabouts is still unknown. The governor made this known when he addressed the diaspora community at a Zoom meeting organised by the
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