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The National Examinations Council has confirmed that the closing date for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination Internal Registration remains unchanged. NECO in a statement on Thursday called on stakeholders to disregard social media posts purporting that the registration period had been extended to Monday 20th June, 2024. NECO insisted that the registration, which started on Monday, December 18, 2023, would close on Monday, June 3 2024. The statement read, “The National Examinations Council has not extended the closing date for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination Internal Registration. “Late registration, which attracts the late registration fee, is between Tuesday,…

…Governors have ‘killed’ local govts — Senate …Asks Tinubu to immediately stop allocation of funds to caretaker c’ttees THE Senate yesterday accused state governors of misappropriating funds allocated to local government councils in Nigeria, saying that arm of government was dead in the country It also said the dream of achieving the objectives of the local government system has encountered harsh realities as successive governments have often eroded local autonomy, limiting their financial resources and control over decision-making. Consequently, the Red Chamber asked the federal government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government areas, LGAs, and…

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Hamzat Adebola, on Thursday, paraded the former Chairman, Park Management System, Lamidi Mukaila fondly called Auxiliary. The PUNCH reported that the Department of State Services penultimate Tuesday arrested Auxillary at his Olodo residence in Ibadan, the state capital, months after the police had declared him wanted for allegedly involving in a series of armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder cases. Adebola, while parading the suspect at the state police command, said he would be charged in court. He said, “Discreet intelligence-led search commenced for the sacked PMS chieftain with the help of technology, collaborative efforts with…

Emirates Airlines has confirmed its daily operations in Nigeria starting October 1, 2024, offering unrivalled connectivity for Nigerian travellers. According to information obtained from the airline’s website, Emirates will resume services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai, and offering customers more choices and connectivity from Nigeria’s largest city to, and through, Dubai. The airline disclosed that “the service will be operated using a Boeing 777-300ER. EK783 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs, arriving in Lagos at 1520hrs; the return flight EK784 will leave Lagos at 1730hrs and arrive in Dubai at 0510hrs the…

Unarguably, there’s virtually no continent or country in the world that the prophetic ministry of Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church hasn’t touched. As Jesus Christ gave an instruction to His disciples to go into the world and preach the gospel to every part of the world, Primate Ayodele’s prophetic ministry which is rooted in Jesus Christ, has gone beyond his immediate environment to the uttermost part of the Earth. Primate Ayodele practically runs a ministry without walls and boundaries; there is no limit to what he can prophecy about; God has placed in his hands a prophetic…

Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the giant strides of Globacom on the Nigerian landscape and commended the Chairman of the company, Dr Mike Adenuga, Jr., for being a great believer in Nigeria. Governor Adeleke made the comment while hosting a Globacom team in his office in Osogbo. He urged telecommunications companies to strengthen ties with the state government, adding that “the subnational entities are where your market is. “Even though the regulatory body is national, your market base remains the states and the local governments. You must deliberately prioritize partnership with the state government. “The telecom…

By Simon, A. FAKEYE About twenty-one years ago, in 2003, the then 152-year old New York Times owned up an act of journalistic fraud committed by Jayson Blair, 27, one of its 375 staff. The American newspaper revealed that Blair “fabricated comments, concocted scenes, lifted material from other newspapers and wire services”. The newspaper with more than ten million subscribers further stated that his former reporter was fond of selecting details from photographs to create the impression he had been somewhere or seen someone, when he had not; that Blair faked stories from Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio and Texas without…

..other foreign students Michigan State University (MSU) has announced $25,000 scholarship opportunities for interested Nigerians and other international students willing to pursue an undergraduate degree in the United States (US). The US university revealed this on its website adding that the undergraduate scholarship “covers $25,000 towards tuition annually, renewable for eight semesters.” An online news platform which shares success and scholarship stories, Scholarship Region, also confirmed this on its website. It read, “The Michigan State University Scholarship is awarded to academically competitive incoming freshmen with non-U.S. residency status applying from schools outside the United States.” The scholarship closes on November…

THE Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu ‘s loan request of $500,000,000 for the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE for the metering of citizens to improve financial and technical performance of Electricity distributions companies. The World Bank loan is Nigeria Distribution Sector RecoveryProgram (DISREP) of $500,000,000. The approval yesterday was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senator Aliyu Wammako, APC, Sokoto North led Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts 2022 – 2024 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan for the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Presenting the report, Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Haruna Manu, PDP Taraba…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced the passing of his Deputy Chief of Staff, DCoS, Gboyega Soyannwo. Soyannwo died on Wednesday, after a brief illness. He was aged 55. The death was announced in a statement by state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso. The statement reads, “With deep sorrow, the Lagos State Government announces the passing of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) to Mr. Governor, Mr. Gboyega Soyannwo. “Soyannwo died today after a brief illness. He was 55. “Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on behalf of the Government and people of Lagos, sends his condolences…