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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has rejected the decision by the Federal Ministry of Education to authorise the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to outsource accreditation of courses and programmes in polytechnics to private firms. Zonal coordinator of ASUP, Zone B, Comrade Lumpye Simji, said this on Friday while addressing journalists at […]
Can you tell us about your educational background and what inspired your journey into scientific research? I’m Abdulwasiu Muhammed Raji. I completed my primary education at Air Force Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin, and my secondary education at Kanta Unity College, Argungu, Kebbi State. I earned a BSc degree from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University […]
A coalition of civil society groups has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the crisis in Kuchibuyi, a rural community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, over a land dispute that has left one youth dead, several others injured and five in police custody. The groups — the Movement for the Transformation […]
Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has said the deepening collaboration between the federal and state civil services is a cornerstone for strengthening governance and enhancing service delivery to all Nigerians. Walson-Jack spoke while receiving the Head of Service in Zamfara State, Alhaji Yakubu Sani Haidara and a delegation of […]
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule says his administration has set aside N1.6 billion to pay the gratuities of 2012 retirees in the state. He disclosed this while distributing electric vehicles to youth groups and vulnerable residents at the Government House, Lafia yesterday. The governor said his administration had fully paid the inherited gratuities from 1996 […]
The Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP) has warned on the deteriorating state of the nation, citing a dangerous confluence of worsening insecurity, deepening poverty and reckless political rhetoric that are undermining Nigeria’s unity. In a statement signed by its co-chairmen, Rev. Abainitus Akila Hamman (Christian co-chair) and Dr. Yussuf Yakub Arrigasiyyu (Muslim co-chair) yesterday, […]
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.) has called on the federal government to adopt a nationwide mobilisation strategy similar to the COVID-19 lockdown in order to effectively combat terrorism, banditry and kidnapping across the country. Buratai, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ yesterday, said insecurity should not […]
Nine bodies were exhumed yesterday from fresh graves suspected to be linked to Kenya’s notorious starvation cult, the BBC reported. In one of the worst ever cases of cult-related mass deaths, more than 400 bodies were found in 2023 in the remote Shakahola Forest, inland from the coastal town of Malindi. It is believed they […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released a forecast of thunderstorms and rains for three days starting from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja noted that there would be thunderstorms with moderate rains over parts of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kaduna states in the northern region. […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa’s call to Nigerians to develop self-defence was not for them to bear arms. The acting director, defence information, Brig-Gen Tukur Gusau, made the clarification yesterday after the CDS’ remarks during an appearance on Channels Television on Thursday. General Musa during the interview encouraged […]