Following the announcement of the date for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the West African Examination Council on Tuesday announced guidelines for the conduct of the examination amid the coronavirus pandemic. This was contained in a statement by the Head, WAEC Public Affairs, Damian Ojijeogu. The statement quoted the Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Patrick …
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Ibrahim Magu has been suspended from office as the acting-chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Mr Magu was suspended on Tuesday by the Buhari administration amidst allegations of gross misconduct, two senior EFCC officials familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES. The suspension was also confirmed by top officials at the presidency. The officials, who spoke under anonymity …
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Edo State Government has assured that the Benin City River Port Project is on course, as the screening of the project’s transaction advisor, to coordinate the various stakeholders to deliver the project, intensifies.This is amid work on the dualisation of the Ekehuan link-road to the port, which connects the port city to the city center and other arteries linking major towns within …
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… as Edo takes delivery of fire truck Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government is strengthening synergy with the Federal Fire Service for a robust enforcement mechanism to prevent and contain fire disasters in the state. The governor gave the assurance at the inauguration of a six-thousand-litre capacity firefighting truck deployed by the Federal …
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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale and India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla held virtual Foreign Office Consultations on July 7, 2020. They discussed U.S.-India cooperation on a full range of international issues and developed concrete steps to strengthen the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership established by their leaders. The discussions included ongoing threats to the rules-based international order, bilateral …
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MASSACHUSETTS — More than 18,000 Massachusetts businesses and non-profits have received loans of $150,000 or more from the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, to help pay their employees during the coronavirus pandemic. PPP loans were established as part of the federal government’s CARES act, and are similar to grants: they will be forgiven as long as businesses keep its employees …
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A Federal High court in Benin has ordered the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to appear in court on Tuesday July 14, 2020, over the alleged N700m money laundering case that was preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Mohammed Garba …
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Monday’s arrest of Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, is a result of a power play between Mr Magu and a power bloc led by the Attorney-General of the Federation, an adviser to the president has said. Femi Odekunle, a professor and member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, said this in a statement on Monday …
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Nigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed 10 senior police officers and reduced the rank of eight others over various cases of misconduct in the line of duty. This was disclosed in a statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, on Monday, as published by the Nation. Ani said the decision was taken at …
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Monday marked the beginning of the first part of phase three in Massachusetts. Businesses and industries that have been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic will be allowed to reopen. Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday said phase four will not begin until therapeutics or a vaccine for COVID-19 are widely available. Experts don’t expect that to be until …
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