The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the marginalisation  of the Niger Delta region. The socio-cultural organisation in a press statement on Friday signed by its National Spokesman, Chief (Dr.) Obiuwevbi Christopher Ominimini, noted that the Niger Delta resources feed the nation while the resources from other geopolitical zones including the North are purely for themselves and the individual pockets. The statement read, “The gold deposits in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the...

Enugu State Government has announced a new policy directing all state-owned tertiary institutions to adopt experiential learning models in their planning, curriculum, and research efforts. Delivering a lecture with the theme ‘Experiential Learning: Building the Wealth of the Nation’ at the 1st Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Distinguished Personalities Lecture Series, the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah said addressing the nation’s educational model is a critical issue for the development....

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Benue State University, Makurdi, Sir Paul Chukwuma, spontaneously granted full scholarships to seven undergraduate students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on Wednesday, while he was presenting his keynote speech at the 6th International Conference of the Nigerian Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. The conference which featured Professor Thomas Li-Ping Tang, a renowned global scholar, who came in from the United States for the conference, was well attended...

…Sacks Hospital Management Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the dissolution of the governing councils of all state-owned tertiary institutions in the state, effective immediately. This decision affects institutions such as Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and the Edo State University, Uzairue. The governor also approved the immediate disengagement of the management staff of Edo Specialist Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin City, also with immediate effect. These decisions were conveyed in a government...

 The Nigerian Senate has called on the military to intensify efforts to curb the activities of the Lakurawa terrorist group operating in north-western parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States. This resolution was reached during plenary on Wednesday following a motion by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (PDP-Kebbi). The motion is titled, “Urgent Need for the Federal Government to Take Stringent Measures to Stop the Infiltration of a Group of Violent Terrorists Known as Lakurawa from Entrenching Themselves...