Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja Livestock Development Minister, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has urged Ecogold company, manufacturers of animal fattening products, to establish a factory in Nigeria as a matter of urgency inorder to boost animal feeds in the country. The Minister made the demand when the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of…
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Chidimma Uchegbu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will set the 2025 admission cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and monotechnics on July 8, 2025. The admission benchmarks will be determined during this year’s policy meeting scheduled to hold at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa has announced a Student Grant Venture Capital Initiative worth N50 million to support scaling student-led enterprises in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Dr. Alausa stated this while inaugurating the Research and Innovation Commercialisation Committee (RICC) in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the scheme will…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Minister of State for Defence Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has said that the graduation of the first batch of 800 elite Special Operations Forces (SOF) represents a significant advancement in the Federal Government’s commitment to combatting insecurity in Nigeria. The ceremony took place at Camp Kabala, Jaji,…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Federal Government has launched a $40 million ICT project aimed at digitizing and transforming tertiary education in Nigeria. The Blueprint ICT Development (Blueprint-ICT-Dev) Project, funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), will be implemented across 10 federal universities. Speaking during the unveiling in Abuja, the Minister of…
Chidimma Uchegbu -Abuja As part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ongoing state visit to Saint Lucia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has held a bilateral meeting with Hon. Alva Romanus Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation, and Diaspora Affairs of Saint…
-Pledges Technical Assistance As Malawi Plans Abuja Embassy Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has affirmed the country’s commitment to entrenching democracy in Africa. She made the remark when the Republic of Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Nancy Gladys Tembo, paid her a courtesy visit…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has called for dialogue to resolve the lingering industrial action embarked upon by teachers in primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory administered by Chief Nyesom Wike. Alausa made the call while acknowledging issues raised by the FCT chapter of…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Nigerian Government and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are partnering to strengthen the country’s response to criminal and terrorist finance related to minerals. A statement issued and signed by Segun Tomori, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals…
By Fred Itua By any political standard, what played out at the inaugural Regional Meeting of the All Progressive Governors Forum in Benin City at the weekend, was not just a gathering of party chieftains; it was a powerful orchestration of political symbolism, deft leadership, and rising influence. When Senator…