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Jamb form 2016 details announced. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Nigeria Tertiary Institutions through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for the 2016/2017 Academic Session. 1.0 Registration Period 1.1 The 2016 JAMB UTME registration commenced on Monday, 31st August, 2015 and ends on Friday, January 15, 2016 while the …

ABUJA – President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja said that Nigerians and visitors to the country may be required to wear the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem as pass for entry into all government establishments. The president stated this at the launching of the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem at the council chamber of the presidential Villa. He said …

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on Monday, announced his resignation from Dangote Flour Mills following South Africa’s Tiger Brands funding withdrawal. Dangote resigned alongside Olakunle Alake, Asue Ighodalo and Arnold Ekpe immediately after the announcement, which may mean the end of DFM. Tiger Brands, a South African consumer goods maker, revealed its decision to cease funding its Nigerian division as …

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker last Thursday issued a series of new fact reports that demonstrate the positive impact that passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can have on the nation’s economy. The reports highlight by state the value of U.S. goods exports to TPP markets; the number of U.S. jobs supported by exports from each state; and the …

The publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, has released photos of cancer-stricken Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the inaugural issue of a brand new tabloid titled Boss magazine. Last week, Mr. Momodu devoted his weekly column in Thisday newspaper to relating his experience meeting with the seriously sick former minister for an interview in the UK. The column …

Former Governor of Edo State, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion, has asked Governor Adams Oshiomhole to explain to the people of Edo how he allegedly squandered trillions of Federal Allocations and Internal Generated Revenue he collected in the last seven years. The ex-governor dismissed a statement credited to Oshiomhole that it took seven years for him (the governor) to speak out on …

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered stay of proceedings of the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on 13 counts of false assets declaration. The order of Justice John Fabiyi-led five-man panel of the apex court followed a concession given by the Federal Government’s counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), for the proceedings of the …

The senator representing Bayelsa East, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, on Tuesday urged the soon-to-be-inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers to embark on cost-saving measures. The inauguration of the ministers-designate will take place on Wednesday. A minister-designate, Senator Chris Ngige, had on Friday disclosed that members of the soon-to-be constituted Federal Executive Council would serve without some perks of office associated with past …

By Alltimepost.com President Muhammadu Buhari  announces the long-awaited portfolios of ministers, who have just been sworn in today (wednesday), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari named himself Minister of Petroleum, while Ibe Kachikwu (Delta State) was named Minister of State (Petroleum). See full list of their Portfolios: Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)–Transportation Chris Ngige (Anambra)–Labour and Employment Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)–Solid Minerals …

ABUJA — THE shape of the federal civil service, engine room of government, appeared in greater clarity, yesterday, as President Muhammadu Buhari fired 16 permanent secretaries, appointed 18 new ones and deployed a total of 36 permanent secretaries. If the deployments are anything to go by, the President might work with 25 ministries, seven less than the 32 that his …