The Senate has proposed a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned, or wrongfully confined. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which scaled second reading during plenary on Wednesday is sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi. Leading debate on the bill, the lawmaker…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) says the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges has been rescheduled from May 29 to June 5. This is according to a statement by Mr Azeez Sani, NECO Head of Information and Public Relations Division in Abuja on Wednesday. Sani enjoined candidates, parents, guardians and relevant…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to rescind his plan to sack hundreds of civil servants in the state. The ACF, a Northern Nigerian socio-cultural organisation, also called on the warring parties to sheathe their swords in the interest of the larger population who are at the receiving…
The Senate has ordered the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB and the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC to review the use of National Identification Number, NIN as a requisite for the registration of 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME candidates. The upper legislative chamber specifically called for the extension of…
