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The Federal Government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates under 18 years old. The Minister of Education, Mister Tahir Mamman, gave the directive in Abuja on Thursday at the 2024 Policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Although the announcement elicited mixed reactions from vice-chancellors, rectors and registrars present at the meeting, the minister decried the activities of some parents, who are pressuring their underage wards to get admission into tertiary institutions. The minister said that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education. “JAMB is…

The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, was N1,117/litre as of Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria announced on Wednesday. MEMAN disclosed this during a webinar with journalists on Wednesday. The association revealed that the landing cost of diesel was N1,157/litre, while that of aviation fuel was N1,127/litre. The PUNCH reports that the N1,117 landing cost of petrol is far above the pump price of the product in Nigeria. At the moment, filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and those of the major marketers sell PMS at…

The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa has commended the Nigerian Army for addressing the issues of harassment, intimidation of motorists and commuters traversing highways within his constituency. Chief Osonwa had on Sunday called on security agencies in Abia State to immediately halt the extortion, intimidation, and harassment of motorists and commuters traversing highways within his constituency. In a statement he signed on Wednesday, Osonwa said information made available to him is that the “walkthrough check and harassment by the military has ceased”. Osonwa applauded the Brigade Commander, 14 Brigade Nigeria Army,…

The Abia state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the resignation of Gov. Alex Otti’s Commissioners on Wednesday has vindicated the party’s position on bogus, unexplained and unverifiable expenditure headings of the Otti- led administration. In a statement by Abia PDP Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary, Hon. Elder Abraham Amah on Wednesday, the party said its attention has been drawn to the resignation of the two commissioners as contained in a release issued by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS to the governor, Mr. Ukoha Njoku. The Commissioners are Mr. Chima Oriaku – Commissioner for Science and Technology, and…

Popular Nigerian prophet and founder of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries, CMDM, Jeremiah Fufeyin, has stated that his miracle soap has the approval of the Nigerian government. Fufeyin had launched his miracle product which includes soap, perfume and water, among others. Criticising the development, Abel Damina, the founder of Power City International in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, condemned the miracle products, tagging Jeremiah a business man. Responding in a now controversial video on social media, Jeremiah noted that the miracle soap also works for him, stating that it has a registered number from the National Agency for Food and Drug…

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION   President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, with effect from August 14, 2024. Mrs. Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017 and has served in several Ministries. The new appointee will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024. President Tinubu, while thanking the outgoing Head of Service for…

Four hundred and one chairmen and members of caretaker committees running Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Osun State have all resigned their positions. Those that resigned include; 69 caretaker chairmen and 332 caretaker members drawn from each of the 332 wards in the state. Letters of resignation of the chairmen circulated on social media on Wednesday but a clear reason behind their resignation was not given. In one of the letters seen by Punch, the caretaker chairman of Odo-Otin local government area, Okuku, Adewale Adeyinka, said he was quitting office to pursue other opportunities to serve…

Umar Zulum Umara, son of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has been arrested for killing a Chinese national during a fight over a woman at a nightclub in India. Umara, a student at a university in New Delhi, reportedly smashed a bottle of alcoholic drink on the Chinese man who showed interest in the same lady as the governor's son. According to Sahara Reporters, the incident happened two weeks ago, while Governor Zulum alongside the governors of Adamawa and Yobe states were in Pakistan, attending a post insurgency workshop. A source close to the family told SaharaReporters that…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says Nigeria has not been exempted from the customary visa application process. On Monday, Nigerians were thrilled to read that the three-year travel ban from the UAE had been lifted. But their joy evaporated when Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, said the resolution had conditions that were “mutually beneficial”. Part of the conditions include obtaining a document verification number (DVN). According to the DV hub, the process is a specialised service designed to authenticate and verify documentation essential for visa applications to the UAE. The DVN costs a non-refundable N640,000 excluding VAT…