…Integrity and merit should be determinants In Nigeria, the appointment of Vice-Chancellors (VCs) has a long history of controversy. One of the bases for acrimony is what has been perceived as ethnic dominance of the leaderships of the apex academic ...
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Tinubu Okays Establishment Of Federal Varsity In Southern Kaduna
… Shettima consoles Kukah family over passing of traditional ruler President Bola Tinubu has consented to a proposal to establish a federal university in Southern Kaduna. Vice President Kashim Shettima who revealed this also disclosed that there are ongoing discussions ...
Read More »Come For Outstanding Claims, Lasaco Assurance Urges Customers
Lasaco Assurance Plc has urged its customers, claimants and stakeholders with outstanding claims yet to be finalised by the company to come forward with the necessary documents for prompt resolution.This, the insurer said, was part of its commitment to ensuring ...
Read More »Factory Closure: Northern Industrialists, SMEs’ Operators Ask FG, States To End Power, Security Crises
Industrialists and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operators in Northern Nigeria have appealed to the federal and state governments to implement business-friendly policies and programmes to keep their organisations afloat and avert the closure of more firms in the incoming ...
Read More »Interconnect Debt: NCC Approves MTN’s Disconnection Of Exchange Telecom
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Limited (Exchange) from MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN) due to the non-payment of interconnect charges. NCC’s director of public affairs, Reuben Muoka, in a statement released on Friday, disclosed ...
Read More »Nigeria, China Renew N3.28trn Currency Swap Deal
Six years after the initial agreement to a currency swap deal, China’s central bank, People’s Bank of China has renewed its bilateral currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Nigeria to the tune of N3.28 trillion naira or 15 ...
Read More »S’South Govs Must Work Together For Regional Dev’t — Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has charged governors of states in the South-South geopolitical zone to be amenable to fostering enduring synergy among themselves and embrace measures that will drive sustainable development of the Niger Delta region collectively. Fubara ...
Read More »Yuletide: Accountant General of AKS Distributes Christmas Largesse to Communities
The Permanent Secretary and Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Uwem Andrew-Essien has put smiles on the faces of the people of Awa Ward Six in ONNA Local Government Area, being a yearly tradition to give back to the ...
Read More »A’Ibom Ministry Presents Food Items/Toileteries To Homeless Children
In the spirit of the Yuletide season of love and care, staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs on Tuesday, 17th December, 2024 visited Way to the Nations Children’s Centre, located in Eket Local Government Area, where ...
Read More »A’Ibom Ranks Cleanest in South-South – CNN
…Announces Zonal Cleanliness Champions in Nigeria Clean-up Nigeria has named Akwa Ibom as the cleanest state in South South following the seventh edition of the public presentation of the State of the Nigerian Environment, (STONE) tagged “Stone 2024 Unplugged.” The ...
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