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THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has de-listed 25 Computer-Based Exam Centres (CBT) across the country for poor performance at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held nationwide on Saturday, 19th of June, 2021.

THE Minister in charge of the First Baptist Church, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Reverend Deji Oyelami, has advised Christian fathers to be steadfast in prayers and supplication to God to enable them overcome all challenges.

ONE of the wives of Chief MKO Abiola, Zainab Duke-Abiola, has revealed how armed robbers attacked her husband while on their way to Olubadan's palace in Ibadan, Oyo State years back.

THE Federal Government has unveiled plans to transfer its equity in the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to subnational governments as part of the key electricity sector reforms.

THE Federal Government has approved automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service for one graduate each from the families of the 10 corps members killed in the Bauchi State’s post-election violence in the year 2011.

IT has been revealed that two years after the adoption of the stipulated N30, 000 minimum wage, some states have failed to implement it.

THE Japanese Government has announced that it will provide approximately US$39 million in emergency funds to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the development of vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and 31 countries in Africa and Latin America affected by the COVID-19.

THE Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has released the timetable for the operation of the just commissioned Lagos- Ibadan Train Service (LITS).

THE management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed plans to introduce a digital currency, which will be equivalent to the Naira before the end of 2021.

THE management of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced the suspension of its 65 days old strike with effect from Thursday, 10th of June, 2021.