President Muhammad Buhari will present the 2021 Budget estimate to the joint session of the National Assembly next week. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made the disclosure on Tuesday upon resumption to plenary after a two-month recess. The President of the Senate in his opening remarks also disclosed that Ministries,... Read More
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has today (29 September) announced that Stephen van Rooyen will be the new chair of the Skills and Productivity Board (SPB). The SPB – which was first announced in October 2019 – will play a central role in driving forward the government’s ambitious FE reform programme. The Board will provide expert advice on... Read More
The former Acting Registrar, National Examinations Council (NECO), Abubakar Gana, has debunked allegations that he siphoned money from council, while acting as its registrar. Gana was reacting to a report by an online news media, dated September 25, claiming that he siphoned N368.8 million generated during the June/July 2018 registration of SSCE. Gana, in a... Read More
By Festus Fifen. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that it uncovered the sum of N2.67 billion payment made to some federal colleges for school feeding during lockdown when children are not in school, ended up in personal accounts. It said it also discovered over N2.5 billion appropriated by... Read More
News… People across England and Wales are being urged to download the NHS COVID-19 app to help control the spread of coronavirus and protect themselves and their loved ones as case numbers rise. To show their support, trusted voices from the community such as Pastor Marjorie Esomowei, Dr Seun Bakare and CEO Alistair Soyode... Read More
Nigeria’s Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the handlers of the South West security outfit codenamed ‘Amotekun’ to recruit leaders and members of the Oduduwa People’s Congress (OPC) into the new security outfit. The advice was contained in a press statement issued on Monday 28th September, 2020 by the Director of MURIC,... Read More
The Nigeria Labour Congress has canceled the proposed strike that was suppose to commence fully today. Federal Government and the Joint Labour Unions early on Monday after a reconcilation meeting took the decision to look at ways to ameliorate the sufferings of the Nigerian Masses. Below is the full communique JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON THE RESOLUTION... Read More
By Festus Fifen. The National Executive Council of the Independent Petroluem Marketters Association of Nigeria, IPMAN has appealed to Labour Leaders in the country to jettison their planned industrial action over the hike in electricity tarriffs and increased pump prices of petroleum products. Rising from an emergency meeting in Abuja Saturday, the leadership of the... Read More
In a bid to deepen research and development in the country, the Federal Government has inaugurated a 160-member standing committee of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Research and Development (R&D). The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, represented by the Minister of State, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajuiba, inaugurated the committee in Abuja on Thursday. The... Read More
Makinde hands over state’s moribund fruit juice company to investor …says Oyo State is open to business Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, officially kickstarted the process of reviving the moribund Pacesetter Fruit Processing Company, Oko, when he handed it over to AGVEST Limited. The event, which took place at the premises of... Read More