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University lecturers are heading for another strike over the re-negotiated 2009 agreement with the Federal Government, it was learnt at the weekend. There are indications that the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on February 14 to review the implementation of some components …

Telcos lose millions, customers’ verification affected, NIMC apologises as engineers battle crisis Thousands of telecommunication subscribers nationwide seeking to retrieve their lost Subscriber Identity Module cards or acquire new lines temporarily have been left stranded, following a technical glitch in the National Identity Management Commission portal that has grounded SIM-related …

•Buni Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of the Progressive Youth Movement (PYM) have withdrawn a suit they filed seeking sack of the National Chairman, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CEOCPC), Governor Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe State. Led by PYM Chairperson, Princess Zahrah Mustapha-Audu, …

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced self-registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations. The Board said the system would, in the long run, reduce the crowds at Computer-Based Test centres (CBT) in these cities. …

DG, CPPE, Muda Yusuf and The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria to revoke its newly introduced  electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) and evaluator for exporters and importers. The e-invoicing became effective on February 1, 2022. The CBN had …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had arraigned a former Secretary General of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Amaechi Akawo, for alleged involvement in a $150,000 fraud. The anti-graft body said the alleged fraud was perpetrated under Akawo back in July and August …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debited fourteen banks led by Zenith Bank a total of N356.1bn for failure to meet Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) requirement. The debit is the first suffered by banks in the new year 2022. The affected banks include; Zenith Bank (N170m debit), Providus (N40bn debit) …

  The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), under the governorship of Prof Chukwuma Soludo, will win all legislative seats in the state come 2023 general elections. This was contained in a release by APGA’s Media Warriors’ national coordinator, Chinedu Obigwe, which was made available to THE WHISTLER in Awka on Monday. The …

  File: Abdulrasheed Maina A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rukkayat Ibrahim, on Wednesday in Abuja admitted that the offences for which a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was tried and imprisoned were committed between 2011 and 2017. According to her, a …

•Kidnap suspects shot dead after shoot out with security operatives on Benin-Auchi road Senate President Ahmad Lawan The military should take the battle to bandits, the Senate said yesterday. It urged the Federal Government to deploy fighter jets to flush out terrorists from their hideouts. These were some resolutions taken …