The federal government has for the umpteenth time assured that the harmonisation of salaries of civil servants will be completed before the end of the year. The head of service of the federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan gave the assurance yesterday at the Head of Service physical engagement/ interview session withContinue Reading
Universities and other tertiary institutions running degree programmes can no longer admit candidates on their sandwich, distance learning, part-time and other programmes directly, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. The board also said it had cancelled the regularisation of “backdoor admissions” conducted by higher institutions, going forward.Continue Reading
Expectations are heightened today, October 20, for the memorial of #EndSARS, the one single event that reverberated across the world last year, besides COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter in protest of George Floyd’s police killing in the United States. At 11:49 a.m., on this day, the Lagos State government had announced the impositionContinue Reading
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has told an Abuja High Court that Zainab, the daughter of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, forged several documents to lay claim to a disputed plot of land in Abuja. The minister alleged, yesterday, that there was nothing to show that theContinue Reading
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says reports of the agency limiting the age to get a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is still a draft proposal. In a statement on Wednesday, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde described the reports pegging 18 years as the age requirement forContinue Reading
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Yahaya Muhammad (Yobe State) as a board member of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). But a senator noted that Muhammad’s curriculum vitae (CV) showed that he started school before he was born. The senator representing Jigawa North East, Hassan Hadejia, said there wasContinue Reading
Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been arrested by the EFCC over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The arrest comes weeks after her failure to honour the anti-graft agency’s invitation. Mrs Ganduje had earlier been invited to report to the EFCC’s Abuja headquartersContinue Reading
Router configuration changes affected tools and systems employees used in day-to-day operations Facebook revealed in an official blog post on Monday evening that the six-hour outage across its platforms including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and OculusVR were caused by configuration changes to its routers. Shortly before 5pm on Monday, the three social media services had confirmed on TwitterContinue Reading
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has insisted on October 31 as the deadline given to Nigerians to link their National Identity Numbers (NIN) with their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM). In a statement titled “NIN-SIM Integration: NCC sensitizes telecom consumers on October 31 Deadline”, the NCC reminded and urged telecoms consumers to linkContinue Reading
Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. The Nation learnt he was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State on Tuesday evening. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, a source close to the familyContinue Reading
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