Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N130 million as a zonal intervention for polytechnics in its 2023 intervention, with a view to reinvigorating skills acquisition at the institutions. This was disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, by Director of Infrastructure, Buhari Mika’Ilu, at the TETFund/NBTE Sensitisation Workshop on 2023 Zonal Intervention on Skills for Rectors and […]
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Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, said it has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole of the University of Ibadan by unknown gunmen. The spokesperson for the Command, Adewale Osifeso, who confirmed the development, said: “The matter is under investigation. Updates would be provided accordingly, please.” Ajewole, a Professor of Social and […]
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• Obi: I support subsidy removal but must be with conditions • Subsidy ruined Nigeria, N500 pump price cheapest in Africa, says Kokori • Subsidy removal, a painful surgery to save the economy – Olawepo-Hashim • Stakeholders advocate state-level minimum wage to tackle poverty • NLC fumes over court ruling, tells members to remain vigilant […]
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• Spokesperson denies presidential candidate endorsed Yari, Betara • ‘Why senators-elect are withdrawing support from Akpabio’ Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has met with lawmakers elected on the platform of the party in Abuja, ahead of the inauguration of the National Assembly, next week. It was, however, not clear whether Obi and […]
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Grid • Dangote Cement, BUA spent N172b in six months • Consumer, healthcare firms expand close to N300m in Q3, 2022 • Companies borrow to meet rising energy cost • ‘Challenge will affect states’ IGRs, tax revenues, investors warn With limited capacity to raise the prices of their products, alongside the intensive use of energy, […]
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By Azuka Onwuka The continuous implementation of the subsidy on petrol has been the most thoughtless decision of the Nigerian administrations in the past two decades. Therefore, on May 29, 2023, when he was inaugurated, President Bola Tinubu announced that the petrol subsidy had been removed. It was the wise thing to do. By announcing […]
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Nigeria is at war. Boko Haram and ISWAP Islamic terrorists, killer herdsmen, kidnappers and bandits, and terrorists wearing the toga of separatism have laid waste to many communities across the country, creating a huge humanitarian and internally displaced persons crisis. For too long, the criminals have had a field day and overwhelmed the existing security […]
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An undergraduate of the University of Lagos, identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while […]
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has announced that the fight to bring Biafra into reality cannot be subdued. Kanu, in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, on Tuesday, said Biafra is non-negotiable. Ejimakor tweeted, “Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu: “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of […]
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Outgoing Senate President Ahmad Lawan As the 9th National Assembly winds down, a civil society group, the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre has called on the Senate and the House of Representatives to stop the hurried concurrence and passage of bills. In a statement signed by the Executive Director of PLAC, Clement Nwankwo, and dated […]
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