Recently, there was a hype of a sort on research in Nigeria by the Tertiary Education Fund (Tetfund) with the inauguration of a National Research Committee, plans for a National Research Foundation and the award of 12 TETFund Centres of Excellence to some Universities across the six geo-political zones.Continue Reading
The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says that the Federal Government has established 10 new National Parks, even as he assured of maximum security at the parks across the country. Abubakar made the disclosure during a news conference on issues relating to environment, on Thursday in Abuja. The NewsContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki The management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that about 226 tertiary institutions in the country would access N500 billion from the fund in 2021. It said the fund set that target of N500 billion as education tax for the Federal Inland Revenue ServiceContinue Reading
Plateau’s government is partnering with CONTEC Global Limited to establish a cassava bio-fuel plant in the southern zone of the state. Governor Simon Lalong said at the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the company on Tuesday in Jos, that the partnership would open a new frontier in drivingContinue Reading
Many employees at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., have reservations about taking the COVID-19 vaccine, and CEO Anita Jenkins is trying to get workers to follow her lead by getting vaccinated, according to CNN. The hospital, a major healthcare provider for the Black community, received 725 doses of theContinue Reading
Bill Gates, a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says the world still does not have enough data to understand why COVID-19 numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. The American philanthropist who invests heavily in healthcare in Africa said he is, however, happyContinue Reading
COVID-19 could still be causing outbreaks in 10 years’ time, the creator of the world’s first approved vaccine, has said. Ugur Sahin, Chief Executive of Germany’s BioNTech, partnered with US drug company Pfizer and took less than a year to get a vaccine approved. Around 500,000 doses of the vaccineContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki rominent voices of the black race have called on Africans and other blacks all over the world to refuse to be administered COVID-19 Vaccine, warning that it is a ploy to inflict the black race with evil and to eliminate blacks from the face of the earth.Continue Reading
By Gbantfun Muhammad Muntazar Socio-cultural Organization by the name Gwantu Progressive People’s Union (GWAPPU) has appealed to the federal government to, in the spirit of fairness, equity, and for the sake of humanity, cite a Federal Medical Centre, Federal University or any Tertiary Institution in Gwantu, Headquarters of Sanga localContinue Reading