The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will hold its 2015 Policy meeting on July 14 to determine cut-off marks for admission of candidates into tertiary institutions. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Relations Officer, and made available to newsmen in Lagos. JAMB-CBT-Centre”The 2015 Policy Meeting which usually comes up …
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Succour is on the way for federal, state and local government workers owed several months of unpaid salaries as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief package worth N713.7bn to bail out cash-strapped states. The package as approved by Buhari, informed Presidency sources told one of our correspondents on Monday, included the sharing of about $2.1bn (N413.7bn) between the …
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The Edo State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, has suspended its six-month industrial action and instructed its members to resume at their duty posts on Wednesday. Judiciary workers in the state had been on strike since January 5 over what they described as the unwillingness of the state government to implement a Federal High Court order which …
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The Director in charge of the North-Central zone of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Abdulsalam, has put the number of deaths in Sunday night’s bomb attacks on Jos at 44. Mr. Abdulsalam also told journalists via telephone on Monday morning that 48 others were badly injured, and are currently hospitalized in various hospitals in the Plateau state capital. But …
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THE National Party of Nigeria (NPN) the ruling party in the Second Republic was disliked by millions of people particularly the youths. It was perceived as the party of the rich. Indeed, it was founded by the ruling class including groups referred to as the Kaduna Mafia and ‘Money Bags’ Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was to respond that …
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has described a bomb attack on worshippers at a church in Potiskum, Yobe on Sunday as worrisome. In a statement issued by the Senate President Media Office in Abuja, he urged Boko Haram insurgents to “stop wasting innocent lives and accept the olive branch as presented by the federal government.” “My heart is with individuals and …
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A strong indication has emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to quiz no fewer than 120 teachers in Ogun State over an alleged N200million loan scam on Monday (today). Vanguard gathered that the anti-graft agency had invited the affected teachers through the state Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) and would interrogate them at the commission’s office …
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Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that all APC faithful must collectively come together to rise above the current crisis threatening to engulf the party. Buhari made the call in Abuja on Friday at the first National Executive Council (NEC) emergency meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) after its victory at the polls. He said party members should strive …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sacked the Director General of the Department of State Service, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong. The Director of Communications in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, announced the appointment of Mr. Lawal Musa Daura as the Acting DG of the DSS. The terse statement was issued by Imrana on …
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The Federal Government has formally hands off the payment of salaries of teaching and non-academic workers of staff schools in institutions across the country. The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission specifically said government should not be responsible for the payment of their salaries because of its overbearing effect on the budget. Part of the mandate of the commission includes …
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