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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered Dr. Betta Edu to release details of how her ministry, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development spent the sum of N535.8 million. This money was expended on feeding school children during the COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish a civil society group with parts of the information sought in line with Section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (FOl) Act, 2011. Justice Maha held that the minister’s failure to respond to the group’s letter dated Aug. 6,…
Check-out Official JAMB 2024 Time Table For Sales Of Form, Mock And Main Exams Dates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a time table for its activities next year. This time table contains dates for sales of forms, mock exams and the main Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME). Below is the time table for 2024 JAMB UTME: January 15, 2024 — Start of sales of forms February 26, 2024 — End of sales of forms March 7, 2024 — Mock exams April 10, 2024 — Printing of examination slip April, 19 2024 — Start of main JAMB UTME …
Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu has doled out N10 million naira as grant to a selected 10 hotels in Calabar, the state capital to assist in them prepare for the forthcoming Calabar Carnival. Moon Ray News gathered each of the 10 benefiting hotels got N1 million naira to help in give them a face lift, reset their hotel receptions and change beddings as government is expecting huge number of tourists, guests and participants. The benefiting hotels are; Diamond Crue Hotel, Ishie St, Big Qua Town, Calabar: Pyramid Hotel, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar. Le- Chateau Hotel, MCC Road, Calabar.…
Here is the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of all 36 States and Abuja for year 2022: Lagos – N651.2bn Rivers – N172.8bn FCT – N124.4bn Ogun – N120.6bn Delta – N85.9bn Oyo – N62.2bn Kaduna – N58.1bn Edo – N47.5bn Kano – N42.5bn Kwara – N35.8bn 1Akwa Ibom – N34.8bn Anambra – N33.9bn Ondo – N32.6bn Enugu – N28.7bn Bauchi – N25.5bn Osun – N24.6bn Sokoto – N23.6bn Cross River – N21.1bn Jigawa – N20.5bn Abia – N20.1bn Zamfara – N19.4bn Imo – N19.3bn Nasarawa – N19.3bn Borno – N19.1bn Kogi – N18.2bn Ekiti – N17bn Niger – N16.9bn Benue…
Bwari, Kuje and Abaji Districts have been revealed as the area councils where the most kidnappings take place in Abuja. This revelation by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the authorities in charge of Nigerian capital, Abuja goes as a precaution to residents or visitors of Abuja, especially this festive period. The Director of Administration and Finance, FCTA Security Services Department, Ebele Molokwu, made this known during the end of the year media briefing on the activities of the department. She said major kidnapping incidents in the territory were usually from those councils even though there are some isolated cases…
X (formerly known as Twitter) users have taken sides with Apostle Osayi Arome at the ongoing media battle between a comedian, Mr. Macaroni and the clergyman. In a video clip, recently shared on X and other social media platforms, Apostle Osayi was heard openly criticizing a church (whose name he did not mention) for hiring Mr. Macaroni (whom he referred to as “a strange comedian “) help advertise its forthcoming programme. “Somebody says he wants to advertise a church meeting. Then he gets an obviously strange comedian whose philosophy about life is to promote lust in brilliant ways. “So a…
Confirmed reports on Sunday have it that armed gunmen ambushed famous Nigerian actor, Sylvester Madu who was in Cameroon for a movie shoot. The attack left 3 of his movie crew dead and 8 others injured as he barely escaped death. The actor had been in Bamenda, Cameroon, at the invitation of local filmmakers to shoot a film titled ‘Abakwa’. However, while Sylvester and the team were relaxing at a leisure site in Bamenda, commotion arose when infamous Cameroonian militia Ambazonia Boys, also known as Amba Boys, struck. The Amba Boys said that the owner of the bar brought Sylvester…
Immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has revealed what he noted as his greatest regret as governor of Akwa Ibom State. The ex-governor made this revelation during a Special Thanksgiving/Welcome Service by the United Evangelical Church, Lagos Township Superintendency, on Sunday, organised to honour him and his wife, Mrs. Martha Emmanuel. According to Udom, he went to work as Governor with a blueprint and despite all his accomplishments, his only regret is that he did not have control over policies. The ex-governor said if he had control over the state’s policies, Akwa-Ibom would have been ahead…
President Bola Tinubu’s has revealed his government’s budget for year 2024 which is pecked at N27trillion which is two times higher than Buhari’s 2023 budget. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave the approval for the figures today, at the weekly executive meeting presided over by President Tinubu. It should also be recalled that in January, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N21.83trillion into law.
Enjoy the highlights from Cross River Southern Senatorial District Senator, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong’s thanksgiving service on Saturday in Calabar. https://twitter.com/a_ekpenyong/status/1729007921890251077?s=46