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JAMB adopts minimum cut-off marks for varsities, polys, COEs

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off mark…

₦423bn probe: El-Rufai accuses judge of bias, seeks case transfer

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has taken Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in…

N423bn probe: Court reserves judgment in El-Rufai’s suit against Kaduna assembly

The Federal High Court in Kaduna State has reserved judgment in the suit filed by Mr Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai, the…

Food crisis: Reps donate 50% salary for six months

The House of Representatives has passed a multi-partisan resolution, supported by members across the eight political parties represented in the…

Abba Kyari fails to quash drug trafficking case

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, seeking…

USAID and SDN host mangroves dialogues to address climate change in Nigeria

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) facilitated dialogues between policymakers, regulators, researchers, organizations,…

BPSR trains directors on self assessment tools in MDAs

The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has hosted a sensitization workshop for Directors of Reform Coordination and Service Improvement…

Minimum wage: Abbas lauds Tinubu, expresses House’s readiness to expedite action on bill

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for agreeing…

FG, Labour agree on ₦70,000 as new minimum wage

The Minister of Information Mohammed Idris says the Federal Government and the leadership of the Organised Labour have agreed on…

Oil theft: IGP appoints new commander for Petroleum Task Force

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, in his continuous effort to combat pipeline vandalism and oil…