•House of Representatives A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of an Independent Authority for the registration, regulation, and funding of political parties in Nigeria has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to establish a dispute tribunal and regulate the funding of political parties as well as...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved a one-year moratorium on new applications for polytechnics and monotechnics. He, however, exempted health institutions due to low enrollment challenges, reports NAN. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the National Board fo...
The registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will now commence on Monday, Feb. 3, instead of today, Friday, January 31 as earlier slated. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Public Communication Advisor, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja today...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abuja, has announced January 30, 2025, as the new deadline for the registration of intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj. In a statement issued by the Board’s spokesperson, Mohammed Lawal Aliyu, the deadline adjustment aligns with directives from the National Hajj Commission ...
Ahead 2027 general elections, 78 associations have submitted applications to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking to be registered as political parties. A senior management staff of the commission, who pleaded not to be named, revealed this to our correspondent in Abuja, reports Sunday Tribune. The source, who declined ...
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the commencement of registration for the 2025 Hajj exercise. The Board is calling on all intending pilgrims to deposit a minimum of ₦8.4 million via a bank draft from any commercial bank, made payable to the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abuja, to secure a spot for […]
•Yunusa Tanko The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has disclosed that there will soon be a formal registration into the movement for members and intending members. He confirmed this on Channels Television today, stating that they intend to build the movement into a proper structural format to be able to pr...
•Nigerian Senate Leading opposition parties, some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other prominent Nigerians have rejected the Senate’s bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission Act, 2017, to make provision for registration of not just Nigerians but all other persons resident in Nigeria. The Senate passed the bill for a ...
•’Pure water’ A public health expert, Prof. Olalubi Oluwashogo, has warned on the dangers of patronising sachet waters not fully certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He gave the warning during a town hall meeting organised by Fridabs Solacebase communication in partnership with Wol...
The Lagos State Government has issued a two-week registration notice to all public transport drivers (Korope/Danfo bus drivers), as it releases the restructuring plans to improve commuting experience. Speaking at a meeting with bus operators and Union leaders in the State, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, said ...
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