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Centre scores TETFUND high, says Echono has instilled transparency, accountability, others

NewsDeskNgNov 24, 2022November 24, 20220

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) says the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, has overachieved and even surpassed its mandate under executive secretary, Arch Sonny Echono. CESJECT made this known in an extensive report to appraise the agency’s strategic interventions in the educational sector in the past...

Naira Still Depreciating Despite Redesign -Sani Shehu

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

Former lawmaker for Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has said that the redesign of some of the Naira notes has brought no value to the currency. Redesigned Naira notes in the ₦200, ₦500 and ₦,1000 denominations were unveiled on Wednesday by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Tweeting...

Uba assumes office as NYSC Overseer pending appointment of DG

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

Following the removal of Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah as Director General, National Youth Service Corps by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, Mrs Christy Uba, Director, Information and Communications Technology, has taken over the Corps. This development was made available to journalists by the Director, Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Eddy...

Atiku Asked Jonathan To Relinquish Presidential Ticket In 2015 – Wike

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recounted the condition that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, gave former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015. He said when Jonathan went to plead for Atiku’s support in London ahead of the 2015 election, the latter told him to...

Nigeria Prisons scales up surveillance

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

By Palma Yakubu Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, stated that it has again scaled up its environmental and health surveillance systems, as part of its mandate to provide good health services for the wellbeing, protection and reformation of inmates. Declaring open the 2022 Service-wide training of frontline health and medical officers...

PMB Scorecard: Buhari’s administration ranks high in allocation to FFS since inception – Aregbesola

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

By Palma Yakubu Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, authoritatively has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration ranked high in the allocation and management of funds to Federal Fire Service, FFS with commensurate impact to the service. Aregbesola stated this yesterday during the President Muhammadu Buhari scorecard for the...

Katsina to spend N288 billion in 2023 fiscal year

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, has proposed a total budget of about N288 billion for the 2023 fiscal year. Presenting the budget estimates on the floor of the House of Assembly on Tuesday said that the budget was lower than that of 2022 revised budget by N34,662,962,998.00. He...

Speaker moves to avert political crisis in Ekiti state

NewsDeskNgNov 22, 2022November 22, 20220

By Augustine Aminu Speaker of the Ekiti House of Assembly, Hon Gboyega Aribisogan, Monday called on Chief Afe Babalola, SAN Chief Femi Falana,SAN , Chief Wole Olaipekun, SAN and other prominent Indigenes of the State to intervene in the looming political crisis in the state over undue inteference on the...

Union insists smuggling, power supply responsible for collapse of textile industry

NewsDeskNgNov 22, 2022November 22, 20220

*urges govt to take urgent steps to review policies, grant consider tax waivers By Michael Paul National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria ((NUTGTWN) has urged the Federal government to take urgent steps to review its policies and consider tax waivers for textile industries to encourage investment...

Security beefed up as Buhari inaugurates oil drilling in N/East

NewsDeskNgNov 22, 2022November 22, 20220

Security measures have been beefed up at the Kolmani River II Oil Field located at a border community between Bauchi and Gombe States for Presidential flag-off of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday perform the official ground-breaking...