Civil society organisations have urged the Ninth National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) to extend its coverage from Junior to Senior Secondary Education from nine to 12 years. The COSs said the amendment will help guaranty ...
Read More »Rivers community demands probe on JTF invasion, harassment
The Kalaekuleama Community in Degema Council of Rivers State has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to probe Army’s invasion of the community. They accused operatives of the Operation Delta Safe of razing their ...
Read More »TETFund approves N4.9b to revive academic publications
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N4.9 billion to address the paucity of indigenous tertiary textbooks and other academic publications in the nation’s higher education sector. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Elias Bogoro, who disclosed this in Abuja ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom govt laments delay of boundary demarcation with Cross River
The Akwa Ibom State Government has decried the slow pace of work on the demarcation of its boundary with Cross River State, saying the situation has continued to fuel inter-state carnage and avoidable loss of lives. Addressing a joint meeting ...
Read More »IPMAN accuses Cross River govt of interference in its internal affairs
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) is at loggerheads with the Cross River State government over the latter’s interference in its internal affairs. IPMAN in the state, for quite some time now, has been in a leadership tussle, ...
Read More »Oyo to raise distress call centre on security, others
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde is to establish an emergency communication centre for distress calls on security and other issues of urgent concerns in the state. The governor dropped the hint when he received the management of the Nigerian Communications ...
Read More »INEC chair Yakubu emerges honorary president of ECONEC
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has been named honorary president of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) after steering the network in the last two years as president. The network’s new president, Dr. Maria ...
Read More »Forum seeks full participation of women in Kebbi State LG elections
The Kebbi Development Forum (KDF) has appealed to Governor Atiku Bagudu to ensure full participation of women in the state’s local council polls holding on October 26,2019. Chairman of the forum, Professor Danladi Sahabi, who made the call at a ...
Read More »Army, police, Ondo government move to tackle insecurity in South West
Following the readiness of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to deploy special squad to combat the recurring spate of insecurity in South West, the Nigerian Army has assured of its commitment to complement the police. General Officer ...
Read More »Obasanjo, Jonathan, Abdulsalami, President Buhari canvass joint action against cancer
President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), have canvassed concerted action against the spread of cancer in the country. They spoke at the launch of the Henry Seriake ...
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