By Aluta News May 16, 2022 Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored development at the ministry in Abuja on MondayContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved that its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres should increase service charge per candidate from N1,400 to N2,000. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday inContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this while speaking with the NewsContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 The Managing Director, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), Abbas Masanawa, says he has complied with presidential directive by resigning his appointment to pursue political ambition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Masanawa, who is one of the governorship aspirants of KatsinaContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHSF) to withdraw the circular that `claims’ to prohibit civil and public servants from engaging in partisan politics. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told theContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 Students in Ogun on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in protest against the ongoing strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye; Tai Solarin University of Education,Continue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 McDonald’s will sell its business in Russia after more than three decades in the country, an exit the U.S fast food giant said was driven by the war in Ukraine. The Chicago-based company said it would look to find a buyer in Russia. TheContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), says a resolution on “the West African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Volume 2)” has been adopted by the Assembly of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Health Ministers. Prof. Stanley Okolo, the WAHO Director-General (DG), disclosed this in anContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 No fewer than 93 All Progressives Congress (APC) members are gunning for the party’s tickets that will enable them to contest the 25 seats in the Cross River House of Assembly. Chairman of APC in Cross River Alphonsus Eba disclosed this in a telephoneContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 16, 2022 Women Affairs Minister Pauline Tallen has dropped her senatorial ambition in the 2023 election. Tallen made this known in a statement in Abuja. She said her decision was to enable her focus on the foundation laid towards the advancement and realisation of gender equality in leadershipContinue Reading