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Education

UK Seeks To Recruit Teachers From Nigerian, Eight Other Countries

Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. Other foreign countries which the offer extends to include Ghana, Hong Kong,...

Court Sentences Unilorin Student’s Killers To Death By Hanging

Late Omowumi After one and half year of legal tussle, an Ilorin High Court yesterday, convicted and sentenced killers of Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, to death by hanging. The deceased, who...

Lagos Assembly Passes ₦1.768Trn 2023 Budget ….. Speaker Commends Colleagues For Sacrifice

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a total of ₦1,768,014,155,285 as the state budget for 2023 with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, thanking the lawmakers for their collective sacrifice and the swiftness with which...

Israel Archaeologists Find Ancient Comb With ‘Full Sentence’

By ELEANOR H. REICH Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an article published Wednesday. The inscription encourages...

UI Ex-Deputy VC Regains Freedom From Abductors

A former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Adigun Agbaje, who was kidnapped on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, has regained freedom. This was confirmed by the Head of Department, Political Science, UI, Prof. Remi Aiyede, on Sunday...

Katsina Varsity Gets FG’s N3bn For Faculty Building

The Federal Government has supported Katsina State with N3 billion to construct the Faculty of Agriculture building at the state-owned university, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), at Layin Minista in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state. The UMYU Vice-Chancellor,...

FUNAAB NASU Strike Flops …As Members Shun Exercise

The seven-day industrial action, to be kick-started in Monday, October 24, by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, flopped woefully today, as majority of members of the union ignored the...

Dangote Offers Automatic Employment To Kano Varsity First Class Graduates

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has promised automatic employment to all first class graduates of Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, which has been renamed after him. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Shehu Musa, made...

El-Rufai Appoints Prof. Abdullahi Musa As KASU VC

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has appointed Prof. Abdullahi Musa as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU). The state government made this known via a statement issued on Wednesday. It noted that the appointment of Musa, who is currently...
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Gateway Airport: Value Jet Begins Lifting Passengers October 7

Excitement is in the air as Value Jet Airlines is scheduled to begin two flights per week on Tuesdays...
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Court Continues Trial of FAAN Staff, Edet Godwin Mathew Over Drug Charges

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday continue with the trial of a Senior Aviation Security Officer with the Federal...

Police Arraign 31 Years Old Man Over Cybercrime 

Police Arraign 31 Years Old Man Over Cybercrime Justice. Ibrahim  Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the  remand of  a 31 years...

Nigeria’s Health Financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn Tobacco Settlement

  Nigeria’s Health Financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn Tobacco Settlement   By Robert Egbe     Nigeria’s decision to earmark SIN taxes – levies on alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks...

Taiwanese Global Tech Giant Eyes Ogun For Investment Opportunities

  A Taiwanese multinational conglomerate and global tech giant, Foxconn has expressed interest in setting up its manufacturing plant in Ogun State. AVP, Corporate BD Chairman...