A new report by the World Bank says Africa’s giant, Nigeria, will by 2021 become the world’s capital for infants’ death.
The revelation is contained in the latest bi-annual economic report of the World Bank’s Bretton Woods Institution.
It predicts that the most populous country on the continent will overtake India as the nation with the highest number of infant mortality...
ASUU Strike: Nigerian govt resumes talks with striking lecturers
The federal government on Tuesday resumed talks with the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the ongoing strike in public universities which entered a month today.
The crucial meeting has in attendance the national president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, who led the union’s delegation.
The meeting is taking place at the Federal Ministry of...
Students kick as Osinbajo visits OAU for convocation
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife on Monday expressed their reservations against the planned visit of the Nigerian Vice -president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo into the campus to attend the 43rd combined convocation of the university holding next week.
The students, through their representative, Gbenga Ololoniran, who is the Protem Chairman, Students’ Union...
‘Rice importation to end in Nigeria by 2020’
The Policy Adviser of the John Kufuor Foundation, Hon. Abraham Dwuma, on Tuesday expressed the belief that rice importation into the country would end by 2020.
Dwuma told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin that the Africa Rice Advocacy Platform under the JKF had created a rice value chain to achieve this.
He said the purpose of the platform was for Africa to achieve...
Alleged N6.3bn: I won’t honour EFCC’s invitation — Jang
A former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, yesterday said he would not honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission asking him to report to its Kano office on December 5 for allegedly misappropriating N6.3 billion when he was governor.
In a statement yesterday by his media consultant, Clinton Garuba, Jang said he had written to the...
Buhari urged to replicate increase in Police salary for teachers
The Class of 1978 of Government College Ughelli, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to replicate the increase in the salary structure of the Nigeria Police in the salaries of teachers in Nigeria.
The class made their position known during their inaugural annual lecture and conference as part of activities to mark its 40 years anniversary.
The event which held ...
2019 election is between thieves and honest people – El-Rufai
Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has likened the 2019 general election as a contest between honest and dishonest people.
El-Rufai, who delivered a keynote address at the launching of his campaign council in Kaduna, also likened Monday’s flag-off...
Saraki sold our mandate for a pot of porridge--Tinubu
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has lambasted the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the 2015 polls.
He lamented that the former Kwara State Governor used the APC to give a lifeline to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Tinubu spoke during the National...
