Federal Government Approves Two More Universities, Nigeria Now Has 274 Universities

Two more private universities have been approved by the Federal Government, bringing the total number of Universities in Nigeria to 274. The breakdown shows that Nigeria now has 149 private, 63 State, and 62 federal universities. The newly approved universities are Lighthouse University, Evbuobanosa, Edo State, and the African School of Economics, FCT. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman while presenting Provisional Licenses to the two universities in Abuja on Thursday said the two universities were...

ICPC Chairman, Aliyu Adamu Vows To Monitor Constituency Projects

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC, Dr Aliyu Adamu has promised to ensure that constituency projects are delivered across the country. He stated this when a delegation from BudgIT Nigeria, led by its Country Representative, Mr. Gabriel Okeowo visited him. Represented by the Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Clifford Oparaodu said that the issue of the constituency project was germane as some of the people tasked with the...

Bill To Establish North Central Development Commission Passes Second Reading

The Bill sponsored by the senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro and co-sponsored by all the senators from North Central for the establishment of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) passed the Second Reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. The First Reading of the bill was on the 5th of October, 2023, and sponsored in the 9th Senate by Senator Moro where it passed the...

Gowon Urges ECOWAS To Lift Sanction On Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic

One of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Former Nigerian head of state, Yakubu Gowon has urged the regional political and economic union to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. The Former Head of State made the plea in an open letter to the Heads of State and the ECOWAS member states on Wednesday. The 15-nation bloc of ECOWAS – formed in 1975 to promote...

Cleric, 5 Others To Die By Hanging Over Robbery In Ondo

A cleric, Adewale Adelu, and five others have been sentenced to death by hanging over their role in armed robberies in Ondo state. The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure said the convicts, Adelu, including Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho were found guilty of attacking and robbing two commercial banks in Akure, the state capital and Idanre 13 years ago. The robbery incidents occurred at the defunct Diamond...

Trader Crashes Price Of Spaghetti In Taraba

As a result of the crashing price of spaghetti by a trader, Alhaji Ibrahim Iro in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State in his store from N600 per pasta to N250, residents of the community have turned the house into a market. Alhaji Ibrahim decided to crash the price of his spaghetti from the market price to bring succour to residents of the community to feed themselves. However, the major seller of food items,...

Hepatitis Claims 28 Lives In Doma South, Nasarawa State-Lawmaker

The member representing Doma South in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) Musa Abubakar Ibrahim has raised an alarm that Hepatitis is ravaging his constituency with a mortality rate of twenty-eight persons from October 2023 to date as a result of Hepatitis. Ibrahim gave the horrifying figure in a motion during a plenary in Lafia on Monday, urging the government to take urgent action to address the situation and improve healthcare in rural areas....

FCTA Rescued About 23 Children, Seals Orphanage Home In Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has rescued about 23 children between the ages of one and 14 in Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi village, Abuja trafficked from Plateau. Following this development, the Administration on Monday sealed the facility where some of the children had been in the uncertified orphanage since 2019. Mrs. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, disclosed this while handing over the children to Plateau State Commissioner for Women Affairs,...

Ban On The Unauthorized Use Of Military Camouflage Still Enforce-Minister

Ban on the unauthorized use of military camouflage is still enforced due to the insecurity threat that has characterized the country for the past few weeks. Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle has reaffirmed this saying only the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force (while on joint operation with the military), are allowed by law to use the camouflage. In a statement on Monday evening Henshaw Ogubike, Director (Information, Press, and Public Relations),...

FG Reform Agenda Worsening Citizens’ Situation – Catholic Bishops

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has expressed displeasure that the reform agenda of President Bola Tinubu has worsened citizens’ conditions. President of the CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, stated this at the formal opening of the 2024 First Plenary Assembly of the CBCN at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) Resource Centre, Abuja, on Sunday with a theme, ‘Synod on Synodality: Areas of Concern for the Church in Nigeria’. Ugorji explained that...

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