Dr. Alausa, Education Minister The federal government has introduced a loan scheme that enables academic and non-academic staff of Nigeria’s universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education to access up to N10 million to enhance their welfare and professional development. The scheme, known as the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF), was announced by the Minister…
1994 Super Eagles squad The federal government has finally fulfilled its three-decade-old promise of house allocations to members of the 1994 Super Eagles squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the ministry’s website on Wednesday. One of the beneficiaries, former striker Efan Ekoku, was…
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, N50 million bail after denying the defamation allegation levelled against her by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the state former governor, Yahaya Bello. Aside from that, the court mandated that the lawmaker…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected plea from the federal government to issue an arrest warrant against the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, following her failure to appear in court for arraignment in an alleged defamation suit. The presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Umar, delivered this ruling after counsel…
To encourage technical education, the federal government has announced a monthly stipend of N45,000 for students enrolled in technical colleges across the country. This is in a landmark move to revitalise Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, disclosed this in an interview…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to release a businessman, Moses Abiodun. It was gathered that Abiodun has been in detention 16 years – since 2008 without trial. The court on Thursday, also ordered the federal government to pay N20 million compensation to the victim…
The Nigerian government has declared that the naira-for-crude sale deal with Dangote Refinery and other local refineries, facilitated through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, remains effective. The Technical Sub-Committee on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira Initiative gave this update in a statement on Wednesday after meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday….
