By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Board of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) says plans have reached advanced stage to upgrade the Corporation’s Training School to a degree awarding institution in order to provide opportunities for professional broadcasters in the country to improve their knowledge. Chairman of the Board, Chief Boyelayefa Debekeme, who disclosed this […]

By Charles Kumolu LEADERS of Ethnic Communities Resident in Kano (LECRK), have petitioned Senate President,  Senator David Mark to prevail on the Kano State governor to stop the agency it set up to implement Sharia, under the name Hisbah from enforcing Sharia law on non-Muslims resident in the state. The group argued  that it is […]

OWERRI—The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Prof Celestine Onwuliri, says the institution’s management is not responsible for the shortfall in the payment of the monetization arrears of its workers. Prof Onwuliri, who disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists, also lamented that the issue was capable of compounding the current […]

By Peter Duru KADUNA — The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned what it described as incessant kidnapping of people in the country. The NLC said kidnapping which was a South-South phenomenon had now enveloped the whole country, warning that it was a matter for sober reflection by the government. […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The police authority in Kano has debunked media reports of regroupings of outlawed Boko Haram religious sect in Kano, saying they have been sent away from the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mamman Chafe told Vanguard in a chat that the command had, in the wake of the last […]