Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firm, International Control System (ICS), has dismissed a report by an online newspaper that alleged that it was awarded a N289.8 million contract to supply office stationeries to Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). ICS, which dismissed the report that called…
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Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike for three months. National President of NAAT, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, made this known while addressing newsmen after the National Executive Council meeting of the union in Abuja on Thursday. Nwokoma said NAAT had embarked on…
Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The Vaccine Development efforts of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) have started yielding results as the COVID-19 vaccine project sponsored by the Fund would be ready for the first clinical trial in November this year. The project, which is a mega research grant intervention tagged ‘Accelerated…
Former Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom of Spain and Wife of late Igbo leader, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, has called on the Igbo people to come under a common front to pursue their political interests and emancipate themselves from years of marginalization and discrimination. She said only a united front would…
Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu Thursday Homily I got a very interesting call, on the telephone, penultimate Thursday. It came from someone I do not know. Never met him. And, he was calling me for the first time. So, he introduced himself as a regular reader of Thursday Homily. “It is because of…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu state, Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr., has said that the failure of political and economic leadership is responsible for the complete breakdown in law and order in the state Speaking in a television interview in Abuja Tuesday, Nweke, who…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Abuja The Federal Government on Tuesday moved to end the dominance of foreign publications in the nation’s higher education institutions as it unveiled 10 new textbooks sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the books in Abuja, Minister of Education, Adamu…
The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has said that for Nigeria to overcome most of its challenges, especially, corruption, there is a need for the complete ethical and attitudinal reorientation of the people. To this end, Prof. Okonkwo said the National Orientation Agency (NOA) ought to be…
By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina It didn’t take long for Russia’s war in Ukraine to impact Africa. Already grappling with soaring inflation and still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food—especially wheat, maize and soybean imported from Russia…
The new Act confirms that Africa is taking control of its own resources and setting the agenda for how they will be deployed The recent passing of Nigeria’s new petroleum act heralds an exciting new chapter for Africa’s energy sector. But it’s complicated. Oil industry players are set to unpack…