Nigerian Universities To Shutdown Academic Activities

EducationNewsNigeriaNigerian Universities To Shutdown Academic Activities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 11, 2023

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the suspension of academic activities in all universities to enable students exercise their franchise in the 2023 general elections. The NUC said the decision is based on the directive by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in a letter dated Thursday, February 9, 2023 sent to vice-chancellors of all universities and the directors of inter-university centres. Part of the letter reads “As Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive...

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National Population Commission To Conduct Census In Sambisa Forest

NewsNigeriaNational Population Commission To Conduct Census In Sambisa Forest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 11, 2023

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said it is set to conduct a national census in all nooks and crannies of the country including those residing in Sambisa Forest in Borno state, the jungle of Boko Haram terrorists will also be counted during the exercise. Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Kwarra, who disclosed this during a presentation at the 24th edition of President Buhari Administration Scorecard on Thursday in Abuja, noted that insecurity will not...

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Alleged challenges with central admission processing system, JAMB educates institutions

EducationNewsNigeriaAlleged challenges with central admission processing system, JAMB educates institutions

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 10, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed alleged challenges associated with its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), pointing out that it could be due to issues arising from user institutions. It will be recalled that CAPS was developed by the JAMB to ensure the integrity, openness, and credibility of the admissions process in the country. A press statement on Thursday issued by the Board and signed by Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and...

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2023: INEC bars partisan, card-carrying politicians from collation, returning officers’ jobs

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: INEC bars partisan, card-carrying politicians from collation, returning officers’ jobs

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 10, 2023

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the electoral body is sticking to its previous arrangement to pick collation and returning officers from the ivory tower, and so has said that partisan, card-carrying members of political parties are not eligible to work as collation or returning officers in the 2023 general elections. He stated that despite some unpalatable experiences, the commission will continue to rely on the academic...

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Naira Swap Deadline: CNPP accuses APC of using court to arm-twist CBN to buy notes

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNaira Swap Deadline: CNPP accuses APC of using court to arm-twist CBN to buy notes

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 10, 2023

Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), the umbrella body of registered political parties and political associations in the country, has stated that the action of Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in seeking to ambush the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is a plot to retain the old naira notes for the purpose of vote buying during the 2023 general elections. The group in a press statement issued on...

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Naira Redesign: Allow Your Successor To Champion Cause, Miyetti Allah Tells Buhari

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNaira Redesign: Allow Your Successor To Champion Cause, Miyetti Allah Tells Buhari

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 8, 2023

The Leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to revise or hands up on the policy and allow his successor champion the Naira redesign policy. The Association alleged that the Policy was a plot by some politicians working in and around the President to paint him black after the expiration of his administration. leader of the association in South East, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, who spoke to...

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Police station attack: zone XI PCRC boss, others visit Agodi area police command

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice station attack: zone XI PCRC boss, others visit Agodi area police command

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 8, 2023

Otunba Femi Arowosola, the chairman of the Police Community Relation Commission (PCRC), and other chieftains of the association on Wednesday visited the Agodi area police command to sympathize with the police formation over rioters’ attack on the Agodi 2 police station. On Friday 3rd February, the police station was under heavy attack when angry protesters struck over the scarcity of new naira notes and petrol. The protesters who besieged the police state in large number...

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Bayelsa govt. swears in two young high court judges

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBayelsa govt. swears in two young high court judges

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 8, 2023

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has sworn in two new young High Court judges, Charlie Duke and Amadise Ekadi, who are aged 39 and 38, respectively. According to a press statement on Wednesday, signed by Mr Daniel Alabrahm, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Duke, born in 1984 and Ekadi born in 1985 were brought in to help ease the pressure on other judges and enable them to dispense with cases promptly. The...

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Lagos 2023: Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Salvador calls for removal of Lagos REC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos 2023: Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Salvador calls for removal of Lagos REC

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 8, 2023

Hon. Moshood Salvador, the Labour Party (LP) Senatorial candidate for Lagos West in the 2023 general elections has called for the removal from office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje for allegedly working against the interest of South Easterners residents in the state. Salvador who was the former Lagos State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made the call at a...

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INEC insists on working with MC Oluomo to distribute electoral materials in Lagos

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC insists on working with MC Oluomo to distribute electoral materials in Lagos

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 8, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed plans to engage the Lagos State Parks Management Committee for the distribution of election materials and transportation of electoral officials in the state. The West African Pilot News reports that Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, had written to INEC, requesting for the committee to assist the commission in the transportation of distribution of electoral materials on the election days in Lagos. According to him, this...

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