Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hinted of the arrest of a father and his son by the police for impersonating the latter during the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this while on inspection tour of the UTME centres in Kaduna yesterday,
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A total of 376 public primary and secondary schools in Sokoto State are to be renovated under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-funded intervention project.The schools slated for renovation are 376 girls and mixed schools comprising of classrooms, hostels including fencing.The steering committee chairman
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To provide succour for the displaced people of Okuama community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has inaugurated the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Management Committee for the area.At the event in Asaba, the state capital, yesterday, Governor Oborevwori charged the committee to carefully plan
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The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC) and Prevention Bill 2024 into law.The bill sponsored by the member representing Dala constituency, Alhaji Lawan Hussaini, was considered in the committee of the whole house and third reading by the clerk, Alhaji Bashir
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has assured the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) of the federal government's commitment to providing decent and affordable housing to its officers and men across the country.The minister gave the assurance at the maiden edition of the Nigeria Police Housing Summit
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A report by Save the Children International (SCI) has asserted that 15.6 million children in Nigeria will be on the brink of hunger crisis from June to August unless they receive essential food and cash assistance.The report said escalating insecurity, prolonged conflicts, banditry, and soaring food prices are exacerbating the
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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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