Yobe approves 65 years retirement age for teachers
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the revised retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. This is contained in a statement signed by the state’s Head of Service (HoS), Alhaji Muhammad Nura, in Damaturu on Tuesday. Nura said the civil service years had also been reviewed from 35 to 40 years. […]
Army operations has facilitated farming activities in Kebbi – Bagudu
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the anti-banditry operations of the Nigerian Army has increasingly enabled farmers in the state access to their farms without threats. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the governor made the observation when he received the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya […]
Business leaders join UN chief to step up action for global sustainability
Business leaders joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, to step up delivery of critical investments for a ‘sustainable, net zero, resilient and equitable world’. The Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, which brings together 30 business giants worth an estimated $16 trillion dollars, met Guterres in New York and outlined concrete actions for […]
NAS donate delivery equipment, consumables to hospital, orphanage in Warri
The Warri Zone of the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, yesterday, donated a vacuum delivery birthing machine and a Phlegm Suction machine to the Ajamimogha Primary Health Centre and consumables worth thousands of naira to the Obruche Orphanage Home in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State as part of their humanitarian services to assist the less privileged in the society.
Ethiopia: UN expresses concern as air strikes kill 9
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about the situation in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, as nine people died in air strikes. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, said this at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York, noting that the situation was calm but […]
The digital banking revolution in Nigeria and the ‘Branchless’ bank leading the way
By Etop Ekanem Think of some of the earliest digital transformations – from music, to movies, to meetings, conferences and even how we store information. Think about how all of these and many other things have now shifted to the “cloud”. Transformations from old, bulky physical forms such as audio tapes, video cassettes, paper files, […]
