State governments have left N264.12bn in Universal Basic Education Commission matching grants unspent amid persistent challenges in public schools, while the Federal Government’s proposed N70,000 monthly transport allowance for public servants could cost N465.7bn over six months....
The Federal Government’s plan to rank universities, polytechnics and colleges of education faces a credibility test over its potential to drive competition, accountability and reforms in Nigeria’s tertiary education system, writes DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE For years, Nigerian univers...
File: Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said on Wednesday that the people of Ogoni in Rivers State would reward President Bola Tinubu with their votes in the 2027 general elections for establishing the Federal University of Environment and Technology in the ar...
The African Democratic Congress has postponed its presidential campaign flag-off in Sokoto State from Saturday, October 31, to Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The postponement was also announced in a statement issued by the ADC Presidential Campaign Council in Sokoto State on Wednes...
(FILES) Former Brazilian President (2019-2022) Jair Bolsonaro leaves the DF Star hospital in Brasilia on September 14, 2025, after undergoing a series of medical examinations, as he remains under house arrest. Brazil's public prosecutor's office approved on December 23, 2025 a re...
The General Officer Commanding, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Auwalu Mahmuda.
The Labour Party in Sokoto State has called on the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission to clarify concerns surrounding the nomination of Professor Mustapha Aliyu, the elder brother of Governor Ahmed Aliyu, as the commission’s national commissioner...
Fleetwood Town knocked Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup after winning 5-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in their fourth-round tie at Highbury Stadium on Tuesday. Aaron Loupalo-Bi gave the League Two side a shock lead after 21 minutes before Viktor Gyokeres equalised early in th...
The Collectives’ President, Wole Ogunsanya. Photo: The energy year
Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, has expelled a final-year nursing student, simply identified as Mercy, and suspended 14 other 500-level students over a viral TikTok video. The video showed a group of nursing students dancing in a hospital waiting area, staircase, ...
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