Tag: Application
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‘We didn’t recruit new staff’ – Immigration gives reason for delay in issuance of passports
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Thursday, said It has adopted measures to clear the backlog of passport applications trapped by the COVID-19 lockdown. The Comptroller-General, Mr Isah Jere, represented by Mr Tony Akuneme, the
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BREAKING: Kyari to spend 14 days in NDLEA custody
Court has ruled that Kyari should spend 14days for proper investigation
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You cannot be trusted with another bail, court rejects Maina’s application
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, told Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), that he can not be trusted with another bail after jumping the first granted him. Delivering ruling, Justice Abang, said Maina had disappointed the court in his conduct. “Having considered the facts placed…
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$10m debt: Judge declines Shoprite’s application to set aside restraining order
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Monday refused to hear an application filed to lift an order of injunction restraining South African retail outlet, Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited, from transferring its assets. The presiding vacation Judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, said that the matter was not urgent enough to be heard during…
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Court to hear El-Zakzaky’s application to travel abroad on July 18
A Kaduna State High Court will on Thursday hear the application of the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zazaky and wife, Zinat, seeking to travel to India for medical attention. The IMN leader is standing trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace among other charges. The…
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Kano guber: Tribunal vacates PDP’S application to amend witness list
The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday vacated the application of Abba Kabiru Yusuf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to amend its witness list and oath of statement. The PDP governorship candidates in Kano had filed motion before the tribunal to correct errors in the list of witness, to enable them…
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NUC processing applications for 303 new private universities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says it is currently processing applications for 303 new private universities to cater for the demand of tertiary education in the country. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed made this known at a two-day National Summit on Private Universities on Monday in Abuja. The summit had as its…
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MTN yet to submit application for listing – SEC
Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that MTN Nigeria has not filed any application that could kick-start regulatory consideration of the proposed listing of the telco on the Nigerian stock market. SEC stated that while there had been some engagements with the telco, MTN Nigeria or its professional parties…
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Opens Applications for $100m Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy, committed to empowering African entrepreneurs is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs, a press statement from the organisation has stated. The programme’s objective…
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JAMB announces closure of Direct Entry application
…releases results of rescheduled UTME The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday announced that the Direct Entry (DE) application, which began in December 2017, would close on June 4. The Board’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, made the announcement in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. According to Benjamin, over 140,000 candidates have…