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President Bola Tinubu says the implementation of the student loan initiative will commence in January 2024. Tinubu, who was speaking at Abuja during the National Economic Summit 2023  on Monday, assured Nigerian students that the era of incessant strikes will be a thing of the past. “By January 2024, the new student loan must commence. […]

The Federal Government yesterday said it would settle their N500 million fines to regain their freedom. Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who dropped the hint, said 4000 inmates would, in the next four weeks, be released from correctional facilities across the country. The fines, the minister assured, would be cleared within the next four weeks. The […]

Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, is dead.He was aged 42. Bamalli was survived by a wife and two children. He was appointed ambassador by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022. Before his appointment, he was a deputy director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He held the traditional title of Magajin Garin Zazzau […]

President Bola Tinubu has officially approved the sum of ₦35,000 minimum wage for all federal civil servants. The approval was announced in a circular issued by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) on Thursday. The circular, which was signed by the NSIWC Chairman, Ekpo U. O, stated that the wage award was effective […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deploy 46,084 regular and ad hoc staff for the off-cycle governorship election coming up in November in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known in his remarks at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners held at the INEC Conference Room, Abuja […]

The federal government said yesterday that, henceforth, the country would adopt the principle of reciprocity in the issuance of visas to foreigners who come into the country. By this, the government said it would treat foreigners seeking Nigerian visas the way Nigerians were treated by the respective countries. It also planned to introduce more stringent […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has noted the appearance of fuel queues in some parts of Lagos and a few other locations around the country. The retail management of the NNPC in a statement on Thursday, said the queues are due to reduced Depot loadout in Apapa, Lagos over a few […]

A member of the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC),Chalya Silas, who was doing her national service in Kaduna state, has been killed by suspected armed robbers at the Barnawa area where she was doing her early morning physical  exercise. Her friends who were thrown into deep mourning and confusion, said Chalya was stabbed to […]

The Federal Government says it will do everything humanly possible to ensure that Nigeria returns to UNESCO Governing Board. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, gave the assurance when the Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO, Dr Hajo Sani and her team visited him on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Idris, […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed fake and expired goods worth over N500 million in Abuja. Speaking during the exercise, the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that some of the goods were also voluntary submitted to the agency. Represented by Mr Francis Ononiwu, NAFDAC […]