The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund has voiced its support for the proposed 18 years minimum entry age for admission into universities. During the monitoring of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), in Abuja on Tuesday, Sen. Ganduse Mohammed, the committee’s chairman, expressed his backing for the policy. He emphasised the need for…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over 300 accounts over suspicious forex flow which devalues the naira. EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede made this in a statement on Tuesday confirming the financial instability of peer to peer trading scheme Olukoyede said the new peer to peer financial trading scheme also known as (p2p)…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede has said that the embattled past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, told him to send investigators of the Commission to his village for the purpose of probing him over allegations of money laundering. According to him Bello said this in reply to…
Kano State has been ranked as the worst-governed and least-performing state in the country since the new administration took over in May 2023, according to the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEHUR). The Center made the claim on Tuesday in Abuja while unveiling its quarterly report on governance across the 18 states with new…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has once more made a significant move by cutting down the prices of diesel and aviation fuel to N940 and N980 per litre, respectively. This latest reduction follows the celebrated previous price cut to N1,000 only a fortnight ago. The adjustment to N940 primarily applies to clients purchasing five million litres and…
Following the renewed hope agenda of the Federal Government (FG), the Speaker of the House of Reps, Abbas Tajudeen, has announced the inclusion of women and youth in governance through legislative intervention. This was confirmed in a press statement by the social media adviser, Musa Abdullahi on Monday, in Abuja. Abbas decided to incorporate pro-people…
The Lead British International School, Abuja, has been ordered shut down for three days by the Nigerian government in response to a case of physical bullying involving two students, on Tuesday. Namtira Bwala, was assaulted by her classmate, Maryam Hassan, prompting widespread outrage after videos of the incident went viral. The Minister of Women Affairs…
The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has suspended a lecturer identified as Mr Mfonobong Udoudom, who was caught in a new-viral video allegedly harassing a female student. The lecturer who was caught in a viral video wearing a pair of boxers is said to be a lecturer in General Studies of the university….
The naira depreciated in its value against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market on Monday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 or 5.26 per cent from N1,169.99/$1 recorded on Friday. The local currency had strengthened to around…
President Bola Tinubu will, jet out of the country on Tuesday, for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit. Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale has said in a statement in Abuja yesterday, adding, the visit is on the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. As part of…
