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NUT DIFFER WITH FG OVER BAN ON UNDER-18; CANDIDATES FROM SITTING FOR WASC/NECO EXAMSThe Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council, even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy, The PUNCH reports.The Minister of Education, …

BICHI OUT AS TINUBU NAMES AJAYI DSS DG President Bola Tinubu has appointed Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday. Ajayi replaces Yusuf Magaji Bichi who was appointed by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018. …

SEYI TINUBU’S PRESENCE AT CJN’S SWEARING IN SPARKS REACTIONS Reactions have trailed the appearance of Seyi, son of President Bola Tinubu, at the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the Senate.Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath register on Friday. The event was held at the …

TINUBU MAY BECOME WORSE THAN BUHARI – Ex-APC VICE CHAIR LUKMAN Former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Lukman has said President Bola Tinubu is on track to becoming worse than former President Muhammadu Buhari. Lukman said governance in Nigeria is currently deteriorating under Tinubu. In a statement he signed, the former APC Vice Chairman …

PETROL HIKE IMMINENT AS GOVT, DANGOTE REFINERY CONCLUDE CRUDE OIL DEAL The Federal Government’s committee, established to facilitate crude oil sales to local refineries in naira, is set to discuss the pricing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, scheduled for release in September 2024, as reported by Punch on Monday, August 26,2024.Sources within the oil industry …

NIGERIA SITTING ON TIME BOMB – CATHOLIC BISHOPS The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on Sunday described as worrisome the state of the nation, noting that Nigeria is presently “sitting on a ticking time bomb” under President Bola Tinubu. The Catholic body of Bishops also said that as long as the issues of poverty, hardship and corruption continue to be …

150 KIDNAPPED AS BANDITS LAUCH FRESH ATTACK IN SOKOTO, DAYS AFTER KILLING EMIR No fewer than 150 people have been reportedly kidnapped as bandits invaded Gobir in Sokoto State, News360 Nigeria gathered This comes amid the mourning the death of their Emir, Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa who was murdered by bandits. A University Don, Prof Bello Bada disclosed this in …

HOW EX-NIA DG ABUBAKAR WAS ASKED TO RESIGN Contrary to the claim of the director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, that he resigned from office for family reasons, there are indications that he may have been forced to go. In a seemingly rare act of personal conviction, Abubakar told the press on Saturday night that he decided …

MALTA CONTROVERSY: MATRIC ENERGY GOES TO COURT OVER ALLEGATION OF IMPORTATION OF SUBSTANDARD PETROLAn Indigenous oil company, Matrix Energy Limited, has asked a Federal Capital Territory High Court to restrain two media houses and others from further publishing alleged libellous stories about its oil shipping business.Matrix and its CEO, Abdulkadir Adisa Aliu, in their court processes, denied any “involvement in …

NNPC HAS NO FUNDS TO FIX OLD PIPELINES – HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRIThe Federal Government has declared that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited does not have the funds required to rebuild old pipelines.The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the just concluded Energy and Labour Summit 2024 organised by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior …