The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with the establishment of the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited (NISO). The company disclosed this in an order signed by its Chairman, Mr Sanusi Garba and Mr Muslim Oseni, Vice Chairman in...
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J The Congress of University Academics (CONUA), University of Abuja Chapter has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Chairman, CONUA, University of Abuja Chapter, Prof. Abdul Buba, said this when the group paid a courtesy visit...
A Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeon with Hafar Al-batin Central Hospital, Hafar Albatin, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ayodele Ogunkeyede, has developed novel compression therapy for sickle cell anemia chronic leg ulcers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the compression therapy involves applying a special bandage...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of dire consequences if Israel goes ahead with an impending military operation in Rafah. The planned push into the southern border city of Rafah would lead to “a bloodbath,” the organization wrote on X, formerly twitter on Saturday The WHO said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has said the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will defund any non-performing Centre of Excellence it established eight years ago. Mamman said government will not continue to reward indolence by giving free money to institutions that...
The Management of the university of Abuja (UniAbuja) says academic and administrative activities on campus will go on in spite of reported strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Vice-Chancellor (VC) UniAbuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, said this at a meeting with Provost, Deans, Directors and...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for Sept. 21 governorship election would deliver 80 per cent of votes to Asuerinme Ighodalo, the party’s candidate. Governor Obaseki, who said this at the inauguration of the campaign Council in Benin, noted that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil, Kano State, said on Friday that no student died in the university’s students’ hall of residence. A statement by the university’s Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof. Abdulkadir Dambazau, urged the public to disregard...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), on Friday, protested the alleged shortage of manpower and work overload at the hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ARD members, who marched round the hospital premises, decried the shortage...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a gang of 10 suspected ritualists, who specialise in killing people and selling their body parts to ritualists. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Friday, while parading them before newsmen in Lagos. Hundeyin said that...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Friday, adjourned until May 9, for defence to study additional proof of evidence submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emefiele...
By OLA, MUDOPE Lagos – Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), of the Police Command in Lagos State have raided hideouts of criminals in Yaba area and arrested 40 suspects. Police spokesman of the command, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on a post he shared on his...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has pledged to flush out persons in public and private organisations working with fake certificates. Mamman made this known while speaking in Abuja on Friday when he received the report of an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling from the...
Lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, hosted the British Deputy High Commissioner, Gill Lever, and other officials of the British embassy at her Abuja residence. Top of the agenda of the meeting was a bill on women’s inclusion in politics. The bill is...
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) says Nigeria becomes the first country in Africa to acquire a cosmic ray muon detector to aid climate change and atmospheric research. Prof. Babatunde Rabiu, Director, UN- African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (UN-ARCSSTEE), a research...
House of Reps to review laws, practices restricting press freedom The House of Representatives said on Friday that it would review the laws and practices restricting press freedom and the ability of the media to carry out its constitutional role in the country. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman, House Committee...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – As the international community marks the World Press Freedom Day, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged Nigerian authorities at all levels of government to “stop using repressive and anti-media laws such as the Cybercrimes Act...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday, granted an ex-parte motion for stay of contempt proceedings filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and issued against its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, by ex- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A 19-year old nail painter from Plateau State, Lisha Dachor, has just completed a 72-hour nail painting marathon in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. During the event, known as a “nail-a-thon,” Dachor painted over 4,000 artificial nails in a span...
The Management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, has sacked two of its staff and suspended others over job racketeering. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), of the hospital, Dr Yahaya Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Keffi. According to Ahmad, when the...