FG completes hand – over of 64 Almajiri schools to states – Wike
The Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that the Federal Government has completed 64 out of the 89 Almajiri schools in the country.
Jonathan appoints Ahmadu Ali, 19 others as board chairmen
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, approved the appointments of the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ahmadu Ali and 19 others as chairmen of 20 Federal Government parastatals.
Lagos set to build medical village
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said plan has been concluded to build a medical village in the state, saying “it will help restrain Nigerians from seeking foreign medical service.”
Corruption, most terrible monster confronting Nigeria —Carrington
Former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Walter Carrington has said that until Nigeria begins to rely less on capital intensive sectors of the economy and more on labour intensive ones, the country will find it difficult to meet its ambitious goals of being one of the world’s 20 most important economies.
Aregbesola woos Ijeshas in Lagos over schools merger
OSUN State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that the recent reforms in the education sector in Osun, were not meant to inflict pains on the people, describing the policies as necessary.
CDHR to NUT: Suspend planned sympathy strike with ASUU
OMMITTEE for Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Delta State chapter, has called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to suspend its planned sympathy strike with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
