THE National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has responded to concerns raised by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) regarding the outsourcing of quality assurance activities. The response was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Fatimah…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has denied a report by a media house that it indicted the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) over the distribution of counterfeit medicines to Nigerians. This is contained in…
NIGERIAN activist and former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has taken to his official X account on Saturday to react after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rejected the proposal that was submitted by the National Population Commission, NPC. According to Punch,…
SUSPENDED Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has strongly condemned her six-month suspension from the Nigerian Senate, describing it as a violation of natural justice, fairness, and equity. The Senate imposed the suspension on Wednesday, citing a breach of its Standing Orders…
GOVERNOR Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has finally bowed to the judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria by formally recognizing Rt. Hon Martins Chike Amaewhule as the authentic speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. He equally has…
SENATOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo North has said that Senate President Godswill Akpabio once had great respect for Senator Natasha Akpoti and even called her the “princess of the Senate.” Speaking during a Senate meeting covered by Symfoni TV, Oshiomhole…
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to immediately reverse the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. SERAP described it as “patently unlawful” and a violation of her right to freedom of expression. Natasha was…
IN one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in Syria, over 1,000 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad. The violence, which erupted on Thursday, saw government-backed gunmen launching “revenge killings”…
THE Jigawa government has begun the training of 600 women in environmental sustainability to enhance their social and economic wellbeing. The beneficiaries would receive training through the Waste to Wealth Initiative being implemented in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s…
MEMBERS of staff of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) say they have been rendered idle following the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the commission’s establishment Act. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,…
