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  ….Moves to block revenue leakages by contractors …To undertake compliance spot checks on MDAs The Federal Government has ordered vendors of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to display their Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) on their invoices before payments are effected by the MDAs. The Federal Government’s directive was handed...

  The Presidency has spoken of efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to end incessant killings in Benue and its neighbouring states, denying the president is to blame for the farmer/herders crises that have cost hundreds of lives in the last two years. Buhari has been accused of condoning the killings...

  Nigeria’s foreign reserves hit $40.4 billion as of January 5, an increase of roughly $1 billion from December, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Monday. The bank said the rise reflected its “strategy to effectively manage forex demand by various sectors of the economy”, stressing restrictions on...

    BEING THE OPENING REMARKS OF PROF. IS-HAQ OLANREWAJU OLOYEDE, OFR, FNAL REGISTRAR, JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD (JAMB), AT THE STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING HELD AT THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE, ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY, 2018 PROTOCOLS CONSOLIDATING THE GAINS, PUSHING THE FRONTIERS INTRODUCTION I heartily welcome you all to...

  The Bayelsa State Government has described the recent killing in Edegbene community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, as barbaric, lawless and totally condemnable. A statement issued in Yenagoa by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Dr. Boma Spero Jack, described the attack as...

The Federal Government of Nigerian has appointed former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola; and ex-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, among those to review the country’s university system. Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, made this known in an interview with...

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged security agencies to treat political leaders who sponsor killers as criminals. Speaking on Monday in Yenagoa  he said such political leaders should be arrested and prosecuted like the criminals they sponsor to perpetuate crime against innocent citizens in the society. A statement...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies to probe the voluntary disclosure by the Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), Dr. Mikanti Baru, that 4,501 trucks of petroleum went missing. The party in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi,...

    Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, 92, a chip from the old block, served as President Shehu Shagari’s Liaison Officer to the National Assembly. In this interview, he reviews the state of the nation and critically dissects the arguments for restructuring. He submits that insinuations of northern objection to restructuring are...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed March 9 to 17 for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. The theme of the meeting is “Strategic planning on the conduct of...