The President of Save A Life Foundation, Dr. Richard Okoye, has warned that the Federal Government’s decision to increase electricity tariffs in Nigeria would have devastating effects on the country’s healthcare system. Dr. Okoye expressed his concerns after receiving a staggering N25,300,000 electricity bill for his hospital in Rivers State, attributing the increase to the…
In a bid to foster excellence in the nation’s tertiary education system, the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has announced that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will defund any non-performing Centre of Excellence it established eight years ago. The minister made this known in Abuja on Friday while receiving two reports of TETFund’s…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), and over 50 other civil society organisations have decried in strong terms attacks on anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria. This was declared in a press briefing on Thursday, in Abuja, by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Rasfinjana and other representatives of various civil society organizations, including, Human and Environmental…
Hon. Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala, lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Oriire in the House of Representatives, has said the performance of students in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is not encouraging as over 1.4 million students, representing 76 percent of total applicants, were unable to score up to 200, which is mostly the cut off for…
The newly recruited nurses and midwives in Kaduna State have called on the state Governor, Senator Uba Sani, to intervene and pay their eight-month salary arrears. The over 200 health workers were recruited by the state government in June 2023 on a salary grade level 7 and posted to General Hospitals across the state. It…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has blamed the huge purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives for the galloping food inflation in the country. He stated this in his contributions during the March Monetary Policy Committee, which was published on the website of the CBN. The MPC increased the…
In Shambles! Nigeria’s Education Is Nosediving or On the Brink, as Details of JAMB Results Tell The recent revelation by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has brought to light a staggering humanitarian crisis within Nigeria’s education system. The disclosure that 1.4 million students, constituting 77 per cent of those who took the 2024…
The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has revealed the rationale behind the union’s demand for a new national minimum wage of N615,000. In a statement issued in Abuja, Comrade Ajaero explained that the figure was derived from a comprehensive assessment of the cost of living for Nigerian workers and the…
The Federal Government has announced the introduction of a School-to-Work scheme aimed at equipping young school learners with life-long skills and entrepreneurship for self-reliance. Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), who revealed this on Thursday said that the scheme is targeted at junior secondary school learners and is designed…
Nigerian military troops have re-arrested 17 out of the 119 inmates who escaped from the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger state. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, announced this development on Thursday in Abuja, stating that the arrests were made on April 24 when troops responded to the incidents and cordoned…
