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The Federal Government of Nigeria is planning to withdraw recognition of degree certificates from universities in Benin Republic and Togo, and now they have announced that the sanction will also be extended to countries such as Uganda, Kenya, and Niger Republic. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program. The decision comes after an undercover journalist revealed how he obtained a degree from a university in Benin Republic within two months and was even able to participate in the National Youth Service Corps. As a result, the Nigerian government immediately…

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In a recent development, the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged laundering of N37,170,855,753.44 in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development during the tenure of former Minister Sadiya Umar-Farouk. According to reliable sources within the EFCC, operatives of the agency arrived at the NSIPA’s office at the Federal Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday morning and subsequently took Shehu to…

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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Civil Servants in Cross River State are over the moon with excitement after their Governor, Bassey Otu, approved a 14-day break to celebrate the Christmas festivities. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche in Calabar on Wednesday, the holiday takes effect from Wednesday, 20 December, 2023. The statement however, said that those on essential services were exempted from this holiday. In the statement titled “Extended Holiday for Civil Servants”, Otu commended the workers for their commitment and hard work. READ ALSO: Wizkid Pledges N100 Million Christmas Gift For Kids The Governor…

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(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Federal Government through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources will on Thursday commission the Amal Technology’s production facility for Gas Leak Detection Device and Printed Circuit Board, at Idu, Abuja.The homegrown innovation was initiated by Amal Technologies Limited and supported by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) under its Research & Development innovation intervention, which has a Technology Incubation and Innovation Centre (TIIC) domiciled within the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Under the NCDMB’s Research and Development Framework, it facilitates ideas to market and provides institutional and funding support for market-driven research. It also…

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James McCaffrey, the actor who voiced Alex Casey in “Alan Wake 2” and Max Payne in the well-known video game series, passed away on Sunday following a fight with cancer, Variety has confirmed with his manager. He is said to be 65 years of age as the time of this report. TMZ broke the initial news that McCaffrey had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Before his career in video game voice acting, McCaffrey was a film and TV actor for more than 30 years. His first roles dated back to the late ’80s and early ’90s, with his breakout project being Fox’s police drama “New York Undercover.” He played the recurring role of Captain Arthur O’Byrne in Season 3. He then starred in the NBC action series “Viper,” when it originally ran for one season in…

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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Reports reaching voiceofnaija.ng have it that Professor Zacchaeus Adangor has resigned as the Attorney-General (AG) and Commissioner for Justice in Rivers State. The now resigned Attorney General is known to be a close ally of immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, having worked in that capacity for eight years. READ ALSO: Rivers Assembly Complex Demolished As Fubara Presents 2024 Budget According to Channels TV, Adangor’s resignation, dated 14 December, 2023, was addressed to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Commissioner reportedly described his reason for resigning as based “purely on personal decision”. This development is the latest…

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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, is reportedly planning to tender his resignation letter as a Minister. Voiceofnaija.ng gathered that the former Governor of Plateau State is yet to resign as Minister, but there are feelers from Abuja that this will be done in a matter of days. Sources say the Minister is resigning his appointment so as to resume as a Senator following the the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the judgment of the tribunal that recently sacked the elected members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State. This…

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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigerians have been told that buying fuel at N750 per litre is the ideal market price for the product. According to the World Bank, the federal government of Nigeria may still be paying for petrol subsidy as fuel prices, and this is is currently not reflecting on the amount being paid for the product. Daily Trust reports that Alex Sienaert, the World Bank’s lead economist for Nigeria, confirmed the continuous payment of petrol subsidy by the government. He made the confirmation during his presentation of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU), December 2023 Edition in…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Newly-crowned African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen, has paid glowing tributes to his parents. The Super Eagles of Nigeria talisman beat Egypt’s Mohammed Salah and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi to the coveted CAF Men’s Player of the Year award in an event held in Morocco on Monday, 11 December, 2023. After receiving the award, the SS Napoli star striker took to his X (formerly Twitter) account to write his appreciation. While acknowledging his roots, and how he started life on the streets of Lagos, he wrote: “As a young boy who came from the…

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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Football fans, followers, Fantasy Football managers, et all, are already thrilled about the return of UEFA Champions League matches. It’s the final day for the group stage encounters and some teams will have to be at their very best if they must continue to compete in the top tier of European club competition. UEFA.com has made things easier for the followers of the game and have predicted the line-ups for the match day six. Also highlighted are injury doubts, suspensions, among others. Tuesday 12 DecemberLens vs Sevilla (18:45)Lens: Samba; Gradit, Danso, Medina; Frankowski, Abdul…

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