Experts in the education sector have called for true university autonomy as one of the solutions to tackle the challenges facing higher education in Africa. This was at an international symposium convened to mark the birthday of the Executive Secretary ...
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The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), has announced the introduction of the Bar Code to checkmate untoward activities among some commercial bus drivers. According to him, the initiative will curb kidnapping and other ...
Read More »Travellers, Residents Stranded As Flood Grounds Lokoja
Thousands of travelers and residents of Lokoja, Kogi State capital are currently stranded as the city has been overrun by heavy flooding. The Lokoja-Abuja road which connects the North and South has practically been cut off, thereby paralyzing economic activities, ...
Read More »NDIC Clears Trapped Funds Of 20 Failed Bank Customers
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced the complete settlement of customers of 20 closed banks whose deposits were trapped in the failed banks, in fulfilment of its promise of protecting depositors in the event of bank failures. “The ...
Read More »Nigerians Don’t Want Water Bill, Afenifere Tells FG
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the insistence of the Federal Government to pass the repeatedly rejected Waterways Resources Bill into law as another instance of how the government is often hell-bent on going ahead with what the majority ...
Read More »FG Review Rails Security, Buhari Meets Freed Hostages
The Federal Government has set up a committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring adequate safety measures in securing train and other railway infrastructure, The PUNCH has learnt. The PUNCH reports that terrorists, on March 28, 2022, attacked the AK-9 ...
Read More »Court Rules On ASUU’s Appeal, Out-Of-court Settlement Fails
The Court of Appeal will, on Friday (today), deliver a ruling on an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court. The NICN had, on September 21, granted ...
Read More »CONUA Takes Charge, Rules Out Strike, Says Action Overused
… ASUU Sues FG Over CONUA, NAMDA Registration The newly-registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics has ruled out the use of industrial action to press for demands. This is just as the rival group of the Academic Staff Union of ...
Read More »Over 90% Trafficked Survivors, Suspects In Ghana Are Nigerians – Ghanaian Govt.
Over ninety percent of suspected human traffickers arrested in Ghana and 95 per cent of rescued survivors in public shelters are Nigerians, the Ghanaian government has said. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and ...
Read More »US, Rotary Asokoro Partner To Train Youths On Becoming Peace Ambassadors
Rotary Club of Asokoro in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has partnered with the United States of America to train young Nigerians on becoming peace Ambassadors in their various communities in Nigeria. President of Rotary Club of Asokoro, Ebele Ezezue-Israel ...
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