Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has tasked polytechnics across the country to embark on quality research proposals that would translate into commercial and innovative use. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, during an interactive meeting with Rectors and…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has decried the rising case of cultism and other social vices in the nation’s basic education system. Bobboyi, took to his opening remarks at a stakeholders meeting on moral regeneration and re-orientation at basic education…
John Chukwuemeka, AWKA Customers preferred air carrier, United Nigeria Airlines, shone like a thousand stars at the grand finale of the Anambra Talent Show as the government and people of Anambra state increased the company’s honours haul with the award of excellence as Outstanding Indigenous Airline. The award which was…
Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu Senator Uba Sani, the governor-elect of Kaduna state, campaigned for office on the backdrop of his deep understanding of the reforms that his mentor, Nasir El-Rufai, began in reshaping the fortunes of the state. Those reforms have impacted positively on the civil service, infrastructure development, education, health and…
Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reopened the registration for the 2023 direct entry registration starting March 20 2023 to close on April 28, 2023. Making this announcement on Monday, the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed that the Board had to suspend the registration…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Nigeria and Israel have commenced collaborative moves to deepen partnership in innovation, entrepreneurship and production with the aim of harnessing Nigeria’s huge potentials for its technological development. This was disclosed when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman paid a working visit to the Executive…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday, 16th March 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, 30th March 2023. The shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday,11th March 2023…
Chronic Kidney Disease is too often undetected and undertreated, without sufficient public health policies in place to address its rapid spread in Africa By Viraj Rajadhyaksha There is a silent killer in our midst. It affects 850 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of death globally.1 Despite its…
Chidimma UCHEGBU A new global report by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) puts the number of adolescent Nigerian girls and women aged between 15 and 49 years who are undernourished at 7.3 million. This is an increase from 5.6 million in 2018 2018. The reports put Nigeria among the…
Says, “despite boasting the biggest electoral register in Africa of 93.4 million voters, fewer than 25 million valid votes were counted in Nigeria’s 2023 election.” Johnson Ebule, Lagos The London-based political think-tank, Chatham House, has taken a swipe that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its chairman, Prof. Mahmoud…