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Cleric urges FG to tackle poverty, recover economy

December 4, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Sadiq Abubakar Maiduguri Islamic cleric, Sheikh Khalifah Aliyu Abulfathihi, has urged the federal government to urgently dress the lingering problem of poverty and sliding economy bearing its burden on majority of the poor masses of Nigeria. The cleric, who made the call to mark Eid el Maulud, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to create job opportunities for the teeming Read More

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We may not appropriate for Ekowe Fedpoly in 2018 budget – C’ttee

November 28, 2017 Editorial IV 0

  By Usman Ibn A. Lapai Kaduna House of representatives Committee on Tertiary Education and Services says Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bayelsa State may not be appropriated for in the 2018 budget, due to uncertainty surrounding its existence. Chairman of the committee, Aminu Suleiman, stated this in Kaduna yesterday, when he led other members of the committee on an oversight visit Read More

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Police nab NANS President, others over student’s ‘murder’

November 28, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Joy Emmanuel Yenegoa President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Bayelsa state chapter, Perewari Benjamin, and seven other undergraduates have been arrested by the Police in the state in connection with the alleged killing of a student, cultism and armed robbery. Benjamin, a 400-level student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, who was yesterday paraded at the Command Read More

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Osun warns protesting students, denies Increasing in tuition fee

November 21, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Lateef Dada Osogbo Osun state government has denied allegation that it increased tuition fee in the state owned tertiary institutions. The government in a reaction to the protest by some parts of the institutions, called on the students to display maturity, sense of responsibility and reality of the situation at hand in their protest. A statement by the Commissioner Read More

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Kwara boosts SMEs with N2bn

November 9, 2017 Editorial IV 0

By Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Ilorin The Kwara state Government said it has injected about N2 billion into small and medium scale enterprises and micro credit schemes. The state governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed disclosed this yesterday while speaking at the 24th convocation of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. Ahmed said the gesture is to promote entrepreneurship and agriculture in the state. Represented Read More

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Gidan Waya: Restoring the soul of an academic community

November 6, 2017 Editorial IV 0

ABUBAKAR LABARAN KAFANCHAN writes on the spate of activities at the College of Education, Gidan Waya after it was reopened following a six-month closure by the Kaduna state government. Justifying its mandate The Kaduna State College of Education Gidan Waya was established in 1977 with a mandate to train and produce teachers for primary and junior secondary schools. The college Read More

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22 UniUyo students bag First Class

October 31, 2017 Editorial IV 0

Twenty-two students of University of Uyo will receive first class degrees during its 22nd and 23rd Combined Convocation holding November 4, according to the Vice Chancellor, Enefiok Essien. Essien, in a Pre-Convocation briefing held in Uyo yesterday, said nine students made first class among the 2013/2014 graduates, while 13 attained the feat in the 2014/2015 academic year. He said a Read More