Private institutions not money-making ventures
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, OFR, CON Issues bordering on the administration of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, have been the subject of debate in education circles for some time. There have been arguments about the calls for the inclusion of private institutions in the scheme. Recently, it was reported that the Executive Secretary […]
African countries to pay $3/$10 per COVID-19 vaccine dose under AU plan
*Nigeria requires about $283m to obtain 42m doses By Sola Ogundipe with Agency report African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and […]
NAPTIP seeks partnership with UNODC to fight human trafficking
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it will continue to deepen partnership with the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) to fight trafficking in person in the country. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known when she received the Country Representative of UNODC, Mr Oliver Stolpe, and […]
Ikpeazu to commission three roads in Aba Friday
IN continuation of his statewide projects inspection and commissioning programme tagged “Kinetic Abia Tours”, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State will, on January 22, commission three roads he reconstructed in Aba.
U.S. will repair global alliances for future challenges – Biden
In his first message to foreign nations as president, Joe Biden vowed to repair the U.S.’ alliances with other nations.
Investigate circumstances surrounding mother, child’s death in Warri, Okowa orders
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has ordered an immediate investigation into the death of a woman and her daughter in Warri on Wednesday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor decried the incident and charged police authorities in the state to commence an urgent and accelerated […]
Lockdown averted 5.8m COVID-19 infections in Nigeria — Research
As Nigeria grapples with rising infections caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international public health, researchers have revealed that the lockdown and restrictions imposed in the country between March and May 2020 may have averted not less than 5.8 million infections.
Ultimatum to herders: SANs back Akeredolu, insist action not unconstitutional
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, on Wednesday, threw their weight behind governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, insisting the ultimatum he gave unregistered herders to vacate forest reserves in the state was not unconstitutional.
Full text of Joe Biden’s inaugural speech as 46th President of America
Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans.
NIN-SIM Linkage: Buhari extends deadline to Feb 9
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that no subscriber should be blocked from telecom operators’ networks till February 9. This is as the Federal government, Wednesday, made it official that the deadline for subscribers to have their SIMs linked to their National Identity Numbers, NINs, has shifted from January 19 to February 9.
FG failed to take amnesty programme beyond disarmament — IYC
The Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Worldwide has stated that the Federal Government has failed to take the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, beyond disarmament and demobilisation, stating that the people the programme has failed.
