Mixed reactions trail scrapping of UTME benchmark
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the recent scrapping of general cut off marks for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JAMB had at its Aug. 31, 2021 virtual policy meeting said that tertiary institutions were now to set their […]
Edo APC belongs to no individual – Caretaker Committee Chairman
By Ozioruva Aliu CARETAKER Committee Chairman of the Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Col David Imuse (rtd) has said that the party’s structure in the state does not belong to any single individual. Imuse who stated this during the local government congress of the party at Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West Local Government […]
INEC redeploys five RECs, four directors
The independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it has redeployed five Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs and four directors.
FG pledges to end doctors’ strike
The Federal Government has pledged to do everything possible to end the ongoing nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which has paralysed activities in government-owned hospitals nationwide.
On the epidemic of hypocrisy amongst the elite in Nigeria(3)
By Douglas Anele Hypocrisy by the elite is also manifest in the differential manner they judge actions based on one’s socio-economic standing. TakeYusuf Buhari, son of the President, who had a very extravagant wedding recently during which guests danced to Naira Marley’s songs containing salacious lyrics. Apart from scores of government officials and politicians from […]
Assessing President Buhari’s Ministers
By Tonnie Iredia Two Nigerian Ministers, Mohammed Nanono and Saleh Mamman, were last Wednesday relieved of their appointments. The two who were previously in charge of the Ministries of Agriculture/Rural Development and Power respectively ceased forthwith to be members of the Federal Executive Council. As if to establish that the subject had been concluded, Dr. […]
