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  The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has postponed its Post-UTME (PUTME) admission screening to Dec. 2. Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, Public Relations Officer of UNIBEN, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Benin. The Screening Exercise for 2020/2021 that was formerly scheduled to take place from Nov. 23rd, to Dec. 8, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged agencies involved in agriculture to further streamline their priorities in the inclusion of youth in driving modern methods of farming while assuring all those interested that an enabling environment will be created for full participation. In his remark at the launch of National Young Farmers Scheme, designed […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opposed a suit before the federal high court in Lagos seeking to remove Ajami (Arabic) inscriptions on the naira notes. The apex bank made the submission in a counter-affidavit to a suit filed by Malcolm Omirhobo, a Lagos-based lawyer, before Mohammed Liman, presiding judge over the case. CBN […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it will commence the enrolment of corps members into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Director-General of NYSC, Shuaibu Ibrahim, made the disclosure during a media chat in Abuja on Monday. An effective mandatory health insurance programme has long been identified as necessary to protect Nigerians […]

Aisha Yesufu, a social activist and one of the prominent faces of the #EndSARS movement for police reform, has said the Federal Government made negotiations with protesters impossible by coming up with different excuses. She stated this in a virtual interview with academic and historian, Toyin Falola, insisting that #EndSARS protesters were ready to dialogue […]

The Lubricant Producers Association of Nigeria has petitioned the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPRA over the imposition of a new administrative charge. The charge which was N0.10 per litre was increased to N1.23 kobo. LUPAN Executive Secretary, Mr Emeka Obidike in a petition addressed to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, titled “Appeal for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the demonstration against police brutality shows the frustration of the country’s youth. In October, many Nigerians took to the streets to call for a reformation of the police. Speaking at an event hosted by south-west governors in Lagos on Sunday, Buhari, represented by Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff, pledged to […]

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to leave the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as a condition to call off its ongoing strike in the country. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, said this in a statement made available on Sunday in Abuja. He said the ongoing strike may still linger […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, say the recent directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu for the withdrawal of police personnel attached to some billionaire businessmen, politicians, clerics and companies is in the interest of the country. CAN’s General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, noted that the directive would make […]

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at the weekend confirmed that reported deaths from a “strange illness” in Enugu and Delta states in recent weeks were caused by yellow fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic disease that can kill within 10 days if symptoms become severe. In a statement the NCDC director, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said […]