The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has applauded the Federal Government for agreeing with the union on a period review of the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA). The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the commendation while  addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting between the leadership of the union […]

Rice Farmers under the aegis of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN have commended Unity Bank Plc for the pivotal role it played in facilitating credit to farmers under the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The association specially commended the Managing Director of Unity Bank, Mrs. Tomi Somefun for her leadership and doggedness in supporting […]

Ahead of the Anambra State November 6 gubernatorial election, an Anambra youth group, Igbo Renaissance, has called for aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to unite and work towards consensus.

Lagos State Government has given assurances that the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to every Intending Pilgrim from the State before embarking on the 2021 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi while delivering his opening remark at a training programme organised by the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board […]

ABUJA–THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,has explained that it introduced the use of National Identity Number,NIN,for the registration of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,UTME, to checkmate examination malpractices.

ABUJA–PROFESSOR of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Dani Rodrik; President George Weah of Liberia; and Mohamed Yayha of the United Nations Development Programme, are some of the confirmed speakers to take the stage at the 12th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium taking place virtually on Monday, 29th March 2021.

ABUJA–NORTHERN elders have blamed the festering insecurity in the country especially in the North East and North West geopolitical zones on some leaders and elders of the region whom they said,saw the danger in the beginning of the crisis but refused to say the truth.

As more state governors embrace the HSS for its econometrical attraction, the North East launching of the Hajj Savings Scheme took place yesterday in Bauchi. Taking a cue from Malaysia where the Tabung Haji boasts of deposits to the tune of RM73.86 billion as at June 2020,with the year’s profit after Zakat standing at RM1.55 […]

By Chioma Obinna On World Tuberculosis Day, new data released by the Global fund Surveys in 13 countries with the highest TB burden has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the fight against TB, another deadly airborne disease. The survey also revealed that 29 per cent fewer people were tested […]

“Nobody can bring down the government because this is a government elected democratically”, said, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday. Shehu said this in a programme on ChannelsTv, Sunrise Daily. According to him: “I want to assure Nigerians that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is addressing […]