Human capital development index: Osun ranks second in Nigeria
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Governor State of Osun. Osun has been ranked second in Human Capital on Nigeria’s first sub-national competitiveness index released by the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria. The report released this month by the council took two years of research into factors that drive competitiveness in Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT. The research, which was funded by Ford Foundation and...
UNILAG commissions first campus TV station
UNILAG Outgoing Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos, (UNILAG), Professor Rahamon Bello, has commissioned the institution’s television station. Speaking at the official commissioning, yesterday, at the institution, Bello said he was happy and fulfilled that the television station started operation under his watch, which no doubt is part of his success story. He applauded the university management, members of staff, students and...
NAFDAC refutes report of 70% fake drugs in Nigerian markets
Pharmacy shop stocked with essential medicines The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports that 70 per cent of drugs in the country are fake and described such information as false and misleading. NAFDAC spokesperson Abubakar Jimoh while reacting on the report on Sunday in Abuja said the statement from the acclaimed expert was displeasing...
Senate to publish names of coy in alleged N30trn scam
Members of the Nigerian Senate at a plenary The Senate says it is set to publish names of companies found culpable in investigation into alleged N30 trillion revenue scam in the import and export value chain. Sen. Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, made this known in an interview with newsmen on...
We must vote to avoid state of emergency in Anambra- Sen. Oduah
Stella Oduah Sen. Stella Oduah (Anambra North) has urged the people of Anambra to come out en masse to vote in next Saturday’s governorship election to avoid creating a vacuum of governance in the state. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Oduah said that if the people failed to vote, they would be giving room for a possible declaration of...
Alex Ekwueme flown abroad for treatment
Alex Ekwueme The Second Republic Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday airlifted abroad for further medical treatment. Ekwueme was hospitalised at Memfys Hospital of Neurosurgery, Enugu, for chest inflection on Oct. 29. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elder statesman departed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday in a white air ambulance with...
Government didn’t withhold payment of whistle-blowers, says Adeosun
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday declared that the Federal Government had not withheld any funds entitled to whistleblowers. Instead, she said the current administration had put in place a robust mechanism for processing of payment. According to her, the procedures were designed to prevent abuse as well as legal disputes and ensure...
‘My wife’s death drove me into sodomy’
One Patrick Kalu, an indigene of Abia State has been arrested by the police in Niger State for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy.Answering questions from journalists at the headquarters of the state police command in Minna at the weekend, Kalu said he was pushed into the act when he lost his wife. The suspect, who claimed to have...
Youths move to alter nation’s leadership structure
Lai Mohammed Lai Mohammed berates PDPv A Youths group, First Massive Literati (FML), has perfected arrangement to effect major changes in the nation’s political leadership come 2019 for the citizens to experience good governance and accountability in the scheme of things. According to the body, formerly known as National Youth Movement, it was determined to create a socialist society built on the...
Liberian President, Sirleaf partners Rochas Foundation College of Africa on 2030 vision
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. PHOTO: Utomi Ekpei, AFP Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed joy in partnering the authorities of the Rochas Foundation College of Africa in driving vision 2030, aimed at developing African continent via qualitative education. According to her, the target of the institution and other similar institutions in the continent to eradicate illiteracy and poverty by extension,...