•To access grants, funds in support of teaching, research, community devt services THE Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria and the University of Edinburgh, UoE, United Kingdom, have agreed to jointly conduct a research on out-of-school children in Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. ABU will partner UoE through its Distance Learning Centre, DLC. A statement by the […]

 By Cynthia Alo MTN Nigeria is set to fund unskilled businesses, micro enterprises and artisans with grants of up to N5 million. As a part of the  ‘Blow My Hustle’  campaign, this initiative aims to put the spotlight on informal businesses   in need of funding.    The campaign which was launched last month aims to […]

By Peter Egwuatu In recognition of the risk posed by cybercrime to financial market confidence, integrity and efficiency, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, has harped on the need for a robust strategy for mitigating such risks. Speaking during the Central Securities Clearing System Cyber Securities conference in Abuja, […]

By Olu Fasan STATE governors in Nigeria are probably the most imperious yet ineffectual sub-national politicians in the world. They treat their states as personal fiefdoms andbehave like tin gods. Delusions of grandeur and a ferocious sense of entitlement blind them to the transience of power. Above all, they are utterly unable to improve people’s […]

A corporal in the Nigerian Army, Abayomi Ebun, has crushed to death the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, NAFRC, Director of Finance, Brig.-Gen. A. O. James, with his car.