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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is saying that its 2023 Direct Entry e-PIN sales will close on Saturday, May 26, 2023. The board says the registration of those who obtained the e-PIN ends on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. JAMB‘s acting Director, Public Affairs, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement earlier today, recalled that the 2023 […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, is urging all critical stakeholders to synergise to tackle human trafficking and other issues of gender-based violence in the country. Justice Ariwoola spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Biennial Conference of the National Association of Women Judges in Nigeria. The CJN says the fight against […]
The Federal Government in partnership with the World Health Organization, WHO, has flagged off a three-pillar approach that would prepare for, detect and respond to emergencies during outbreak of diseases. Flagging off the programme in Yobe State, the Chief Consultant, Epidemiology at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Godwin Ntadom, revealed that the initiative is […]
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, is saying that the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers. The minister made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja. Earlier the Nigeria Labour Congress, through its National President, Joe Ajaero, asked […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness General Aliyu Yammah, respectively. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Local Government, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, states that the two traditional rulers cease to hold their respective offices […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is saying that he has no doubt that the incoming government under the leadership of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would sustain the tempo of his administration. Speaking at the Presidential Fleet Review, 2023, at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Lagos, Buhari says he was pleased with the military’s combat readiness. The President adds […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is warning against reprisal attacks over the continued killings in Mangu and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State. According to the Christian body, about one hundred and thirty persons have been killed in the past week, one thousand buildings burnt and 22 villages affected. The President of CAN, […]
Nine people have been reportedly killed by bandits during an attack at Ungwan Dakwa village, near Dogon Dawa ward in Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State. Although the police authorities are yet to comment on the incident, the House of Assembly member-elect for Birnin Gwari State Constituency, Honourable Yahaya Birnin Gwari, confirmed the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities in the early hours of today, Monday 22nd May 2023, re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to pilot the affairs of the union for another two years. Aside from Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, the union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, has dismissed the application for live coverage of court proceedings. At the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, sitting in Abuja today, the justice says the application by the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party lacked merit. The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku […]
