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Nigeria set to host global Baptist faithful
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA), which is the global umbrella of the Baptist family organisation, is set to hold its yearly gathering in Nigeria for the first time. The global event will see congregants attending from countries around the world. The yearly gathering is scheduled to hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, and the Baptist International Convention Centre (BICC) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A major highlight of the event, which will commence…
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- June 25, 2024
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JAMB, VCs to decide admission cut-off July 18
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, alongside vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics, and provosts of colleges of education, among other stakeholders in the education sector, will meet on July 18, 2024, to decide the cut-off or minimum benchmarks for admission. The PUNCH reports that JAMB, on April 29, 2024, released the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Minimum wage: Be patient with Tinubu, Presidency pleads
The Presidency on Monday appealed to Nigerians not to pile unnecessary pressure on President Bola Tinubu, assuring that he would transmit the proposed bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly once it is ready. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the plea in a phone Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Army burns 14 oil-laden boats, arrests six
The Nigerian Army has vowed to crush criminals involved in the vandalism of crude oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Maj. Gen. Hassan Dada stated this shortly after an operation against suspected oil thieves at Isimmiri Waterside, in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. Dada, Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Anti-Sultan plot: Shettima, PDP warn as Sokoto denies allegation
Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, cautioned against an alleged plot to remove the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, by the Sokoto State government. The state government, however, denied any plan to dethrone the monarch, describing the allegation as false. The state Commissioner for Information, Sambo Danchadi, explained Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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N30tr Ways & Means probe on course, Senate declares
The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means facility expended by Buhari between 2015 and 2023 has declared that it is fully on course. Chairman of the Senate committee, Isah Jibrin (APC, Kogi East), gave the insight through a statement he signed refuting an online report alleging that the investigation was in limbo. The chairman, in his rebuttal, attached a letter of reminder to the Office of Accountant General for the Federation…
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- June 25, 2024
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Dehydration, major killer of cholera patients, says NCDC boss
For weeks now, Nigeria has been under the chokehold of an aggressive strain of cholera, with various health authorities grappling to bring the disease, which has claimed the lives of 53, under control. As more infections are being reported and those already hospitalised battling for their lives, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Ojude Oba: Realising Nigeria’s tourism potential
THE Ojude Oba, an annual festival performed at the pavilion of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, can go places. The 2024 edition saw the Ijebu at home, Diaspora and tourists pay homage to the Awujale of Ijebuland, Sikiru Adetona. The event showcased a colourful ensemble of Yoruba culture, especially in its sartorial Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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Otedola raises stake in FBN Holdings by 4.63%
The Chairman of FBN Holdings, Femi Otedola, has acquired 4.63 per cent of the banking group’s shares in two trading sessions to emerge as the majority shareholder of the group. In a notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited about directors dealing on Monday, the billionaire businessman bought 2.22 per cent stakes of the business, Read More
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- June 25, 2024
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BDCs operators delay compliance with CBN recapitalisation order
Bureau De Change operators in the country have yet to comply with the new guidelines for the operations of their operations released by the Central Bank of Nigeria three weeks ago, The PUNCH findings have shown. The President Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, Aminu Gwadebe, told The PUNCH that the non-compliance by Read More
