By Muhammad Nasir Bashir Jigawa has recorded 91 suspected cases of diphtheria in 14 local government areas. It also suspects the loss of 10 children to the childhood infection. “There has been diphtheria outbreak in the northern parts of Nigeria in the last four months. “This is especially in neighbouringContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has been awarded as Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). Abubakar, in a statement thanked ICSAN for the award and pledged to rededicate himself to greater service. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the Polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Bugaje disclosed this during an interview with theContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the 10th National Assembly will not review the social media regulation bill since there are laws already guiding the use of the media. Akpabio was represented by the Senate Committee Chairman on ICT, Sen. Shuiab Salisu, at the Parliamentarian SymposiumContinue Reading
By Adekunle Williams The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that anyone that is found culpable in the case of the missing intestine of Adebola Akin-Bright would be prosecuted in due course. The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Mr Noheem Adams, made this disclosure to newsmen at theContinue Reading
By Opeyemi Aremu-Gbemiro Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, has urged the police to unravel the mysteries surrounding the death of a singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. This is contained in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday and signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode. According to the governor,Continue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated 1,518 seats to Jigawa for the 2024 Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Ahmad Labbo, Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed the figure at a news conference in Dutse on Tuesday. Labbo said the boardContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Boboye has said that the country needed additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to absorb the growing number of out-of-School Children. Boboye was speaking in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir MammanContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has advised the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikide, to present a reasonable debt recovery plan in order to recover the airline. The Managing Director of AMCON, Mr Ahmed Kuru, gave the advice at a media interactive session in LagosContinue Reading
