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Shettima to represent Nigeria at World Economic Forum in Davos

At the instance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2024 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum scheduled to hold in Davos, Switzerland. The VP will join other political and business leaders across the world at the annual Forum to discuss global socio-economic and development issues.…

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BREAKING: Tinubu sets up presidential panel to investigate corruption in social investment programmes

President Bola Tinubu has set up a Special Presidential Investigative Panel to examine and audit the financial books of several allegations of corruption and diversion of intervention funds at the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP). According to a statement issued by a presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale on Saturday, the panel would be headed by Coordinating Minister of the Economy and…

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Ganduje develops blueprint for school feeding programme

Former Kano State Governor and APC Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has  worked out a proposal on a school feeding programme, President Bola Tinubu told APC governors on Friday in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, a presidential aide via his X account Tinubu said the proposal will be shared among the governors for their input,…

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Presidential aide, Asefon, commends SMEDAN DG over undergraduate internship programme

The Senior Special Assistant To The President on Students Engagement, Sunday Dayo Asefon has commended the Director General of Small and Median Enterprises of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Charles Odii, for the successful launching of Undergraduate Internship Program at Baze University in Abuja. Asefon lauded the SMEDAN boss for the innovative initiative program which aims at identifying, training, and empowering future entrepreneurs…

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We’ll consider deployment, equipping forest guards to tackle insecurity with modern technology – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has hinted that his administration would be considering the deployment of forest guards to fight the scourge of insecurity in the country. Tinubu said this while receiving members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) at the State House in Abuja on Friday, according to a statement issued by Ajuri Ngelale. He said the guards would be better…

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Tinubu suspends all National Social Investment programmes

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). This is further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes. This was contained by Segun Imohiosen, Director Information Secretary to the Government of the Federation All four (4) Programmes administered by NSIPA, viz; N-…

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TETfund to disburse N683bn intervention fund for tertiary institutions

President Bola Tinubu has approved the sum of N1429.268 billion as the intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country in 2024. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, disclosed this during the Fund’s strategic planning meeting with heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Friday. Echono stated that 90.75 per cent of the…

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NBTE phases out HND Computer Science from Polytechnics, notifies NYSC

The National Board for Technical Education recently announced its decision to gradually phase out Higher National Diploma (HND) Computer Science programmes in public Polytechnics and monotechnics across Nigeria. As a result, the HND Computer Science Programme will no longer accept new admissions starting from the 2024/25 academic session, the Board has said. The Board also said the grace period issued…

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Adhere to national guidelines on transactional education, FG warns foreign varsities

The Federal Government has asked foreign universities operating in Nigeria to adhere strictly to the country’s guidelines on transnational education as developed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The instruction was given by Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the chancellor of RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN, one of the oldest universities in the…

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CJN to swear in 11 new Supreme Court justices next week

The Supreme Court will soon have its full compliment of 21 justices as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, is set to swear in 11 new appointees next week. The new justices are former judges of the court of appeal, who were nominated by the National Judicial Council (NJC) and confirmed by the senate in December 2023. They…

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