PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to amend the 2024 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Finance Act. Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Wednesday. Tinubu in the letter said,”Pursuant to section 58, sub section two …
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THE Senator representing Borno North, Sen. Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno) has replaced Sen. Ali Ndume representing Borno South (APC-Borno) as the Chief Whip of the Senate. This was contained in a letter by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to the President of the Senate …
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THE Police on Wednesday, arraigned a 30-year old man, Najib Umar, at a Kano Sharia Court over alleged breach of trust and cheating. Najib, who resides at Fagge Quarters, Kano, is facing a three-count charge of criminal breach of trust, cheating and mischief. The Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told …
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… Urge him to respect judicial interpretation on party leaderships THE attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to a statement purportedly written and disseminated by Chief Femi Falana and his chambers for the purpose of disparaging our organization and which we think was done deliberately …
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THE Federal Government has said there is no plan to hand over public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made the clarification at the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with Heads of units and Chief Executive Officers of parastatals and agencies under the ministry. …
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THE University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has again, emerged as the “Most Subscribed Institution” by candidates in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Institutional Ranking for the 2022/2023 admission exercise. Mr Kunle Akogun, the Director of Corporate Affairs, UNILORIN, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the university …
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THE latest debt data report by the Debt Management Office (DMO) shows that Nigeria’s total debt stock stood at $91.46 billion in Q1 2024, an equivalence of N121.67 trillion at the exchange rate of N1,330 per dollar. In Naira terms, this is a 24.99 percent (N24.33 trillion) increase over …
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THE new Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Barr. Oluwaseun Faleye and the Executive Director, Operations, Rt. Hon. Mojisolaoluwa Alli-Macaulay have assumed duties. In a short handover ceremony at the headquarters of the Fund on Tuesday, Barr. Faleye said his mission was to …
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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed arrived in Senegal on Tuesday, the first stop on a mission to West African countries. Mohammed is in West African countries to take stock of the challenges in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and work with the stakeholders to find pathways towards acceleration. Her …
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Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft have arrested eight suspected stowaways during their attempt to board two-speed boats. Unknown to the suspects, the patrol team of NNS Beecroft had sighted them during a patrol conducted on July 13, 2024. With the latest arrest, NNS Beecroft which is in Lagos …
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