The National Universities Commission is a body first set up in 1962 inside the Cabinet Office as an advisory agency which, over the years, metamorphosed into a corporate body enacted by statute in 1974, under its first Executive Secretary, Professor Jibril Aminu. It is now one of the most activeContinue Reading
I am sure you have on occasion listened spellbound to a speaker who has their audience on the edge of their seats. What a wonderful experience it is to listen to a riveting speech or presentation which maintains our interest, challenges our thinking and sparks our curiosity – all tooContinue Reading
VCs, Provosts, Rectors Hail The ‘R&D Apostle’ By Atinuke Z. Zakariyya The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleimanu Adamu has conferred a traditional title, ‘Jigon Bauchi’ to former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Jonathan who was in Bauchi recently on a one-day working visit to commission a road project executed byContinue Reading
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado has underpinned peaceful coexistence among the various nationalities in the country as the panacea for meaningful progress and national development. He said this on Friday night in Abuja at the Annual National Prayer for Peace and Unity of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Religious MovementContinue Reading
Survives by 16 Children, 74 Grandchildren By Muhammad M. Isa Sarkin Kasuwan Gwantu, (Gwantu Market Chief), Chief Daniel Yaji Bauna, who died at the age of 85 penultimate week, was finally put to rest on 3/04/2021 in his country home, Ungwan Maikasa, in Gwantu District area of Sanga Local GovernmentContinue Reading
GWAPPU Commends KDSG, Pledges Unflinching Support, Loyalty By Aisha Musa & Muhammad Muntazar Gwantu People Progressive Union (GWAPPU) has commended Kaduna state government for its recent decision to restructure the Chiefdoms in Sanga Local Government, describing the decision as popular, progressive and a step in the right direction. Reacting toContinue Reading
The Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril Mai Gwari has decried that his people are facing existential threats, following unabated attacks by heavily armed gun men; calling on the Government to come to their rescue before the attackers took over the town after taking over almostContinue Reading
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is set to screen at least three million children for acute malnutrition in the northeast. Folashade Adebayo, UNICEF’s Communication Officer in Nigeria, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Monday that the screening would be done with a grant from the government ofContinue Reading
Dangote Fertiliser is to train farmers in the Southeast on the use of the product, a representative of the company, Ekene Obiefuna, has said. Obiefuna, who spoke at the Enugu International Trade Fair, said with the training on the best ways of applying fertiliser, farming would become very lucrative andContinue Reading