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The National Examinations Council  has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination results, with the national cut off mark put at 142.   The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Godswill Obioma, while presenting the results to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, Monday, in Abuja, said a total of 70,580 candidates sat […]

Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters has made plans to develop a platinum mine in Zimbabwe with at least a billion dollars, according to Bloomberg News.   The Platinium mine is located in Selous, the south of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. It is also close to present platinum mines, and comprises a 3,000 hectare (7,413-acre) concession.   The […]

Sixty prominent Nigerians and organisations, including the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, and frontline businessman, Emeka Offor, on Saturday lost their privilege of personal police security.   The police personnel attached to them were ordered withdrawn by Police Inspector General Mohammed Adamu forthwith. […]

As calls for restricting get louder in Nigeria, Wole Olanipekun, a prominent lawyer, has declared that what the country needs is a only a brand new constitution that can address the multitude of challenges facing the nation.   The lawyer said that the 1999 constitution is unable to address  Nigeria’s peculiarities, explaining that what the […]

Contrary to reports by Bloomberg that Dangote Cement was granted sole approval to export cement through the land borders, information has emerged that other companies also got approval to export through the land borders.   Nigerian Customs Service has reportedly revealed that BUA Group and a gas company have also received presidential approval to move […]

Efforts by Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of becoming the first African and the first woman to head the World Trade Organization (WTO) has hit a spanner after the global trade agency said the process of choosing the next head of the organization has been postponed sine die. The Geneva-based trade watchdog has […]

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to sell Geregu, Omotosho and Calabar power plants for N434 billion next year, according to plans by the Bureau of Public Enterprises.   The government has also concluded plans to concession the National Stadium, Lagos, Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, Jos International Stadium and Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, […]

  …accuses account owners of terrorism   The Central Bank of Nigeria was able to secure authority to freeze the accounts of #EndSARS campaigners by accusing them of engaging in acts of terrorism.   With that, the Federal Government was able to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners after it told a Federal High […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal in Ilorin at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students, organised labour, market women and other […]

The government of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year Golden Residency visa.   The Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, disclosed this in a tweet, which listed other categories of beneficiaries of the UAE Golden Residency visa to include specialists […]

  The Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday proposed a budget estimate of N1,155,022,413,005.82 for 2021, christened ‘budget of rekindled hope’.   The governor made the presentation at the Lagos State House of Assembly Chambers, Alausa Ikeja.   Sanwo-Olu said his administration negotiated and was able to save about N12 billion from the restructuring […]

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has secured a court order freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters till January 2021. The order was pursuant to a motion ex parte filed by the CBN before a Federal High Court. The certified true copy of the order obtained by an online medium, Peoples Gazette, showed that […]