Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged the management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to avoid debt traps for students in the operation of the scheme. Adeleke said this when the NELFUND management, led by its Managing Director, Mr Akintunde Sawyer, paid a courtesy visit to his...
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President Bola Tinubu has said the entertainment industry deserves more attention and recognition as it rekindles history and equips the younger generation with the knowledge of past events. The President, who spoke at a stage production held in honour of his late mother, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji, said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said his administration saved the state government over 20 billion naira by recovering and refurbishing almost to brand new status in physical condition and mechanical performance of about 200 tractors deployed for the 2024 wet season...
National Assembly pledges speedy passage of digital economy and e-Governance bill The National Assembly has expressed its commitment to speedily pass the National Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill to revolutionalise the economy. The Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity, Sen. Shuaib Salisu, made the commitment on Tuesday at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of Mallam Aminu Muhammad Chamalwa as the Director General of Borno State Mining Agency (BOSMA). The Commissioner, Ministry of Information and Internal Security, Borno State, Prof. Usman Tar, announced the governor’s appointment in a...
The House of Representatives has called for sanction against Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and six Area Council Chairmen over insubordination and disregard for the House. Rep. Ikonne Ifeanyi, a member of the House Committee on FCT Area Council and Ancillary, made the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed six persons dead in a multiple accident at Eke Awgbu along Agulu-Awgbu road in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra. The state’s Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Federal Government has pledged to pay the 36-months salary arrears owed some teachers of Unity Colleges. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman made the pledge on the sidelines of a three-day EdTech Conference organised by Mastercard Foundation in Abuja on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, have called for the immediate sack of the Ministers of Education and that of Labour and Productivity. The Unions under...
A bill seeking to amend the constitution to create extra legislative seats for women in the National and state assemblies has passed for second reading in the House of Representatives. Jointly sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Ben Kalu, and 12 others, the bill was debated...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) has begun the construction of a 30-bed ultramodern hospital valued at N500 million for the Nigeria Customs Service at Zone D Headquarters, Bauchi. The state-of-the-art medical edifice is being sponsored by the ASR under its Security Sector...
Google on Tuesday announced a major expansion of its language translator, Google Translate with additional 110 new languages to the platform. Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communications and...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to withhold allocation to states running a Transition Implementation Committee (TIC). The House also urged the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to create a special account where allocations due to local governments run by unelected officials would be...
Following a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by 88 members, the House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement until all controversial clauses are addressed and spelt out. In moving the motion on Tuesday, a member of the House,...
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) chapters of the Olusegun Agagau University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, in Ondo State, joined in the nationwide protest declared by their national bodies on Tuesday. The News Agency of...
Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has warned tertiary institutions especially universities to stop admissions of underaged describing it as “illegal “. He said that illegal admission such as admitting underage needed to be aborted. Oloyede made the assertion at the opening...
”The Noble Warrior,” a theatrical performance of Eni Ogun has been listed as part of the birthday celebrations and activities in honour Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka at 90. Announcing its sponsorship of the Lagos command performance in a statement on Tuesday, the Group Head, Marketing and Corporate...
Paul Okoye, aka Rudeboy of PSquare group, has urged men to change the narrative by marrying rich ladies when they are financially stable. Rudeboy, who took to his social media platforms to give such advise to men, decried the alarming rate at which some women were demanding...
Kizz Daniel’s hit song “Twe Twe” tops streaming chart Kizz Daniel’s song, ‘twe twe’, is most streamed song in Nigeria for first half of the year. TurnTable Charts, Nigeria’s music chart publication, unveiled this in the data for the most streamed songs in the first half of 2024. According...