The federal government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. Augustina Obilor-Duru, the acting director of press at the federal ministry of education, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. The director said the decision follows a recently published report exposing certificate racketeering …
Read More »IBCC launches startup fund for youths
The International Billionaire Christian Conference has announced the launch of a startup fund targeted at Christian youths with impressive business ideas. This was revealed on Monday in a statement issued by the Conference as it announced the second edition of its meeting themed, ‘Power, wealth and technology.’ “In a groundbreaking …
Read More »CBN: Why There’s Naira Scarcity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has explained the reasons behind scarcity of naira notes in the country. This comes following a series of complaints by some bank customers on the scarcity of naira notes at the counters, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Points of Sale (PoS), and Bureaux de Change …
Read More »Day Start-Rite School held 3rd Amaka Ndoma-Egba Memorial Lecture
By Michael Jegede The third edition of the Amaka Ndoma-Egba Memorial Lecture Series was held on November 18, 2023 at the premises of Start-Rite International School Abuja with the theme: Disruption and Transformation: Leadership in Disruptive Times. Amaka, late wife of former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, who founded Start-Rite …
Read More »DSS frees ex-EFCC boss, Bawa after 134 days
The Department of State Services has freed the embattled ex-Economic and Financial Crimes Commission boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa, after exactly 134 days spent in the custody of the secret police. According to Punch,Bawa was released from the national headquarters of the secret police, ‘Yellow House,’ in Abuja, on Wednesday night. Bawa …
Read More »CAC bared its fangs; busts fake companies cartel in Abuja
The Corporate Affairs Commission(CAC) is living up to the billing to sanitize the operations of entities in the efforts to achieve a transparent business environment in Nigeria. The Registrar General,Hussaini Ishaq Magaji SAN,yesterday, during his maiden media parley,revealed that the Commission had successfully busted fake companies cartel in Abuja. According …
Read More »Japa: Govt Must Provide Conducive Environment For Citizens – Dabiri-Erewa
In light of the increasing emigration rate of Nigerians, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says the government must do its part in providing a favourable environment for its residents. Dabiri-Erewa spoke on Monday from Paris during an appearance on Channels Television’s Empowering Tomorrow: A New Vision …
Read More »No ‘sea of death’: Pope Francis calls for pan-European action on migration
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity”. Pope Francis reacts as he attends a meeting at Palais du Pharo. Francis spoke out in favour of welcoming migrants, in …
Read More »Shake Up at EFCC: President Tinubu suspends AbdulRasheed Bawa Indefinitely.
The Nation’s apex Anti-Corruption Agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)has come under scrutiny.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from office,it’s Chairman, Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa,CON. This was announced in a statement by Willie Bassey, Director, Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the …
Read More »Two businessmen excrete 193 cocaine pellets in NDLEA custody
Two businessmen arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport, Abuja, have excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug, cocaine, after three days in custody. The traffickers: Onoh Ebere, 49, and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted last week Wednesday upon their arrival …
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