By Johnny Okafor, Awka The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Committee in Anambra State has again condemned violent attacks on its supporters and loyalists of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state by persons alleged to be thugs loyal to the Labour Party (LP). Members of…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the upgrade of Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, to a University of Education. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, who presented a letter of recognition of the institution to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday in Abuja,…
By Chigozie Ogbuagu Despite assurances by Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney General and Minister of Justice, that the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), will consequent upon the ruling of the Supreme Court, extend the deadline for the old naira notes from 10th February to 15th February 2023, the governors of the 36…
CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU-Abuja As part of its commitment towards actualizing AU-EU partnership, on research and innovation, the Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFUND) has constituted the National Contact Point (NCP) as it provides support to serve as channel for information dissemination on opportunities and provides for researchers on various workshop. The Executive…
Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that over 1.16 million tertiary institutions admission, seekers have so far registered to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede stated this on Saturday, during a monitoring tour of…
Prof. Udenta O. Udenta was the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD), one of the three legally registered political parties in 1998 that ushered in the fourth republic. A Professor of Cultural Studies and a Distinguished Fellow at the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Udenta who…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has commenced the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and other local partners. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, said the move is part of efforts to improve employability…
By Chudi Onuoha Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has posted a 50 percent lead in a nationwide opinion poll conducted by a media research and analytics company, Track and Field. The poll conducted over a three-week period captured respondents from all states of the…
Chigozie Ogbuagu The suspicion had been rife in the air, long before now, that a powerful clique close to President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t want Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fly the presidential flag of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in this year’s general elections, but he did and with a…
Chidimma Uchegbu Nigerian researchers engaged in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund-sponsored Vaccine Development Mega Research Project at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, have successfully handed over the Covid-19 DNA vaccine candidate for preclinical trials in Nigeria. The academics, in a symbolic handover of the vaccine candidate in Sokoto for trial, said…