Chidimma Uchegbu The Katsina State Government and the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) have launched a cash transfer programme which will provide learning opportunities for over 20,000 out-of-school children in the state and improve the socio-economic wellbeing of beneficiaries and their households. According to available statistics, there are currently…
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Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has frowned at reports suggesting that it has waived sanctions for lecturers who failed to attend conferences for which they were paid under the Fund’s Conference Attendance Intervention Programme. Speaking in a statement signed by its Acting Director, Public Affairs, Abdulmumin…
Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the provisional licence for the take-off of the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS), located in Igbo-Eno community of the state. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, while handing over the licence to the State Governor,…
Poised not to repeat its 2019 mistake in the nomination of a Vice Presidential candidate, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a 12-man committee to screen those interested in flying its flag as running mates to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said…
BY: LOUIS GOSS Commodity trader Glencore has agreed to pay more than $1bn to US and Brazilian authorities to settle corruption investigations, after indicating it will plead guilty to bribery charges in the UK. Glencore said it will pay a combined sum of $1.06bn to the US Department of Justice…
Ordinarily, the same-religion ticket ought not to be a problem. However, with the reality of the growth and development of religious fundamentalism, with APC’s obvious lethargy in addressing the security threats that arose therefrom, the party simply expands national fault lines and fuels mutual suspicion across religious faiths in the…
Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that its Open Educational Resources (OER), repository established in 2017, currently has over two million OERs in the form of courseware, lecture notes, textbooks, videos, maps, podcasts, conference presentations, and journal. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, revealed this…
Ogene Iyioba Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, was on Tuesday in Abuja, installed as the National Grand Patron of the Ndigboamaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of Igbo traders in 58 markets scattered across Lagos state. The investiture which took place at the prestigious The Dome…
Chidimma Uchegbu, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have taken the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke to the cleaners over his claims about the role of the examination board in university admissions. Speaking in a statement signed by its Head, Public…
El-Rufai is highly principled. He is a man of integrity and deep conviction, qualities that were once again startlingly displayed, when without any hesitation, he vehemently resisted the overture by the villa forces (generals without troops), for him to join the presidential race. Some desperadoes would have jumped at the “opportunity” with both hands, coming as it were on a “platter of gold”, but El-Rufai outrightly rejected the offer.