archiveJanuary 9, 2018

The Federal Government of Nigerian has appointed former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola; and ex-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, among those to review the country’s university system. Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, made this known in an interview with...

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged security agencies to treat political leaders who sponsor killers as criminals. Speaking on Monday in Yenagoa  he said such political leaders should be arrested and prosecuted like the criminals they sponsor to perpetuate crime against innocent citizens in the society. A statement...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on security agencies to probe the voluntary disclosure by the Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), Dr. Mikanti Baru, that 4,501 trucks of petroleum went missing. The party in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi,...

    Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, 92, a chip from the old block, served as President Shehu Shagari’s Liaison Officer to the National Assembly. In this interview, he reviews the state of the nation and critically dissects the arguments for restructuring. He submits that insinuations of northern objection to restructuring are...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed March 9 to 17 for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. The theme of the meeting is “Strategic planning on the conduct of...