FIRS, Customs rescued Nigeria from collapse during covid-19 pandemic- Adesina 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFIRS, Customs rescued Nigeria from collapse during covid-19 pandemic- Adesina 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2023

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, said that Nigeria survived economic stress during the pandemic, brought about by COVID-19 due to the support received by the government from two prominent agencies of government. According to him the two agencies are the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigeria Customs Service. The President’s aide stated this in Ikeja while delivering his goodwill message at one-day capacity building...

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Hajj 2023: NGO raises concerns over Sudan’s conflict

NewsNigeriaReligionHajj 2023: NGO raises concerns over Sudan’s conflict

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2023

…Calls on NAHCON to deploy back up measures. An Abuja based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Independent Hajj Reporters, has expressed concern over the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which it says may disrupt the smooth airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for 2023 hajj. The faith-based organisation in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammed which was made available to journalists in Kano, stressing that the war has led to the abrupt shut down of...

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Tell Nigerians your real identity, Timi Frank fires back at Sylva

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTell Nigerians your real identity, Timi Frank fires back at Sylva

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2023

Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to tell Nigerians his real identity and the authenticity of his academic certificates. Frank made this call on Friday in Abuja while reacting to a statement by Sylva in which he denied any wrongdoing for parading multiple names but failed to address germane issues concerning his true identity...

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Anambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnambra Government Nabs, Parades 26 Suspected Illegal Revenue Collectors

PilotnewsApril 28, 2023

Anambra State Government has arrested and paraded over twenty -six persons suspected for touting and illegal revenue collection in Onitsha, Obosi and Nkpor. The arrest which is spearheaded by the Managing Director,  Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere in conjunction with joint security agencies is in continuation of the state government’s efforts in ridding the state of all kinds of criminal elements and building a state that investor friendly. Addressing the...

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Anambra Assembly Passes Resolution Empowering Ministry to Register and License Industry Players

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra Assembly Passes Resolution Empowering Ministry to Register and License Industry Players

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 28, 2023

Anambra State House of Assembly after due consideration of the report by the House Committee on Culture, Tourism, Entertainment and Diaspora Affairs, the House unanimously granted the pleas of the Ministry of the Ministry communicated in a letter signed by the Commissioner. In a letter addressed to the House of Assembly, the Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism, Entertainment, and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Don Onyenji, sort the leave of the House to enable the Ministry...

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 NEMSA Directs Electricity Consumers To Reject Meter Without Seal

NewsNigeriaPower NEMSA Directs Electricity Consumers To Reject Meter Without Seal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 28, 2023

Electricity consumers have been directed to reject any meter supplied by distribution companies without NEMSA seal and labels. Aliyu Tukur Tahir, Managing Director of Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), who gave the directive at a news conference in Abuja, said identifying the NEMSA seal and label was to ensure the meters being installed were genuine and certified. “More testing centres had been established for certification and standardization of meters for home and industrial purposes.”...

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Barber sparks reactions after his mode of barbing goes viral

LifestyleNewsNigeriaBarber sparks reactions after his mode of barbing goes viral

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Mathematics was a subject that terrorised many people in college. The debate over the simplicity and complexity of the subject appears not to be dying anytime soon. While many people, especially those who were at loggerheads with Mathematics during college, believe that ‘finding X’ ends in college, a hair stylist has proven them wrong. The hairstylist, geometric_cuts shared a 30-second video on TikTok where he was seen using mathematical rules to transform the look of...

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UNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

EducationNewsNigeriaUNICAL returns illegal fees collected by departments to students

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, yesterday, refunded an undisclosed amount of money illegally collected by some departments in the institution to 196 students. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the VC told the students that the money was refunded in line with her administration’s zero tolerance for corruption and illegality. She urged students to report any illegal charges by their departments to the directorate of Service Compact with...

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UNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

EducationNewsNigeriaUNN VC cautions students against seducing lecturers, offering sex for marks

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

Prof. Charles Igwe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has warned students against deliberately seducing lecturers or offering sex in exchange for marks. Prof. Igwe gave the warning on Wednesday at the university’s first ‘International Conference on Gender and Sexual Harassment’, organised by the Campus-Campaign Against Sexual Harassment (C-CASH). He noted that the institution has zero tolerance for sexual harassment and other social vices, adding that the university would not relent...

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JAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

EducationNewsNigeriaJAMB reschedules 2023 UTME for 60,000 candidates

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has rescheduled its ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for about 60,000 candidates. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of media and publicity, who made the disclosure on Thursday, said the rescheduling was due to the technical glitches experienced on the first two days of the examination. He said of about 947,000 candidates who sat for the UTME on Tuesday and Wednesday, 60,000 were rescheduled. Benjamin urged candidates...

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