As the wind of change sweeps across the financial landscape, embracing enhanced treasury management is no longer an option but an imperative. It is, therefore important, for institutions of higher learning in the country to recognise the immense value of treasury management and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to...
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Three inmates of Kuje Correctional Service have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) with degrees and diplomas in various disciplines. The inmates were presented with their certificates at a special convocation ceremony organised by the NOUN at the Kuje Custodial Centre in the FCT. The News...
Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s queen of the tracks and Women’s hurdles world record-holder has dismissed a doping rule violation charge levelled on her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). “I am a clean athlete, and I am regularly; (maybe more than the usual) tested by the AIU,’’ the 26-year-old athletics...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Wednesday called on governments and security agencies to intensify efforts at eradicating terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping. “Security remains a crucial concern for Nigerians,’’ its Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, declared in Kaduna in a statement he issued to signpost the beginning of a new...
Supporters of All Progressives Party (APC) governorship candidate in Enugu, Chief Uche Nnaji, have vowed to go to the supreme court to recover the mandate of their candidate. This is contained in a statement signed by the state Secretary of the party, Mr Robert Ngwu, in Enugu on Wednesday,...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says women’s football has experienced incredible growth and is confident that the World Cup will win over sceptics of the women’s game. The sport’s governing body expects two billion people to tune in for the 64-game tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, have arrested 1,000 cows and sheep grazing on farmlands in Mangu LGA of the state. The Spokesman of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the alleged telephone conversation between the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola and President Bola Tinubu over the outcome of the presidential election petition currently before the court. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr...
Nigeria is a country with a large and diverse population, a growing economy and a vibrant higher education sector. There are about 130 universities in Nigeria, some of which are owned by the federal and state governments, while others are private or faith-based. The quality and reputation...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker, Cross River House of Assemb, has directed an upward review of monthly emoluments to auxiliary staff of the Assembly with immediate effect. Rt. Hon. Ayambem, who gave the directives in a meeting at the Assembly’s Conference Center in Calabar, on Tuesday emphasized...
Former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that coup should be seen as an organised crime and punished accordingly to allow democracy to survive in Africa. Buratai said this at a One-Day International Conference on Organised Crimes put together by the Tukur Buratai Centre for...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says the private sector is well positioned to assist the federal government to change the narratives surrounding issues of national development, growth and unemployment. The association said this at its 66th Annual General Meeting with the theme, “Rethinking the Role of the Private...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has assured members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that the government is fully committed to securing the release of Prof. Ekanen Philip-Ephraim from her abductors. Rt. Hon. Odey expressed Governor Bassey Otu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AVM Hassan Abubakar, has visited the two NAF pilots who successfully ejected from the crashed FT-7NI trainer aircraft on July 14, in Makurdi. This is according to a statement issued by The Director of Public...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has stopped the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission from investigating alleged missing N100 billion from the state’s Local Government Council accounts. The court, presided over by Justice S.A. Amobeda, on Tuesday also stopped the anti-graft commission and its agents from...
The Abia Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested a notorious kidnap suspect, Kingsley Ogbonna, 35, and rescued his victim. The State Commandant, Mr Paul Igwebuike, disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in his office in Umuahia on Tuesday. Igwebuike,...
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says Nigerians must change their behaviours for the country to change to the level they desire. The ICPC Chairman said this on Tuesday in Minna at a workshop on National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organised for...
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s family has thanked the Federal Government’s decision to rename the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, after their matriarch, late Maryam, who established it. Alhaji Mohammed Babangida, first son of the deceased former First Lady, relayed the family’s gratitude on Tuesday in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate review of the palliative to cushion the effect of removal of fuel subsidy. In a statement issued by Mr Dele Alake on Tuesday in Abuja, Tinubu directed the immediate review of the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programme meant to bring succour to...