Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says the telecommunications agency has in the last five years, remmited N344.71 billion into the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Danbatta said this, when the House Committee on Telecommunications, led by their Chairman, Hon. Akeem Adeyemi, paid him a legislative oversight visit at […]
Some hoodlums under the guise of #EndSars protest in Ebonyi have murdered a police Inspector, Mr Egu Omini and cut off his manhood. The hoodlums also snatched his AK-47 rifle after attacking a police station in Abakaliki, the state capital. The commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Maku disclosed this in a statement issued by the […]
The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, says no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe. Filani said this at a news conference to commemorate the 2020 edition of the breastfeeding week on Thursday in Ado Ekiti. According to him, poor breastfeeding is largely responsible for the high […]
By Ojo Oluwafemi Wife of the Ondo State Governor Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has advocated the use of Tele medicine to diagnose and treat cancer patients in order to avoid future occurrences of a situation where patients couldn’t access medical care due to uncontrollable circumstances as witnessed during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mrs Akeredolu disclosed this on […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for implementation of the proposed N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). CBN, in a statement by its Development Finance Department, stated that the fund was a built-in strategy to effectively respond to the challenge of youth employment in Nigeria. The Fund, an initiative of the […]
Police in Adamawa said on Thursday in Yola that they have recovered additional 30 tractors, 107 bags of fertilisers, 28 hand tractors and 29 cartons of agro chemicals looted by some hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest. . The police announced only on Wednesday that they arrested 238 suspects from whom 35 tractors, nine vehicles, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with former Minister of Defence, retired Gen. T. Y. Danjuma, at the State House, Abuja. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this via pictorial reports on the meeting. Gfhnews reports that the agenda of the meeting was unknown to State House […]
A digital service Tv in Nigeria, Telcom Satellite Tv (TStv) says it has created a Pay Per View model for subscribers to pay as low as N3 per day. TStv Managing Director, Dr Bright Echefu, said this, when he paid a courtesy visit on the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja. Mr Demola Olanrewaju, […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that full e-learning in Nigeria would be difficult in view of challenges of infrastructure, power and internet access. “The country cannot operate 100 per cent e-learning in view of the challenges of infrastructure, power and internet access. It will be difficult,” Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, NUC Deputy Executive Secretary […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N4.5billion for printing of examination materials for the Basic Education Certification Examination, Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and National Common Entrance as well as rehabilitation of road projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. […]