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2020 UTME: JAMB denies cancelling any result
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has distanced itself from rumours in some quarters that results of its 2020 UTME taken on Saturday March 14 and Monday March 16 had been cancelled.
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Coronavirus: Nigeria places travel ban on US, China, others
Nigerian government on Wednesday placed a travel ban on countries that have recorded over 1000 cases of coronavirus. Such countries include China, the United States, Italy, Iran and South Korea. Details later.
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Abuja doctors may suspend strike as House intervenes
Barring a last-minute change of decision, health workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may call off the industrial action they embarked on by Thursday. The Speaker, who had mandated the Rep. Tanko Sununu-led Committee on Health Services to intervene and ensure that the matters are resolved, pleaded with the health workers to consider the
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Strike: ASUU, FG reaches concrete proposals
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the union.
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We posted all NYSC members before closing camps–Director
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday said it had planned ahead of the emergency closure of all camps across the country and posted corps members for their primary assignment.
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NYSC shuts down orientation camps over coronavirus fears
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has shut down all the orientation camp nationwide over the spread of coronavirus.
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Senate mulls devaluation of naira, budget reduction
The Senate is considering options to cushion the impact of the nation’s dwindling revenue. It might reduce the N10.594 trillion budget of 2020 and back naira devaluation.
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FG under pressure to close borders over coronavirus
The announcement by the Federal Ministry of Health yesterday of a new case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria has intensified calls on the Federal Government to impose travel restrictions at the country’s entry points.
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Inflation to spike further as new VAT, fresh risks emerge
Although pressure from the nation’s border closure may have dissipated and slowed down the spike in inflation rate, the effect of the new 7.5 per cent value added tax (VAT) regime, as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic may continue to drive inflation rate higher than expected.
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No special treatment for VIPs, Sanwo-Olu tells airport staff
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday visited the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) for assessment of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN’s) screening of passengers for coronavirus, insisting that members of staff should not show bias in their operations.
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