The House of Representatives has committed to addressing the issues that prevent Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations. During a recent visit to Kaduna State, the House Committee on TETFund and Other Services revealed that over N500 billion in TETFund intervention funds are still unused at the Central Bank […]
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The deliberate destruction of power infrastructure, including transmission lines, substations, and distribution equipment, is hindering the country’s ability to provide reliable electricity to its citizens and undermining the government’s initiatives to drive growth and prosperity. As the authorities strive to ‘light up’ Nigeria, the scourge of vandalism poses a significant threat to the realisation of […]
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Oyo State government has called for increased collaboration with the private sector and community leaders in enhancing healthcare infrastructure, medical equipment, and facilities across the state. This plea was made by Dr. Akin Fagbemi, Chairman of the Oyo State Health Management Board, who represented Governor Seyi Makinde at the remodel and renovation ceremony of the […]
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), has reconstituted the Executive Committee of the party in Ekiti State. According to a statement issued on Friday by Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary, Chief Dare Adeleke has been appointed as the chairman of the […]
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HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 23 (ACN) Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature, received today at Casa de las Americas the Haydee Santamaria Medal, awarded by Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, on behalf of Cuba and at the proposal of […]
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Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos.Credit: BBC Pidgin The artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Dr Stella Okoli. She was 72 years old. The funeral service was […]
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says Nigerians care more about bread and butter criticises purchase of new presidential jet Ex-Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, on Friday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revisit and reconsider some of his economic policies. Also, he criticised the purchase of a new presidentoal jet when Nigerians are hungry. He noted that whatever policy […]
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By Segun Akintoye There had been various administration in Ekiti State since its inception. Some wrote their names on marble, while some wrote theirs on dust. This has opened room for comparative assessment, as the impacts made in people’s life are determinant for such assessments. However, the style of practical governance put in place by […]
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The National Assembly has waded into the controversy generated by the Federal Government’s plan to peg the age limit for students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, examination at 18 years. It will be recalled that the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, announced plans on Sunday by the federal government […]
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Hundreds of Nigerian nurses are stranded following the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, continuous closure of its portal for verification of nurses’ certificates. It was gathered that while many nurses are currently stranded in different countries abroad, others are on the verge of being deported. Nursing boards in the US, Canada, New Zealand, […]
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