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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed a new registrar\CEO for the organisation. He is Mr Pateh Bah, from The Gambia. Mr Bah, who graduated with Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1997 from Pune University, Maharashtra, India, succeded Dr Iyi Uwadiae, a Nigerian, for a five- year single term …

Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served under him as commissioners. The decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to …

The University of Lagos Management has set up a Panel headed by Professor Ayodele V. Atsenuwa, a Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos and the incumbent Dean of the Faculty. The Panel will probe into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of …

The Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Conveners of the Corruption Not In My Country Project are set to launch a new mobile and web application device designed to empower Nigerians to report corruption on October 10, 2019 at the ShehuYar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The Report-Corruption-App, called FLAG’IT, a project initiated by the Akin …

THE Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday said governors were not divided on the new minimum wage implementation. According to him, they do not see the national minimum wage increase as a general wage review. Fayemi, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, said: “We …

  A 54-year old woman who acted as a midwife at the baby factory in the Ijegun area of Lagos state, Sherifat Ipaye, disclosed that she collected N15,000 for each delivery, while her partner in crime, Happiness Ukwuoma was paid N20,000 monthly, with free accommodation. Her job specification according to …

Ben Ayade The proposed Bakassi Deep Seaport, to be located in Cross River State, is to gulp between $1.7 billion and $2 billion, according to figures released at the weekend by the Debt Review and Project Development Commission. The commission, set up recently by the state Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, …

Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The federal government yesterday said it’s currently understudying its South Africa counterpart in the areas of environmental degradation and how mining could be properly done without destroying the environment. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, stated that the agreement reached at the just-concluded …

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal office on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 arraigned Gladys Udia before Justice M. L Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, forgery and alteration to the tune …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT). A statement in Abuja by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Peter Afunaya, and made available to The Witness on Wednesday said the secret police in a combined operation …