By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, have partnered to tackle the challenges of graduate employability and entrepreneurial skills development. Speaking at a three-day Stakeholders Capacity Workshop in Abuja on Thursday, the NUC Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, urged...
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Gains in Tier-one banking stocks, on Thursday, sustained the upward trajectory of the Nigerian stock market, leading to a profit of N149 billion for investors. Gains in Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Zenith Bank, FBN Holdings (FBNH), United Bank For Africa (UBA), Access Corporation, among other advanced equities, pulled...
Three persons have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The accident according to Channels reports occurred at 11:22 a.m. along the waterways in Port Harcourt when the helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement. The cost-cutting measure was announced today in...
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops have eliminated 140 terrorists, apprehended 135 suspects and rescued 76 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of...
An Area Court sitting in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin on Thursday dissolved the Islamic marriage between Ajisegiri Balikis and Saadu Jimoh over unmatched genotype. The presiding Judge, Hammad Ajumonbi while delivering ruling, said since both parties had agreed that they were no longer in love with each other, there will be...
The Rivers Government has warned hoteliers within the state to begin documenting their guests as part of broader efforts to curb insecurity, particularly during the forthcoming Yuletide season. The state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Israel Ngbuelo, gave the warning during a meeting with hotel operators in Port...
The Federal Government has filed a six-count charge against nine defendants over allegations bordering on disseminating a false information on the recent rumour about the impeachment of Senate President Godwil Akpabio. The charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/555/2024, was filed at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Oct. 21 by the...
President Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to confirm nomination of seven ministerial nominees for appointment as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Thursday. Tinubu, in the letter, listed...
A former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has tasked Nigerian youths to desist from using God-given energy for destruction rather for ideas that will project Nigeria forward. Gana made the call on Thursday at the 11th African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI) 2024 Conference, organised by the Bible Society...
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to collaborate with the Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee to attract investments to the livestock value chain, enabling it to contribute substantially to Nigeria’s GDP and provide decent jobs. Tinubu, speaking at the opening session of a two-day Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on Livestock Reforms...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The president Bola Ahmed Tinubu led government on Thursday flagged off the construction of the 1068km section 1 phase 1A 3 Lane single carriageway Sokoto-Badagry superhighway in Illela local government of Sokoto state. Tinubu who was represented by Governor Ahmed Aliyu assured of adequate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja + The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed the intention of the Fund to create a new intervention line aimed at addressing the pressing issues of security and power in...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for collaboration between the state and federal government towards accelerating investment in the exploration of crude oil resources in the state. According to Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Governor Ododo made the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Maiduguri, Dr. Gerida Birukila, has launched a song tagged, “No More Zero-Dose” to commemoration the 2024 World Polio Day. The song produced by UNICEF was released on Thursday at a brief event at...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s application for adjournment in a fresh charge against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and two others until Nov. 14 Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, who appeared for the EFCC, made the oral...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by three spots to place world 36th in the October FIFA ranking. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1503.29 points within the period under review. The senior men’s national team...
A constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun, has urged newly appointed ministers and reassigned cabinet members to work for the progress of the country . Ologun, also the Pastor in Charge, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Faith Parish, Ikeja, made the plea in an...
A former presidential spokesman Dr Doyin Okupe has commended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to scrap ‘superfluous ministries’ in his cabinet reshuffle. Okupe, former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation,gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said:...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says repairs will commence on the Ugwuaji–Apir 330 Kilo-Volt (KV) Double Circuit transmission line Thursday following discovery of a fault at the Igumale area of Benue. The company said that a team of linesmen from TCN discovered the fault on the line, at...