Day: September 18, 2019

Niger Pays NECO N200m Debt, Over 30,000 Students’ Withheld Results

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Niger State Government has concluded talks with the National Examination Commission (NECO) to release the result of about 30, 000 students of the state withheld by the examination body. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje indicates that the state government has paid over N200 million to NECO this year to offset part of the students examination fees. According to the statement, government has also paid well over a billion Naira, from 2017, to various examination bodies to date. It reiterated the…

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Barkley: I’m Chelsea’s Penalty Taker & I’ll Take Again

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Ross Barkley says he is Chelsea’s designated penalty taker and insists he will take the next one the club are awarded despite his 87th-minute miss against Valencia on Tuesday. Willian, Jorginho and Tammy Abraham were all in discussion with Barkley after the referee checked with VAR to give a penalty for a handball by Daniel Wass late on in the defeat to the Spanish side. Rodrigo’s 74th-minute goal proved the difference at Stamford Bridge and England midfielder Barkley has insisted he will take another one despite blazing his spot-kick over…

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CBN to commence charges on deposits, withdrawals above N500,000

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The nationwide implementation of the cashless policy will begin by March 2020, says the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday. The apex bank said this in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks in the country. It said that implementation of the policy would signal the imposition of charges on deposits in addition to already existing charges on withdrawals. According to the circular, the charges, which take effect from Wednesday (today) will attract three per cent processing fees for withdrawals and two per cent processing fees for lodgments of amounts…

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Hotels, guest houses where women get killed in Rivers to be sealed by police

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The police in Rivers state have threatened to seal hotels or guest houses where fresh incidents of murder occurs, as it expressed concern that a serial women killer has been on the prowl in the State, . Rivers State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mustapha Dandaura, disclosed that the police have arrested a man who called a young girl on her cell phone and tried to lure her to a hotel in Port Harcourt yesterday. He issued the warning while briefing newsmen on measures put in place by the Rivers State…

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Woman stabs lover for refusing to finance daughter’s birthday

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A 23-year-old woman, Stella Peter, has been arrested by homicide detectives in Lagos State, for allegedly stabbing her live-in-partner, Bala Haruna, aged 25, to death over his refusal to finance their daughter’s one-year birthday party. The incident occurred Tuesday morning at No. 2, Tejuosho Avenue, Surulere where the suspect and the deceased have lived as a couple for three years. It was gathered that Peter, a native of Kogi State, had an argument with her Kebbi State partner, Haruna, following his inability to raise N30,000 for their daughter’s birthday, which…

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