Buhari to offer free education to science, technology students
``In the coming weeks, we will present the full programme, which will include our home-grown public primary school feeding and free education for science, technology and education students in our tertiary institutions. ``Indeed, this will mark a historic milestone for us as a nation.’’ The president also said the Federal Government would collaborate with states and local governments to tackle the ``chronic shortage’’ of teachers in public schools across the country.
ICPC stops firm from swindling 1,379 job applicants of N5.2m
Plans by a firm, Firstgate Business Intermediaries Limited (FBIL), few months ago to pocket the sum of N5.2 million from 1,379 applicants in Nigeria through tempting international job offers has been halted through prompt intervention by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC).
Son chops father’s killer into 12 pieces
The son of an Indian murder victim has confessed to stabbing his father’s killer to death and chopping his body into 12 pieces, one for every year since his father was slain, media reported Tuesday.
Boko Haram keeps a million children out of school: UNICEF
The Boko Haram insurgency has kept more than one million children out of school, the UN children’s agency reported on Tuesday, highlighting fears that a lack of education will fuel further radicalism in and around Nigeria.
FG directs issuance of single identification numbers to citizens
The Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to provide a unique identity for each citizen.
Prof. Sagay’s alleged concocted interview is handwork of looters –Oyegun
NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has urged Nigerians who see merit in the war that President Buhari-led administration was waging against corruption, not to be distracted by the ploy of some people he described as “agents of corruption” to discredit the war.
Accident leaves 8 injured at NNPC Mega station
Two vehicles were on Monday involved in a head on collision near the NNPC Mega Station in Central Business District of Abuja.
BIAFRA: Stop using MASSOB to dupe politicians, Uwazuruike tells expelled members
Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has warned expelled members of the organization to stop using MASSOB to collect money from politicians.
7-year-old boy, 3 others injured in Lagos gas explosion
LAGOS—Seven-year-old boy, Okiki Alabede and three others suffered severe burns after a gas exploded at a restaurant in Ogba, Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, damaging property worth millions.
Anti-graft war: S’East MAN supports Buhari
The anti-graft war being prosecuted by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, has received the support of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi states’ branch, with its Chairman,Chief Azubike Okafor, urging the president not to relent in the war.
Ondo PDP berates defectors to APC
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State yesterday said that the two chieftains who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, were propelled by personal interest,dictated by their individual ambitions.
