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[ad_1] Senate Committee on Gas has given the Finance Minister, Wale Edun, a-seven-day ultimatum to provide details of the award and disbursement of over N100bn to companies engaged in the handling of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas projects allegedly done in breach of the Public Procurement Act 2017. The lawmakers noted that the request was

[ad_1] Justus Adejumoh is an IT / Telecom Reporter who has been covering the ICT sector for over a decade. He is currently the IT / Telecom Editor of Independent Newspapers Limited. With a knack for the industry’s issues and trends, he has given impetus to the industry through agenda-setting reports, analysis of issues and

[ad_1] A prominent lawyer who defended , Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate in the 2023 Presidential election, has been laid to rest. Prof Yusuf Dankofa who died in the early hours of Tuesday was buried in Kaduna in accordance with the Islamic rites. Dankofa was a lecturer in the faculty of law, Ahmadu Bello

[ad_1] The management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia, has announced an indefinite closure of the institution following Tuesday’s violent protest by the students. Its vice-chancellor, Maduebibisi Iwe, in a statement in the aftermath of the protest, ordered the students to vacate the university premises immediately. The statement added that the closure was

[ad_1] ..Asks Tinubu To Intervene, Save Integrity Of The Commission LAGOS – The Kogi State Government has raised the alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by “criminals masquerading as politicians” to tarnish the image of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, for selfish reasons, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

[ad_1] Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has refuted claims by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) that the council was asking people holding its certificates to rewrite professional qualifying examination. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, dismissed the claims which

[ad_1] Ifeoluwa Ehindero, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s bye-election in Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State, has been declared winner of the exercise. Mr Ehindero, son of former Inspector-General of Police, who had earlier expressed optimism of winning the election, was declared victorious by the Independent National Electoral

[ad_1] Emmanuel Brown, the 23-year-old son of female soldier, Philomena Nnamoko, attached to Ilese Sappers Barracks, Division 2, Ogun State, has been allegedly detained by the Nigerian Army. Our correspondent gathered that Brown was locked up in a guardroom by a female lieutenant colonel in the army for granting an interview to The PUNCH shortly