APC Says Over Two Million Members Digitally Verified in First Week of Registration Drive

APC Says Over Two Million Members Digitally Verified in First Week of Registration Drive

By Zainab Uzomah The All Progressives Congress (APC) says more than two million members have been digitally verified nationwide, just one week after the party launched its electronic membership registration exercise. The National Secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Basiru, disclosed the figures on Monday during a briefing at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. The update followed a meeting involving the National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, members of the […]

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Wike Approves N5 Million Penalty for Land Use Violations in FCT

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved the payment of five million Naira as a penalty for land-use violations in the nation’s capital, Abuja. The Minister disclosed this in his office while receiving the reports of the two ad-hoc Ministerial committees inaugurated to review the controversies surrounding River Park Estate and the other to review the Land uses/purpose clauses of land and properties at […]

September 3, 2025 36

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FG Secures $747 Million Loan for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway The Federal Government has secured a $747 million loan facility to fund Phase 1, Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, in what is being described as a milestone for infrastructure financing in Nigeria. The Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday that the facility was arranged by Deutsche Bank, covering the stretch of the highway from Victoria Island to Eleko Village in Lagos State. The project […]

July 10, 2025 17

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Concerns rise over teaching as over nine million fail UTME in seven years

The poor performance of students at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has raised concerns over system issues like unqualified teachers dotting the educational landscape, ‘LAOLU AFOLABI writes About 9.17 million out of a total of 11.9 million candidates who sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board between 2018 and 2024 scored below 200 pass mark. As the average failure rate in the seven years stands at […]

June 11, 2024 34

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Work-from-home: 92 million jobs to be done remotely by 2030

A new white paper from the World Economic Forum, in partnership with digital technology consultants Capgemini, predicts that a staggering 92 million jobs are expected to be done entirely remotely by 2030, up from the current 73 million. Recall that the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a systemic shift in the way work is done, introducing millions, both individuals and organisations, to the concept of working from home (WFH). “These new […]

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