Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), says qualitative higher education is necessary for national development.Bogoro made the assertion on Wednesday in Lagos at the 2020 joint TETFund and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) interactive forum with administrators, contributors and tertiary institutions in the South-West zone. The...
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Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, newly appointed Director-General (DG) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has solicited for the support of members of staff of the organisation, as he assumed duty. Mustapha said this shorty after assuming duty at the agency`s headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja. ” I seek your...
A 20-year-old salesman, Ifeanyi Okolie, on Wednesday appeared before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing clothes worth N3.5 million.Okolie, who has no fixed address, is facing a count charge of theft.He, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendant...
Participants at the African Economic Conference (AEC) 2020 have solicited for the participation of African women in the continent’s recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This formed part of the discussions at the ongoing AEC 2020 jointly organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations Economic...
The Servicom unit of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) on Wednesday embarked on a service delivery and compliance evualuation of HIV services in Abia.The NACA team, joined by the Abia State Agency for Control of AIDS (SACA) and the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) team,...
The number of people who have died in Germany after catching the coronavirus surged to 590 on Wednesday, marking the highest daily death toll for the country in the pandemic. The figure, reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the national agency for disease control, beat the last record...
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had no case to answer in the allegations levied against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Maina, who told Justice Okon Abang shortly after the EFCC, through...
FeedMe, an NGO, on Wednesday in Lagos said it had started an initiative of sharing food items on a monthly basis to the vulnerable and less privileged in the society. Oluwatunmise Mafe, Convener of the NGO, said in a statement that FeedMe and its partners would provide monthly food...
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in Lagos sentenced a driver, John Anebi, to 50 hours community service for stealing a phone, valued at N50,000. Chief Magistrate Adebola Adedayo handed down the sentence, after Anebi, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge. Adebola, who gave no option of fine,...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined $10,000 for social media posts. CAF said the post had tarnished its “honour and image”. Aubameyang posted in the social media after Gabon spent the night on an airport floor ahead of an African Cup of...
The Kaduna State Government says it has so far captured 265,275 Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) in its Social Register. Mr Biya Dogon, Head of Operations, State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Planning and Budget Commission, made this known in Kaduna at a two-day 4th Quarter Review Meeting of the...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has authorised a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine for general use, saying that phase-3 trials showed that it was 86 per cent effective. The vaccine, developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, was approved only for emergency use in the UAE in September to protect frontline...
The Nasarawa Commissioner for Education, Hayiya Fatu Sabo, has expressed the government’s intention to clampdown on private schools operating in the state without the required licence and certification. The commissioner disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Agwada, Kokona Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. She...
Prof. Florence Obi, the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, says she will accord priority attention to staff welfare and training to ensure increased productivity in the institution. Obi said this on Wednesday when the executive members of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA),...
The global number of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) climbed above 80 million at the middle of this year, according to an estimate by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The increase came, in spite of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call to silence arms around the world while the...
The Nasarawa Government has donated 3,000 hectares in Doma Local Government Area to New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) for agricultural purposes. Speaking while handing over the land to NEPAD, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, the Deputy Governor of the state, said the donation was aimed at ensuring food security in...
The Yobe Government has pledged continued logistic support for security agencies towards tackling Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The State Deputy Governor, Mr Idi Barde-Gubana made the pledge in Damaturu on Wednesday, shortly before an emergency security meeting summoned on behalf of Gov. Mai Mala-Buni. He said that...
A non-governmental organisation, Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has provided legal support for more than 250 petty offenders who were apprehended in four states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Abia, Enugu, Kano and Lagos, as well as the FCT , constitute the pilot states in which PRAWA...
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Mohammed Sani over alleged culpable homicide in Wushishi Local Government Area of the state.The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Wednesday. “On Dec.7, at about 1700 hours, based on a...
President Muhmmadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ), for the second and final five-year term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in ceremony took place just before the commencement of the weekly virtual meeting of...