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THE National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, and a portal to ease mobilisation for the NYSC programme. The board disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in o0⁹iplAbuja on Monday by its Head of Media Unit, Mrs Fatima Abubakar. Abubakar said […]
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has taken a significant step towards investigating the directors of numerous failed microfinance banks across the nation. During a capacity-building workshop focused on combatting fraud and financial malpractices in the banking sector, Mr Bello Hassan, the Managing Director of NDIC, announced this critical move. The event, held in Lagos, […]
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Thursday suspended Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the dean of the faculty of law, accused of sexual harassment. His suspension was announced in a letter signed by the university’s registrar, Gabriel Egbe. Some female students, led by Benedict Otu, the president of the Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), on Monday […]
The Federal Government has insisted that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees for students in the country. Mr David Adejo, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said this at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad committee on student loans in Abuja. Adejo said that the recent increase in charges […]
The Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted an articulated DAF truck conveying The Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted an articulated DAF truck conveying large quantities of vandalized rail track iron […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday evening, 17th August, 2023 assigned portfolio to the recently screened minister designates. Youthful and energetic Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was assigned the portfolio of the newly created Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. The unassuming young achiever is the lawmaker representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal in the House […]
A special panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the vote buying suit brought before it by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate for the 2023 Ogun governorship election, Ladi Adebutu, against the Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and the All Progressives Congeess (APC) in the state. The court affirmed the […]
Tinubu swears in Ministers-Designate Monday, assigns potfolios President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, swear in the new ministers who have just been assigned portfolios. According to a statement by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), the ceremony will take place in the conference room of the State House at […]
The Federal Government has promised to give N5 billion to each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as palliative to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal. Babagana Zulum, the Borno State Governor, said this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the National Economic Council meeting […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday evening assigned portfolio to the recently screened minister designates. Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was assigned the portfolio of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy. Born on May Ist, 1982, he hails from Okeagbe Akoko and was born in Oyin Akoko, both located in Akoko North West Local Covernment Area […]
