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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) have signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding indigenous research, development and innovation. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, and the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Mr. Khalil Suleiman […]
Members of the Class of 1999 Governors yesterday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to shift focus from temporary relief measures to sustainable job creation by establishing cottage industries across the country’s 774 local government areas. The former governors, led by Chief Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, visited the president at the State House, Abuja, […]
The Niger Delta Coalition Group, a broad-based coalition of civil society organizations, youth leaders, community stakeholders and advocacy groups across the oil-rich region, has issued a statement reaffirming support for the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, describing recent allegations of corruption and mismanagement as baseless, malicious and politically motivated. The […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shot itself in the foot by denying the South East its 2023 presidential ticket, an All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftain has said. South East national vice chairman of the APGA, Augustine Ehiemere, stated this while speaking with LEADERSHIP Weekend in Umuahia, Abia State capital. Ehiemere said: “That is exactly […]
President of the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy and chief executive officer of Business School Netherlands International, Prof. Lere Baale, has described Nigeria’s widespread open drug market as a glaring symptom of systemic failure, and not the root cause of the country’s chaotic pharmaceutical distribution landscape. Prof. Baale stated this during his presentation titled; “Optimising Nigeria’s […]
Managing director and chief executive officer of FirstCap Limited, a subsidiary of First HoldCo Plc, Mr Ukandu Eme Ukandu, has urged the government to champion equity and opportunity by creating policies that reflect the potential of every citizen, not just a few. Ukandu made the call in Nsukka on Thursday while delivering the University of […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated the federal government’s resolve to reposition Nigeria’s education sector. He affirmed that the administration of President Bola Tinubu would mobilise both public and private sector support to uplift institutions such as the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university. This is just as he was bestowed the highest alumni honour […]
Former Osun State governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has blamed intense pressure from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the recent wave of defections rocking the PDP in Osun State, including the defection of two senators. Speaking in an interview on Arise News, Oyinlola described the defections […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said it hopes the new All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, would use his experience as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) to promote the sanctity of the country’s electoral processes. The opposition party said it hoped the new chairman would not use insider knowledge to […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has reaffirmed that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) in Nigeria remains 10 years. This clarification followed a report published by a media outfit which claimed that the government had raised the entry age to 12. In a press statement issued yesterday by Boriowo Folasade, […]