Year: 2018
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Bauchi Govt. releases N17m for 2018 Ou’ranic recitation competition
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi has called on parents, guardians and other stakeholders in the state to enroll their children into Islamiyyah schools to enable them have sound moral education and grow up as trustful members of the society. Just he described the Holy Quran as the holiest Book of Islam…
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40% of Bauchi population lacks safe drinking water
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi Bauchi State Rural Water and Sanitation Agency with the support of the state government and donor agencies has embarked on new measures to provide 1.5 million people with adequate portable water this year. The General Manager of the Agency Engr. Garba Babaji Magaji who said that the figure represent about 40%…
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N7. 8b Remittance To FG: JAMB Registrar Justifies Board’s Position
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede has said that most of first class graduates from the nation’s universities were not exceptional but merely average at their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) scores. Oloyede disclosed this over the weekend at an interactive session with journalists…
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Sokoto Jihadists: Senator Wammako Advocates Education Summit
By Najem Francic, Sokoto Sokoto State former Governor, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has advocated an educational summit to brainstorm on the possibility of integrating the works of the founding fathers of the Sokoto Caliphate into the existing education curricula in the country. He said that doing so would go a long way in revitalising education…
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New Year Attack: Gov Ahmed Vows To Prosecute Perpetrators
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured Kwarans of his readiness to deploy the law and public fund to achieve peace, unity and progress in the state The governor made this commitment in Ilorin on Tuesday in separate meetings with leaderships of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State…
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Gov Ahmed Directs SUBEB To Implement Teachers’ Promotion Arrears
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to release all outstanding promotion letters to primary and junior secondary school teachers in the state. Governor Ahmed, who gave the directive during a meeting with officials of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Kwara…
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Gov Ahmed Directs Kwara Poly to Reduce Tuition Fees
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin to reduce tuition fees payable for the 2017/2018 academic session. The new approved tuition fees are lower than the 2016/2017 fees. Governor Ahmed’s approval is in line with the recommendations of the Committee he set…
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Nigeria’s External Reserves hit $40.4 Billion
…As CBN injects $210m into interbank market By Joseph INOKOTONG Nigeria’s External Reserves have recorded a giant leap, hitting a new high of $40.4 billion. The development, which would impact favourably on the economy, confirms projection by the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele at the Annual Bankers’ Dinner of the Chartered…
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Diamond Bank Receives ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 Certification
By Joseph INOKOTONG Diamond Bank has been awarded the prestigious ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 certification by the British Standard Institute (BSI) Group. The certification, which was awarded after a rigorous process and systems audit by qualified BSI auditors, is a seal of approval that the Bank’s network architecture, software design, security policies, procedures and protective practices conforms…
