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JAMB Registers over 300,000 Candidates in one Week The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered over 300,000 candidates for its 2019...

Substandard Transformers, Meters Imported Into Nigeria — FG The Federal Government on Thursday said it was worrisome to note that substandard power equipment like transformers...

Atiku Labels NNPC A Mafia Organisation, Vows To Privatise It The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, said on Wednesday that he...

Minimum wage: FG Asks Technical Committee To Look For Additional Revenue The Technical Committee on the Implementation of a new Minimum Wage inaugurated last Wednesday...

Ajaokuta Steel Mourns Shagari as Father of Steel Development The Sole Administrator, Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, Engr. Sumaila Abdul Akaba has described the death of...

Analyst Forecasts Weaker Naira, Economic Growth In 2019 The Chief Investment Officer at Sigma Pension, Pabina Yinkere has predicted a 2.3 per cent Gross Domestic...

Ewache Ajefu Emerges as IMPR Chief Operating Officer/Editor-in-Chief Mr Ewache Ajefu has been appointed by Image Merchant Promotions Limited (IMPR), publishers of news release platform,...

Pilots, Engineers Advise FG To Quicken Nigeria Air Inauguration The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers has asked the Federal Government to quicken the...

FG Injects N15.89b to stop ASUU strike Varsities may reopen soon, with the Federal Government(FG) making concessions to the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities...

Fiscal Discipline: Only 22 States Have Presented 2019 Budgets Only 22 states have presented 2019 budgets …to spend N273bn higher than 2018 As at December 23, 2018,...

Budget Presentation under threat As Workers Shut Down NASS complex The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has sealed off the National Assembly (NASS) complex...

Buhari Committed to Build a Better Nigeria- Gwamna Dr Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna, The Managing Director of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) and chieftain of the...

Steady LPG Supply May End Farmers/Herders’ Clashes - PTDF The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Gusau, has said steady...

Oyo-Ita inaugurates e-learning platform Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Monday inaugurated the Public Service Learning Management System (PSLMS), to...

Buhari would have breached ECOWAS protocol signing Electoral Bill Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central) said the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance forbids President...

Borno, Yobe IDPs Gets Food Donations From Saudi The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, has donated 140,468...

Buhari: Once I Receive Petroleum Bill, I’ll Sign Immediately President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared that he would sign the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill into...

Niger Governor Spokesperson Receives Outstanding Chief Press Secretary Award The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, on Wednesday,...

For CPS, FG Makes National Identification Number Mandatory For workers The Federal Government has mandated all workers under the Contributory Pension Scheme to produce their...

Butchery Owner steals 20 cows, Appears in court A 31-year-old butchery business owner, Mobolaji Olayinka, who allegedly stole 20 cows valued at N2 million, has...