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Nigerian students considering study in the UK are set to benefit from a groundbreaking new development at one of the country’s leading institutions, Loughborough University. The University has launched its DigiLabs (a £5.8 million suite of futuristic learning spaces) and with it, the UK’s first hologram lecture series. At the heart of the DigiLabs is […]
President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate-past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in recognition of his service to Nigeria and his role in strengthening the nation’s democracy. The honour came as Professor Yakubu concluded his second […]
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill proposing a 10-year international passport ban for Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad. The bill, sponsored by Senator Abubakar Bello (Niger North), seeks to amend the Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, introducing strict penalties to deter criminal activities by Nigerians overseas and to redeem the integrity of the Nigerian passport. […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the legal team of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, sought the intervention of a Lagos State Special Offences Court over disagreement on the conduct of forensic examination of some of the evidence tendered before the court. The trial judge, Justice Rahman […]
The Benin Traditional Council (BTC), on Tuesday, said it was yet to know the aim of Iyaloja designation being introduced to Edo State. It said if it were a national concept, the the Iyaloja of Nigeria must extend the concept to the other states in Nigeria before BTC could believe its authenticity and motive. This […]
President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following allegations of forgery against him. Recall that President Tinubu appointed Nnaji in August 2023. A statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Nnaji resigned this Tuesday in a letter thanking the President for allowing him to […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a new acting chairman, May Agbamuche-Mbu, the senior National Commissioner in the Commissioner currently and accomplished legal expert with over three decades of experience. Her emergence followed the handover of duties to her by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who has proceeded on terminal leave on Tuesday. The announcement was […]
Adamawa State government has released N300million as a matching grant for the Child Nutrition Fund to tackle malnutrition in the state Speaking at the inauguration of the State Council on Nutrition under the Nutrition 774 Initiative, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said his administration has increased budgetary allocations to nutrition in the last six years The […]
A Nigerian Army officer, identified as Lt. Samson Haruna, has been reported dead following an attack by his wife during a heated domestic feud. He was said to have died after sustaining severe burns when his wife allegedly set him ablaze in course a of fight. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, disclosed this in a […]
The Forum of Saudi University Alumni in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has officially opened in Abuja, with the commencement of an exhibition. The event is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and organised by King Khalid University in collaboration with the University of Tabuk and Najran University. The opening ceremony was […]