The Bank of Industry (BOI), has donated 2,400 cartons of food items to the Sokoto State Government as part of its contribution to reducing the hardship being faced by Nigerians. Receiving the food items, Gov. Ahmed Aliyu thanked the bank for the invaluable gesture, which he said, would go a…
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Chidimma Uchegbu The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has called for the establishment of a centre for supportive services for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Oloyede made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at the first Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has urged Muslims in the state to use the Maulud celebrations and seek Allah’s intervention on the security challenges confronting the nation. He gave the charge in his Maulud massage to the people of the state. Gov. Aliyu described the security challenges facing the…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to host the first African Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity Access to Higher Education. The conference scheduled for 17 and 18 September 2024 in Abuja is themed “Advancing the Potentials of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Educational and Economic…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, has commenced its 2024/2025 admission into all 50 programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Registrar of the university, Mrs Olufunke Hudson, announced in a statement that the courses, which are domiciled in the eight faculties of the…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu has assured the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of his administration’s determination to key into its nutrition programme for children in the interest of children in the state. He was speaking when he received the UNICEF’s Country Representative, Christien Muduate, on a courtesy call ti him, at…
Mohammed Ibrahim The Sokoto State Government has distributed 24’734 bags of rice to vulnerable, physically challenged as well as the needy in the state. This came to fore at the flag off of ceremony of the distribution which took place in Government House, Sokoto. Speaking at the occasion, Gov. Ahmed…
Chidimma Uchegbu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the removal of third-party research grant funds of Federal Universities and Research Institutes from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). He also granted approval for universities and research institutes to have autonomy in operating their endowment fund accounts in commercial banks. The approvals…
Achilleus-Chud UchegbuThursday Homily Last Thursday, precisely on September 5, 2024, Prof. Ahmed Bako, properly identified as a professor of Nigerian and African history, with academic attainment from Bayero University Kano (BA, 1980 and PhD, 1989) and California in the United States of America (1984), delivered a much advertised 50th inaugural…
Ibrahim Ardo Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rescind its decision of boycotting the forthcoming local government’s polls scheduled for the 21st of this month. He made the call while addressing a mammoth crowd of APC supporters from eight local governments of…