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The Executive Director and the CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Shaibu Husseini, said that the Nollywood film industry is facing an emergency requiring bold and ambitious actions from all parents, guardians, and stakeholders.

The organised labour said appropriate actions would be taken if the Government failed to meet its demands.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, Akintinde Sawyerr, said only students whose institutions have uploaded their data on its dashboard would be eligible to apply.

MTN disclosed that the scholarship programme aimed to recognise and reward high-performing students in Nigerian public tertiary institutions.

Recall that the directive for the collection of the levy was met with nationwide backlash, which prompted the Presidency to suspend the implementation.

The judge held that the essence of having a social media account was to be publicly visible communication-wise; it would be highly unreasonable to hold the CBN in breach of privacy.

Recall that on June 12, 2023, Tinubu signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023 into law to enable indigent students to access interest-free loans for their educational pursuits in any Nigerian tertiary institution.

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The examination body successfully conducted the first edition of the computer-based WASSCE, also called CB-WASSCE in January/February.

The examinations will run from Wednesday, June 19, 2024, and end Friday, July 26, 2024.