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The federal government has announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the neighbouring Benin Republic and Togo. In a statement signed on Tuesday, January 2, by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Education, the federal government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified.” The statement noted that the suspension followed an investigative report by an online newspaper, which unravelled a Cotonou-based University, which…

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Junior Doctors strike on a picket line outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Junior doctors in England begin a 3-day walkout as their months-long pay dispute drags on, adding pressure on the National Health Service and dealing another blow to Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists. Photographer: Darren Staples/Bloomberg Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday begin their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors — those below consultant level — will walk out for six days in a major escalation of their long-running…

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Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo inspected facilities of the @nigimmigration alongside the Comptroller General of the Service, Wura-Ola Adepoju. This is coming ahead of the automation of the passport application process, which will begin from January 8, 2024, where Nigerians will be able to apply and complete their passport application process online

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1. Never think twice about investments in yourself. 2. When you think something nice about someone, let them know. 3. Put your alarm clock in the bathroom. 4. To improve at anything, do it 30 min per day for 30 straight days. 5. Hire a writer to document your parents’ stories. 6. Write 3 things you’re grateful for every night. 7. Go for a 15 minute walk every morning. 8. Pursue the larger luck surface area. 9. Tell your partner one thing you appreciate about them daily. 10. Do things you’ll be excited to tell your kids about. 11.…

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40 life “cheat codes” everyone should know.1. Never think twice about investments in yourself.2. When you think something nice about someone, let them know.3. Put your alarm clock in the bathroom.4. To improve at anything, do it 30 min per day for 30 straight days.5. Hire a writer to document your parents’ stories.6. Write 3 things you’re grateful for every night.7. Go for a 15 minute walk every morning.8. Pursue the larger luck surface area.9. Tell your partner one thing you appreciate about them daily.10. Do things you’ll be excited to tell your kids about.11. Spend 15 minutes in the…

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Mr Fubara’s ally, Edison Ehie’s recently resigned his membership of the Rivers assembly. Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has urged the people of the state not to be frightened by the political crisis in the state, saying that his opponents will not get what they want from him. Mr Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the FCT minister, have been engaged in a power tussle, a development that has battered the state Assembly, splitting the lawmakers into two factions. President, Bola Tinubu, in order to end the feud between the two former allies,…

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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has knocked officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for always asking people, especially married women to come to the headquarters in Abuja just to effect a change of name on their passport. The minister who described the act as “Stupid practice”, spoke at a recent dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ABAT Media Centre and some social media influencers in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo said there is nowhere in the world where women are subjected to such inhuman practice on account of marriage. He queried whether immigration personnel in Abuja have more…

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The Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has said that subsidy was not removed but reduced. He stated this when he appeared on Channels Television’s on Sunday evening. During the programme, Rewane also highlighted the effects of the reduction in fuel subsidy and how it has affected Nigerian salary earners. “At the inauguration, it was said that subsidy was gone but subsidy was actually reduced,” he said. According to Rewane: “There is the convergence of exchange rates and reducing the windows into one. The consequence of that money has been transferred from consumers to the…

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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said over 163,000 passengers benefited from the Federal Government subsidised inter-state trips for the end-of-the-year festive period. Alake, who is the Chairman of the Committee on the Implementation of the End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme of President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this in a progress report released on Monday. According to him, beneficiaries saved N21,500 and N15,000 each on trips to Abuja and Onisha. The PUNCH reports that the FG in December 2023 announced 50 per cent reduction in transportation costs along 22 interstate routes during the Yuletide season. Alake,…

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