NIS seeks stronger laws for tech-driven border security

By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has called for the strengthening of legal and operational frameworks to support the service’s increasing deployment of technology in securing Nigeria’s borders and improving service delivery. The Comptroller-General, NIS, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made the call on Monday in Abuja while delivering aContinue Reading

Building collapse: Engineers sensitise Osun residents against quackery, inferior materials

Worried about the incessant cases of building and infrastructure collapse, the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) in Osun has staged a sensitisation walk against the menace. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk was tagged “Say No to Building Collapse: Build Right and Build Safe —Continue Reading

FG embraces Cassava Bio-Ethanol value chain development for economic transformation

By Olatunde Ajayi The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, says cassava bio-ethanol, utilised in agriculture, industry, energy and for clean environment, will be deployed by the Federal Government for broad-based economic transformation. The minister stated this at the opening of a two-day public-private dialogue on theContinue Reading

Ojaja University on path to transformation – VC

By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Ojaja University, Eiyenkonrin Ilorin, says it will undergo major transformations which will reposition the institution as a citadel of learning. The Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Jeleel Ojuade, stated this in Ilorin at the 9th Matriculation for the 2025/2026 Undergraduate Degree Programme. Ojuade disclosed that the Chancellor ofContinue Reading

Oyo/Osun Customs intercepts 45 bags of live cartridges, arrests 6 suspects

By Suleiman Shehu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Area Command, has intercepted 45 bags of live cartridges and other contraband goods, apprehending six suspects in the process. The acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Wale Adewole, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievements in January.Continue Reading

Polytechnic association lauds FG’s HND reform plan

By Sylvester Thompson The Association of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria (APPN) has commended the Federal Government’s plan to abolish the Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy, calling it a landmark policy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Dr Benjamin Achiatar, APPN President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday thatContinue Reading

German envoy urges reconciliation, says enmity hinders devt.

By Maureen Okon Germany’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Günther, on Wednesday said hostility between countries undermines development, urging nations to emulate the reconciliation between Germany and France. Mrs Günther spoke at an event in Abuja marking German-French Day, commemorating the Élysée Treaty signed on Jan. 22, 1963, which transformedContinue Reading