The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says no fewer than 122 million people in Nigeria are at risk of getting Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs). Dr Chukwuma Anyaike, Director and National Coordinator of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Control/Elimination/Eradication Programme at the FMoH , made the disclosure on Thursday at a...
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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has approved two new programmes for the Bauchi State Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic. Malam Abdullahi Adamu, Registrar of the institution, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Bauchi on Thursday. He said the new programmes...
***We are beaming our searchlights on the AGF – ASUU *** Says ASUU didn’t go on strike because of IPPIS *** Says Buhari’s govt is a govt of shifting blames ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris,...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has begun a preliminary examination into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The #EndSARS protests were organised by youths to draw attention to alleged killings and right abuses by operatives of the Nigerian Police Force The office of the ICC prosecutor, in a statement, said...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed that 155 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded in the country on Wednesday. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 63,328 and 59,675 discharged cases. In an update via its official...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) introduced by the federal government for all civil servants encourages corruption. The Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, stated this at a press conference...
By FAITH INYANG, Abuja – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cosgrove Investment Limited, Umar Abdullahi, has emerged The Top10 Magazine Man of the Year 2020. The banker-turned real estate developer came tops in a rigorous selection process that featured 100 other equally prominent and successful Nigerians, in an exercise that...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Wednesday presented a budget of N156.58 billion for the state’s 2021 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly. The budget was tagged “Budget of Sustained Economic Growth and Social Transformation-Meeting the Next Level Agenda II”. Badaru said that it is higher than...
The management of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Osiele, Abeokuta, has fixed Nov. 9 for the resumption of academic activities, after eight months of closure, occasioned by the COVID -19 pandemic.The institution’s Registrar, Dr Adedayo Adebayo, stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta.According to him,...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday signed an executive order establishing the “Lagos State Rebuild Trust Fund´´ toward rebuilding the state. Signing the executive order at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said that rebuilding the state was necessary, due to the huge destruction witnessed during the mayhem that...
Flying Eagles coach Ladan Bosso says the technical crew are working round the clock to present a formidable team for the WAFU B U-20 tournament in Togo, in spite of the short time for preparation. Bosso told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the team started intense training...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N84 billion for the construction of a road linking Shehu Yar’adua Way with the Kubwa Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Oyo–Ogbomoso and the Loko – Oweto bridge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Council meeting also approved N9billion...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has ordered the temporary suspension of ongoing semester examination at the Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa, following the death of a student. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, Yusuf Malik, a National Diploma 1 student, was on Tuesday knocked down...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says it will unveil a platform that automates data gathering component of its extractive industry audit process. NEITI disclosed this in statement by Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, its Director, Communications and Advocacy, in Abuja, on Wednesday. He said that the platform which...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has emphasised the need for youths inclusiveness in governance as a panacea to a better and greater Nigeria. Aliyu made the assertion at the FCT Youth Virtual Town Hall meeting, on Wednesday in Abuja. The minister revealed that the FCT Administration...
After many months of skeletal services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)has deployed a total of 650 prospective corps members to Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NYSC 2020 Batch B Stream A orientation course is scheduled to hold...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Police have arrested the suspects who killed a Member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has disclosed. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Baraza, who represented Dass constituency, in the Assembly was attacked by the gunmen who...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that government is puttinggreater emphasis on continuous engagement of different stakeholders tosecure their buy-in towards achieving the targets of the NigerianNational Broadband Plan (NNBP), 2020-2025.Danbatta stated this at the first stakeholder...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – Nigeria is recognized globally as the most populous black nation in the world. This enormous population naturally bestows socioeconomic advantages such as large and abundant human capital. Yet, over the years, myriads of sociopolitical contradictions have conspired directly and indirectly to give the unenviable tag...