The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara, as the 162nd university in Nigeria. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who announced the approval of the university yesterday in Abuja when Governor of…
FG seeks N8b to pay varsity workers on industrial action (Guardian)
The Federal Government says it will source for eight billion naira within five weeks to pay the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this at a…
Man, 52, gives girl N10 biscuits, defiles her (Punch)
A 52-year-old man, Gabriel Olaniyan, has been accused of defiling a nine-year-old girl after seducing her with N10 biscuits on her way home from an Arabic school. Olaniyan, who was arraigned before an Ibadan Magistrate’s Court in Iyaganku on Monday,…
UNIBEN got 34,497 applications, admitted 10,909 –Vice-Chancellor
The University of Benin, Edo State, has said that it received 34,497 applications from candidates in the last Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in 2017. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, disclosed this at…
Group sues Lagos over Land Use Charge (Punch)
A coalition of citizens, under the aegis of The EIE Project Ltd./GTE, has dragged the Lagos State Government to court, seeking the reversal of some portions of the state’s Land Use Charge Law 2018. Specifically, the plaintiff is praying the…
FG asks Lagos-Ibadan railway contractor to work day, night (Punch)
The Federal Government has advised the contractor handling the 150-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan railway project, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, to work day and night to avoid extending its delivery date beyond December this year. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated…
Husband of late banker releases wife’s ‘suicide note’ (Punch)
Umukoro Akpobaro, the husband of late bank worker, Peace, who allegedly committed suicide at their home at Iwhrekpokpor, Ughelli, Delta State, has denied having a hand in her death. This is just as the deceased’s family accused Umukoro of masterminding…
About 1,000 laid off as labour dispute endangers Nigerian content policy (Vanguard)
The Federal Government’s much avowed local content policy appears to be endangered following prevailing war by labour leaders against fledgling indigenous service companies that form the engine of the policy drive, as about 1,000 staff of companies were laid off…
Lawyers react to senators’ N13.5 million monthly ‘running cost’ allowance (PremiumTimes)
Some Nigerian lawyers have reacted to a recent revelation of N13.5 million “running cost” allowance that senators receive monthly. The revelation, which was made by Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central) stirred up mixed reactions not only among the electorate but…