Over the years, scholars have advanced the idea that Human Capacity Building feeds the complex web where education, innovation, growth and employment are interlinked. For an interventionist agency such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, there is a tendency to focus more on infrastructural development. However,...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Sola Akinrinade, has lamented the decline in the quality of entrants into the Nigerian university system and advocate urgent intervention to stem this worrying tide. Akinrinade noted this on Tuesday at a policy...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Federal Government’s emergency on food security continues to gain traction, experts in animal science have waned that climate change is posing a great challenge to the country’s agricultural yield. Speaking at the at 12th Animal Science Association of Nigeria, ASAN,...
— But Prof. Jega cautions ECOWAS ‘Don’t meddle in Liberia poll’ The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) Election Mission to Liberia led by former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, arrived in Monrovia on Sunday ahead of the country’s run-off presidential election that held on Tuesday. Mr Jonathan is...
Over the years, scholars have advanced the idea that Human Capacity Building feeds the complex web where education, innovation, growth and employment are interlinked. For an interventionist agency such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, there is a tendency to focus more on infrastructural development. However, it is...
The inaugural Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference was held in Riyadh on 9 and 10 November and drew high-level delegates from across the continent, including dozens of heads of state. Over 50 agreements were signed during the conference between Saudi, Arab, and African governments. This notably included financing agreements by the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has called on all affected passengers of Air Peace whose visas were cancelled and deported from Saudi Arabia to remain calm and that investigation into the “unfortunate” incident has been launched. This is contained in a statement by Francisca...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bauchi State Council, has said that there is a full compliance to the nationwide industrial action as directed by its national secretariat. Speaking in an interview with our Correspondent on Monday, the NLC Chairman in Bauchi State,...
Former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki, on Tuesday told an FCT high court that EFCC operatives forced him to make a commitment to refund N1 billion. Dikki is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside his company, Kebna Studio...
The Senate has said it is looking at the possibility of privatising the Nigeria Postal Service(NIPOST) for optimal performance. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance Sen.Sani Musa said this at an interactive session on 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The Postmaster General of...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Former Governor of Anambra, Chief Willie Obiano, has said he remained a committed and loyal member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Obiano stated this in a statement by his media aide, Mr Tony Nezianya on Tuesday while debunking claims that...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has said that the ministry is pursuing its goal of generating 20 billion dollars annually. Oyetola also said that his ministry was working toward creating two million jobs on a yearly basis through strategic development within the sector. A...
Farmers in Niger have appealed to the State and Federal Governments to protect them from bandits who have imposed levies on them before harvesting their crops. The farmers said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that government intervention was necessary as insecurity has virtually...
Chief Executive Officer (CEo), Seplat Energy Plc, Mr Roger Brown, has said Africa should reposition the energy industry for the future and become more efficient with its resources. Brown said this at the 41st Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) International Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday in Lagos....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the old Naira banknotes will henceforth remain legal “ad infinitum ”. CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumin, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. It would be recall that the CBN had introduced redesigned N200,...
The catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grew worse on Tuesday as much of the focus remained on grim accounts about the state of the collapsed health system after almost six weeks of war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. UN Secretary General António Guterres said he...
Six persons died while six others were injured on Tuesday in an auto crash opposite Redeemed Christian Church of God’s camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in Ogun, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, told newsmen in Abeokuta that the accident involved an unidentified...
The Director-General (D-G) of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has lamented that the scheme has lost many corps members to night journeys, while warning them against such fatal actions. Ahmed, at a working visit to the Kaduna State NYSC temporary orientation camp on Tuesday, reminded the corps members...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, Lagos State, said on Tuesday that it generated a total sum of N3.05 billion in 10 months. The Controller of Customs in the command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Seme, Lagos. Bomodi said the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and SLB, a global technology company on Tuesday in Lagos unveiled the first three products of their joint program, the NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP), a platform whereby students of higher institutions develop software...