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West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS on Saturday said it was lifting some of the sanctions imposed on Niger after last year’s military coup. A no-fly zone and border closures were among the sanctions being lifted “with immediate effect” on “humanitarian grounds”, said ECOWAS Commission chief Omar Alieu Touray following an emergency summit in Abuja.
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UNESCO Laureate and World Grand Chairman, World Accreditation Commission, (WAC), Profession Bashiru Aremu, has said that quality assurance in higher institutions of learning remains a strong yardstick for standards of institutions operating across national borders as well as for international recognition of qualifications. Aremu stated this at the signing of a partnership between the WAC…
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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) has said that leveraging global research and policy adaptability is essential to liberating nations from poverty. Chief Global Programme Officer, IPA, Claudia Casarrotto, stated this at a Nigeria Evidence Summit organized by the IPA tagged Translating Emerging Evidence for Impact, in Abuja. According to her, the IPA shares knowledge in…
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has assured Nigerians that the ongoing recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police Force would be merit-based adding that it had begun inviting shortlisted candidates for the March 2024 JAMB CBT Exams. This was made known by PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani in a statement made available to the Guardian. Ani said,…
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Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that only five percent of Nigerians can boast of more than N500,000 in their bank accounts. Edun disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. “There has been an effort to ensure that the people’s money is not in the…