By Fatima Mohammed Prof. Suleiman Ambali, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services, University of Ilorin, has called on Alumni Association of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria, to re-brand the institution to its former glory. Ambali made the call in Ilorin while delivering a lecture during a Cocktail PartyContinue Reading
Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy has described the report of an alleged absurdity in Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), Ibusa, Delta, as misleading and the handiwork of mischief-makers. Naval spokesman, Commodore Ayo Vaughan, who debunked the report in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, faulted most of the issuesContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi No fewer than 800 children have been empowered by the Flickers of Hope Foundation (FOH), through its ‘Back2school’ project aimed at taking children off the streets. The Executive Director of the foundation, Mrs Omolara Adedeji, said this at the maiden edition of Pa Alfred Shonubi AnnualContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) says it is in support of President Bola Tinubu’s efforts aimed at repositioning the giant of Africa. President of Guinea- Buissau and Chairman Authority ECOWAS Head of State and Government, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, said this during a privateContinue Reading
By Polycarp Auta A non-Governmental Organisation, Sightsavers Nigeria, has donated some modern equipment worth millions of naira to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) to improve eye care services. Presenting the equipment on Friday in Jos, Dr Sunday Isiyaku, Country Director of the organisation, said the gestureContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The outgone Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has formerly handed over to the most senior officer in the commission, Mr Chris Maiyaki. At the handover ceremony in Abuja on Friday, Rasheed said he had secured necessary approval from President Bola Tinubu toContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday said it would resist planned increase in the price of petroleum being allegedly worked on by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). The CSOs made their position known in a statement jointly signed byContinue Reading
Zacch Adedeji By Abigael Joshua TEXEM UK, a renowned UK leadership development organisation, has congratulated Zacch Adedeji on his appointment as Special Adviser to President Ahmed Tinubu on Revenue Matters. TEXEM’s Director, Special Projects Caroline Lucas who spoke on behalf of the company said Adedeji’s exceptional achievements andContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy says it has reshuffled the appointments of some top senior officers comprising 56 Rear Admirals and a Commodore to reinvigorate the service towards efficiency. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Ayo-VaughanContinue Reading
Isaiah EkaT The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom Council, has barred its members from covering the activities of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly with immediate effect. The directive is contained in a communique issued at the end of its Wednesday’s state Congress held at itsContinue Reading
