The row between the National Board for Technical Education and the National Universities Commission over the proposed top-up degree scheme for HND holders deepened on Monday. The NBTE, in a statement on Monday by its spokesman, Fatima Abubakar, said the scheme was “beyond the jurisdiction of the National Universities Commission,” and asked the commission to…
The Lagos State government has vowed to clear the backlog of pensions by the end of 2023. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, disclosed this in a media chat with journalists on Monday. This was as he affirmed the state government’s commitment to continually upscale and upskill the civil service in order…
Cross River governor, Prince Bassey Otu, says the state security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-days event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday, while flagging off the first Carnival dry run, at the millennium park in Calabar, the state capital. The governor represented by his deputy, Rt Hon Peter…
Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 per cent of votes counted, the electoral authority announced Noboa as the victor. Moments earlier, socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat and offered her “profound congratulations” to Noboa, “because this is democracy.”…
The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi, has pledged to advance Nigeria’s economy through strategic investment promotion. Rimi made this pledge during her opening address after resuming at NIPC headquarters on Monday, in Abuja. In a major reshuffling last Friday, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of a…
President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said Israel must eliminate the Hamas terror group but rejected reoccupying the Gaza Strip. Biden made this known in an interview with CBS on Sunday, stressing that reoccupying the Gaza Strip would be a “big mistake.” The US President made this known as Israeli troops prepared for…
…Rivers, Benue states top list with N119bn, N100bn…South-West , Niger Delta regions have N256 bn, N225 bn…What we’re doing to offset arrears — STATES By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Dayo Johnson, Victor AhiumaYoung, Sam Oyadongha, Demola Akinyemi, Olasunkami Akoni, Vincent Ujumadu, Egufe Yafugborhi, Peter Duru, Dennis Agbo, Steve Oko, Peter Okutu Marie-Therese Nanlong, Emmanuel…
Osun State Government has debunked claims in a sponsored fake news by the state’s All Progressive Congress (APC), clarifying that only Two Billion Naira was so far received from the Federal Government for subsidy palliatives while the Seven Billion Naira Federal refund to the state was specifically designated for infrastructure intervention. In a statement issued…
…sets to achieve outstanding success in 2023 Trade Fair in November Osun State government has reaffirmed its commitment to further push for the industrialization and diversification of the economy of the state, through the 2023 Trade Fair exhibition, holding in November. This was disclosed in a keynote address delivered by the Commissioner for Commerce and…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called for a joint cultural festival between Ogun and Osun states as part of measures to revive culture and tourism in the two states. Abiodun who spoke while receiving his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Friday night, said both states…
