The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) has announced that the Nigeria Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has joined the initiative to advance research excellence in sub-Saharan Africa. “TETFund is an agency set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide supplementary support to all levels of public tertiary institutions. Its Research…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N5.4billion for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. Professor Muhammad Nasir Sambo, Executive Secretary, NHIS, disclosed this on Thursday July 29, 2021 when he led the management of the agency on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the EFCC, Jabi, Abuja. “In total, the EFCC…
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has released its unaudited results for the half-year ended June 2021, recording significant improvement across its major income lines. The Conglomerate with strategic investments in the Power, Hospitality, and Energy sectors, recorded a profit after tax of N6.5bn, rising by 713% up from N0.8bn recorded in June of the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday, called on the federal government to address the looming food crisis before it becomes a calamity. Atiku in a statement on his social media page said the warning given by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Wednesday, of a looming acute food crisis in…
The Inspector General of Police has ordered an internal review of the allegations against Abba Kyari, a highly celebrated police officer. The United State of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators found Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police indicted in the investigation of alleged fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly called Hushpuppi and has ordered for…
Leading stakeholders in Nigeria’s manufacturing and waste management sectors have applauded the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC), a leading consumer packaged goods company and a member of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), for its innovative initiatives aimed at optimising plastic packaging and waste management in the country. Speaking during the annual NBC Stakeholders Forum…
Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, in a plea agreement pleading guilty to charges of money laundering, wire fraud and others, has indicted a highly decorated Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Kyari. Hushpuppi allegedly paid Abba Kyari to arrest and jail an estranged ‘co-conspirator,’ Chibuzo Vincent after a dispute among members of the…
It was a tragic day on Wednesday as five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) lost their lives in a ghastly motor crash on the Abaji-Kwali Expressway in Abuja while on their way to the orientation camp. The NYSC management who confirmed the incident in a statement signed by its Director, Press…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as appalling the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy the nation’s resources to travel to London for the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025, when the meeting is scheduled to be virtual. The party also berated the Presidency for trying to hide…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 secured the conviction of Abubakar Abdulbashit Opeyemi, a final year Student of the University of Ilorin and two other undergraduate students charged with offences bordering on love scam and internet fraud. They two other convicts are Alimi Abiodun, a student of the Kwara…