The publisher of Desert Herald and alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, standing trial for terrorism offences has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to transfer him out of the custody of the Department of the State Service (DSS).
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. JAMB’s Registrar Ishaq Oloyede announced the release of the UTME results in a press conference held at the board’s headquarters in Bwari on the outskirts of Abuja. According to Oloyede, over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. The examination which began on Friday the 19th of April ended on Monday the 29th of April. Out of the 1,989,668 registered candidates, 80, 810 were absent. A total of 1, 904, 189 sat…
Petroleum products marketers have blamed the fresh scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on a lack of supply of the product by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, made this known on Monday on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief breakfast programme. The fresh fuel scarcity has grounded many economic activities in states across the Federation as Nigerians queue up at filling stations nationwide. While some motorists were lucky to get fuel at some retail outlets for between N700 and N,1200 per litre after hours of…
The climate, energy and environment ministers of the leading Western industrialised nations (G7) have agreed on a coal phase-out by 2035 at their meeting in Italy, British and Italian officials said on Monday.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues across the country will be cleared out by Wednesday, April 31.
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu says the Federal Government requires 10 billion dollars investment yearly, to revive the power sector for the next 10 years. Adelabu said this in Abuja on Monday, at a one-day investigative hearing on halting the electricity tariff increase by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) organised by the Senate Committee on Power. “For this sector to be revived, government need to spend nothing less than 10 billion dollars annually in the next 10 years. ” This is because of the Infrastructure requirement for the stability of the sector, but government can not afford…
Worried by the prevalence of drug abuse among women and girls in Nigeria, the House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development is currently holding a regional seminar on the prevalence of drug abuse among women in Nigeria.
Nigeria is poised to produce 4,000 tonnes of lithium per day, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said on Monday in Abuja. Declaring opening a two-day roundtable on Sustainable Development of Nigeria’s Mining Sector, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of lithium daily. He noted that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake performed a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lithium factory in Nasarawa in 2023 to produce 18,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day. Shettima said that more lithium sites were being discovered across the country. Lithium is a…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who participated in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with 64,624 results under investigation. The Board Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this at a news in Bwari on Monday. Oloyede said that 1,989,668 candidates registered for the examinations held in 118 towns in 774 Computer Based Test Centres (CBT). According to the registrar, out of the registered candidates, 1,904,109 sat for the examination while 80,810 were absent. He explained that 64,624 results were under investigation for various reasons such as verification (2,896), procedural investigations (4,594), prima…
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated Nigeria’s plans to build a vast digital market capable of absorbing cutting-edge innovations and technologies. This is stated in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, on Monday in Abuja. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, spoke at the meeting of African Heads of State and Government on the 21st Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA21) in Nairobi. The President declared that Nigeria is set to harness the potential of its youthful population to transform into a global digital…