The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says N6,396,159,060.00 has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, made this known at the inauguration of the Fund’s National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) and Technical Advisory... Read More
By Ossom Raphael The staff union of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment under the auspices of the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) on Wednesday paralyzed business activities and prevented access to offices in protest to what they described as a deplorable state of affairs of the Ministry. The staff union in their hundreds... Read More
As part of a three month-long deployment Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent has arrived in Accra. Built in Scotland, the ship has sailed from the UK to the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, visiting Ghana as well as Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia and Cape Verde for security patrols and a mission to support the... Read More
By Festus Fifen In a continued and sustain effort to make sure the the Nigeria Federal Capital is Clean enough like other Capital Cities around the world, the FCT Ministerial Task Team on City Sanitation on Tuesday moved bulldozers to clear illegal shops, shanties and other makeshift structures in and around Zuba one of the... Read More
*Retains direct primaries for political parties *INEC to determine transmission mode of election results The Senate has passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the bill. The Senate President, Ahmad... Read More
.Allays fears over 5G Network The Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC ) , declared that its revenue target for 2022 fiscal year is N632.39billion . This is as the communication regulatory agency reassured Nigerians that the recently launched Fifth Generation Network ( 5G) , will not be hazardous in anyway to users of the spectrum... Read More
P&ID Contract : FG Probes Nine Contracts signed in Breach of Due Process by Previous Administrations
…as Senate Laments Soaring Judgement Debts Federal government has decided to constitute panel that will investigate nine contracts signed by previous administrations which were in breach of due process and procedure which has the capacity to undermine nation’s economy. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who made this known... Read More
Ihiala has the distinction of being the only local government area in Anambra State where the supplementary gubernatorial election will hold on Tuesday, November 9. Its people have a chance to make history. Not by voting like most other local government areas in the November 6 governorship election but by delivering at least 90%... Read More
One more body has been recovered from the site of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos. The body, which was recovered on Saturday, has brought the number of bodies retrieved from the rubble to 43. There are 15 survivors and 49 persons have reported that their loved ones are missing. At the Infectious... Read More
Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu attended the second edition of the European Corporate Council on Africa and Middle East (ECAM) summit with the theme ‘Finding New Ways to Care’ last week in Rome, Italy. The ECAM Summit was a side meeting at the sixteenth G20 summit, which was held in Rome on 30-31... Read More