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16 YEAR-OLD SUES FG OVER NEW POLICY RESTRICTING UNDER 16 FROM UNIVERSITY ADMISSION
A 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student, Chinaemere Opara, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board[JAMB], and National Universities Commission [NUC] to court over new admission policy. Chinaemere, represented by his father and lawyer, Maxwell Opara, filed the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking six reliefs as stated by News Agency…
MEN CAN HAVE BREAST CANCER TOO – EXPERT
The chief medical director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof Abdullahi Yusuf, has said that men can also be affected by breast cancer. He, therefore, advised both genders to go for breast screening. Yusuf disclosed this in Ilorin, Kwara State, during an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a ‘Walk for…
GOV ODODO APPROVES N72, 500 MINIMUM WAGE FOR KOGI WORKERS
Kogi State governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has approved N72,500 Minimum Wage for Kogi Civil Servants with immediate effect. The governor also suspended the tax burden on the approved sum for one year. Governor Ododo made this known during the unavailing of the minimum wage after signing the agreement. He said the new minimum wage should…
BREAKING: PASTOR ADEBOYE MAKES A U-TURN, APOLOGIZES FOR SAYING TITHE DEFAULTERS WON’T MAKE HEAVEN
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has apologised for saying any believer who does not pay tithes will not make heaven. Tendering his apology while delivering a message at the ongoing annual national youth convention of the church going on at the RCCG Redemption City, pastor…
BREAKING: SOUTH AFRICAN FARMER KILLS TWO WOMEN, FEEDS THEM TO PIGS
A White Farmer and his workers has reportedly shot two black women and allegedly fed them to pigs which has sparked widespread outrage in South Africa. Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were reportedly searching for food on a farm near Polokwane in Limpopo province when they were shot in August. Their bodies were then allegedly fed…
ASUP THREATENS STRIKE, GIVES FG TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government, urging the resolution of various longstanding issues affecting the polytechnic sector. According to the union, the ultimatum, which begins on October 7, 2024, and ends on October 25, 2024, could lead to industrial action if the demands are not met….
BREAKING: COURT BARS VIO FROM STOPPING, IMPOUNDING, CONFISCATING VEHICLES
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order barring the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (otherwise known as VIO) from further stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists. Justice Evelyn Maha issued the order in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit: FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023 filed by a human…
P’HARCOURT REFINERY MISSES SEVENTH PRODUCTION ROLLOUT DEADLINE
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited [NNPC] has again failed to begin fuel production at the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State after about six postponements as of August 2024. After the failure of the early August promise, the Chief Financial Officer of the NNPC, Umar Ajiya, said the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations in September…
EFCC ARRAIGNS EX-TARABA GOV ISHAKU, PERM SEC OVER ALLEGED N27BN FRAUD
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, and a former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged N27billion fraud….
OUR ECONOMIC REFORMS ATTRACTED $30BN FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN ONE YEAR — TINUBU
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has disclosed that his administration’s economic reforms have attracted foreign direct investments worth more than $30 billion in the past year. The president announced this during his Independence Day speech, commemorating Nigeria’s 64th anniversary on Tuesday. According to him, various economic reform policies initiated by his administration have led to foreign direct…