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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday took another swipe at President Bola Tinubu over the controversy associated with his academic records. The former Vice President was reacting to the interest generated by the discovery of his West African School Certificate (WASSCE) with the name ”Sadiq Abubakar,” among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In …

The subscription process of the two-year and three-year Federal Government of Nigeria bonds for December 2023 with an interest rate of 12.287% and 13.287% respectively have opened, the Debt Management Office has disclosed. This announcement was made in a statement on the DMO’s official website. The subscription period is set to last for 5 days, running from December 4th to …

Joshua overcomes Helenius Anthony “AJ” Joshua (26-3-0, 23 KOs) knocked out Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius (32-5-0, 21 KOs) with a massive right punch in the seventh round on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua, 33, executed his gameplan to perfection, stalking the opponent from the start in search of a knockout blow. The first five rounds seemed like a slow …

   The North  East  Development Commission  (NEDC)  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  with  Mainstream Energy Academy to train 60 youth from the north eastern states of  the federation for  8 weeks electrical technicians training  programme.  The youth, who were drawn from the six states of the North-east as part of the commission’s mandate on developmental and transformational interventions, the …

Harry Kane made his debut with Bayern Munich in a 3-0 defeat to Leipzig in the German Super Cup on Saturday night. Kane completed his move to the German champions from Tottenham at the weekend, and came on as a 64th-minute substitute to a huge cheer at the Allianz Arena. Dani Olmo scored a hat-trick for Leipzig to deny 30-year-old …

The University of Calabar’s (UNICAL) administration has declared a more than 100% increase in undergraduate tuition fees. The declaration was made in a statement that was provided to newsmen in Calabar on Monday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). In a statement, the institution’s spokesman, Mr Effiong Eyo, said the upward review of the fees was taken at …

Increased video streaming and talk time raised the amount spent on telecom services to N3.86tn in 2022. The Nigerian Communications Commission disclosed this in its newly released ‘2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report.’ It noted that this was 18.74 per cent increase from the N3.25tn that was spent in 2021; an indication of sustained growth in Nigerians reliance on telecom services. …

The naira exchanged for N773.50 to a dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Monday. The local currency depreciated by 7.08 percent against the N736.62 it exchanged for the dollar last Friday. The open indicative rate closed at N771.49 to the dollar on Monday. A spot exchange rate of N804.15 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded during …

For the students community of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Saturday, 2nd December 2023 will ever remain a sad memory which will linger following the gruesome murder of one of its students, a 500-level Geology student, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu, by unknown gunmen. He was said to have been stabbed to death by suspected armed robbers who tried to steal his …

As the federal government of Nigeria intensifies efforts to end petroleum products importation and release some of the pressure on foreign exchange, American oil firm, Barker Hughes, has expressed interest in investing in refineries in the country. Speaking during a meeting with the Minister for State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, on the sidelines of the 28th United Nations …