UNIBEN makes Edo Polytechnic Acting Rector an Associate Professor
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Acting Rector of Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, Dr. Nosakhare Liberty Arodoye, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Economics by the Senate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). This development has drawn widespread commendation from the Polytechnic community. The promotion followed a successful academic assessment […]
Reps probe $1.2bn oil bloc scam
The House of Representatives has launched investigations into an alleged missing $1.2 billion oil bloc bid round fund that was supposed to be lodged into a provisional account on behalf of the government in 2005.
Tension in Kano over murder of Islamic cleric
*IG advises against violence, clears Gov Shekarau By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Following security reports which indicated that Islamic fundamentalists in Kano State, and some followers of murdered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ja’afar Mahmud Adam were planning to cause violence, Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro has enjoined the people of Kano State to shun violence, keep […]
NBA tasks FG on pact with ASUU
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yesterday called on the Federal Government to respect its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Fraud: Court admits Asabe Yar’Adua to bail
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—An Abuja high court sitting in Gudu, yesterday granted bail to the widow of late Major General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Asabe Yar’Adua, who was allegedly accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to have conspired with one Miss Linda Anyanwu to defraud the comptroller-General of Customs. Hajiya Asabe, who […]
US agency donates 100 laptops to pupils
The first batch of laptops specifically designed for pupils in the world has arrived in Nigeria.
Under a scheme known as one-laptop-per-child (OLPC), the vision of an American, Nicholas Negroponte, who sponsored the production of the laptops to be distributed free to primary school children in developed and developing countries to enhance learning, the first beneficiaries are pupils of Kingdom Heritage Model School, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State.
