KATSINA State Governor, Mallam Dikko Umaru Radda, has flagged off the disbursement of over N640m as scholarship allowances to students from the state at various higher institutions of learning. The event took place on Monday on the premises of the Katsina State Scholarship Board, where the governor also presented the ‘Maiden Katsina State Government Award of Academic Excellence to Students with cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.50 and above. In his address, the governor said the approval of N640,648,546 for the payment of scholarship to the fresh and returning students of the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions was a…
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ONE of the lecturers at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Dr Comfort Adokwe has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Keffi on Sunday. It was gathered that Adokwe, a lecturer in the Faculty of Administration at the university and a Deputy Director, Gender Studies, of the school, was abducted on Sunday night by the gunmen from her residence in Angwan Jaba in Keffi. The Chairman of the Community Development Association, Comrade Ali Sule, who confirmed the development to journalists, saying that the gunmen invaded the lecturer’s compound late at night and whisked her to unknown destination. According to…
AS the naira continues its free fall at the parallel market, President Bola Tinubu has vowed to clear foreign exchange contracts backlog discouraging investors’ confidence. Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria Economic Summit #NES29 in Abuja on Monday, the president also assured that Nigeria will honour all future Foreign exchange contracts. “All foreign exchange future contracts will be honoured by this government. I assure you we have a line of sight to the foreign exchange we need to refloat this economy. And we will get it,” Tinubu said. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold what is called forward…
THE Nigerian Army has recruited a new set of 6,315 soldiers into the force as part of efforts to shore up its manpower and confront the security challenges confronting the country. At the passing-out parade of the recruits of 85th Regular Intake from the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria in Kaduna State, on Saturday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, said the recruits will complement the manpower needs of the Nigerian military with competent and combatant-ready young soldiers. He reminded them that they are joining the Armed Forces at a time when the country is facing a plethora…
THE President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has directed that all appeals arising from election petition cases across the country be transferred to the Abuja and Lagos divisions. The order affects Governorship, National and States Assemblies’ Elections, which held between February and March 2023. Although the appeals from the various state tribunals are supposed to be heard across the 20 appellate courts in the country, only two divisions of the court would preside over the election appeals. Sources at the Court of Appeal said the Abuja division will handle appeals from 19 northern states while 17 southern…
THE Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has ordered the immediate deployment of undercover security agents to schools and host communities in the North-West zone and other parts of the country to protect the schools from attacks by bandits and other criminal elements. The Commandant also directed the undercover agents to work in synergy with the states ministries of education and other stakeholders in order to achieve the desired result of ensuring safer schools in the country. He gave the order at the closing ceremony of the capacity building programme for safe schools…
WITH the largest renewable energy potential and critical minerals located in the global South, the global North must collaborate with the South with openness and transparency, rather than merely seeking influence and leadership of the South, which will waste this crucial opportunity for effective global action for climate, peace and security, according to former Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. He made these remarks during a panel discussion themed: “Resilient Systems: Managing Critical Dependencies” at the inaugural Future Resilience Forum (FRF), which held in London on the 10th of October, 2023. Other world and thought leaders who participated at the Forum include…
BANDITS have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State. News Point Nigeria learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the gunmen. A senior official in the transport company, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, confirmed the incident, Tuesday afternoon. In the bus, according to the source, were 11 corps members and the driver, but three of the corps members escaped. The eight corps…
WHEN the mirror is broken you no longer see yourself. Father, you were the mirror at which I looked at myself and now that you are gone my life is so empty that I feel it in my soul. My solace is the fact that you live a righteous life. Every moment of your life is like a book on a path toward heavenly bliss. Father when I close my eyes the image of you is all I see…! On the 15th of February 2020,21 Jumada II 1441 A.H., Upon receiving the news of my father’s passing away. I immediately…