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JAMB pegs cut-off mark at 140 for varsities, 100 for polytechnics, others

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively. The National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS), popularly known as the cut-off mark, for 2024 admission into tertiary institutions was arrived at on Thursday during the 2024 annual policy meeting on admissions, which was held at the Body Benchers, Headquarters, Abuja. The meeting was held following the successful conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A total of…

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Catholic priest flogs choir members over failure to clear church field in Enugu

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Reverend Father Linus Okwu, a Catholic Priest of Enugu Diocese, reportedly flogged choir members of his church for allegedly failing to clear the church field. Okwu, who is the Parish Priest of St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church, Agbani, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, allegedly whipped choir members comprising mothers, young men, ladies and teenagers. Trouble started when the irate priest, armed with canes, interrupted a choir practice in his parish and demanded an explanation on why the church field was yet to be cleared. Not satisfied with the…

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Economic hardship: Reps cut salaries by 50% for 6 months, NLC, CSOs unimpressed

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The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to assist the federal government with N648 million for six months by cutting down their salaries by 50 per cent to support food sufficiency and address the high cost of food in the country. But the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society organisations, CSOs, such as ActionAid, Yiaga Africa, in a swift reaction, said the problem was not with the salaries of members of the House of Representatives, but their allowances, suggesting the bogus allowances be slashed by half to make meaningful impact…

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25 human trafficking victims rescued in Delta State

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25 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by the Delta State Police in the Ugheli area of the state. The Delta State command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated this on Thursday in Asaba, the state capital. He said, “On June 15, 2024, acting on credible information received by the command on the activities of one Chinyere (surname unknown) who specialised in trafficking women from the South-East and brought them to Ughelli, Delta State for prostitution, intelligence further revealed that she lured them by telling them that they were coming…

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Tinubu, Labour agree on N70,000 minimum wage

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President Bola Tinubu and the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, respectively, have agreed on N70,000 as the new national minimum wage during their meeting at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. The wage will replace the N30,000 minimum wage that expired on April 18, 2024. To give legal teeth to the agreement ahead of its implementation, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that the lawmakers would get…

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PDP govs support Labour on new minimum wage demands

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Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have backed labour’s demand for a new minimum wage, saying it is “eminently justified”. The PDP governors made their opinion known in a communiqué signed by the spokesman, Bala Mohammed and issued on Wednesday at the end of their meeting in Enugu State. Mohammed addressing the media on behalf of the PDP governors said a minimum wage increase is important, especially with the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria. They, however, believe that the final agreement on the new national minimum wage must be…

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Senator Ndume removed as Senate chief whip

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Senator Ali Ndume has been removed by the Senate as the Chief Whip and replaced with Senator Tahir Monguno. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The request was put to voice votes by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and loudly affirmed by all the APC senators. According to the letter, the party accused Ndume of making hurtful comments against the administration of President…

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UAE denies $10,000 bank balance, N640,000 fee for Nigerian visa applicants

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The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable, an online news agency. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians. Idris further revealed that applicants must fulfill certain conditions part of which was obtaining a document verification number on documentverificationhub.ae. According to the website, the verification costs a non-refundable N640,000 excluding VAT for each application. This does…

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Nigerians react to $10,000 bank balance, other conditions to obtain UAE visa

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Following the lifting of Visa restrictions on Nigeria by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some Nigerians have reacted to the conditions required to obtain the visa. Recall the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, revealed that the Federal Government and the UAE authorities have reached an agreement vacating travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians with immediate effect. The minister revealed that Nigerian passport holders can now travel to the UAE without any hindrance. He also asked Nigerians seeking information on the updated UAE visa conditions to visit…

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Tech entrepreneur arrested for alleged fraud

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A tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. The FBI said the duo used sham corporate entities to receive fraudulent funds distributed into other accounts within and outside the US to conceal the fraud. The FBI, in a statement, said it had been seeking…

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