March 20, 2024 — Integrity News Nigeria

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Senate Passes Student Loan Act Bill

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The Senate on Wednesday, March 20, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of the report of the Senate...

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CJN To Receive N5.39m Monthly As Reps Pass Judicial Officers Salaries Bill

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The House of Representatives has passed a bill for an Act for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in the country, with a total monthly package of...

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Court Strikes Out Suit Stopping Elections, Examinations On Saturdays

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by an elder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ugochukwu Uchenwa, seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examinations on Saturdays. The plaintiff...

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JUST IN: Tinubu Seeks Extension Of Implementation Of 2023 Capital Budget To June 30

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President BolaTinubuhas asked the House of Representatives to extend the period for the implementation of the capital component of the 2023 appropriation bill from March 31, 2024, to June 30, 2024. In a letter...

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Nurses Sue Health Minister, Others Over New Certificate Verification Guidelines

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Some nurses in the country have sued the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and the Minister of Health among others over the new certificate verification guidelines. The NMCN had on February 7, 2024,...

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Fire Guts Idumota Market In Lagos

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Fire, on Wednesday Morning, razed three buildings at the intersection of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Docemo in the Idumota area of Lagos Island, Lagos State. This was revealed in videos shared on X by netizens...

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JUST-IN: NLC Orders Members To Picket Labour Party Secretariats Nationwide

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The ongoing conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the leadership of the Labour Party escalated on Wednesday, as the labour union instructed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party Secretariats...

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Naira Rises In Parallel Market

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The naira yesterday appreciated to N1,580 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,590 per dollar on Monday. Similarly, the naira yesterday appreciated N1,560.57 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data...

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N30tn Loans: Senate Discovers Fresh Infractions, Summons CBN Governor

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The Senate Ad-hoc Committee probing how the N30tn Ways and Means loans were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria and spent by the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration says it has uncovered some...

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Cost Of Governance: Abia Assembly Stops Pension For Ex-govs, Deputies

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Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state. It is entitled, “A Bill (H.A.B 11:) for a...