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Nduka Chiejina To make electricity metres affordable for Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a one-year deferment of the 35 percent import adjustment tax imposed on Fully Built Unit (FBU) electricity meters HS Code 9028.30.00.00. Finance Minister Mrs....
Kofoworola Belo-Osagie THE Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has ratified the appointment of Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the institution’s Acting Vice Chancellor. Her appointment was ratified during a virtual meeting the Council held yesterday and...
From Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Medical students from eight tertiary institutions in the Southeast geopolitical zone will be competing for Literary Award under the educational programme of Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora (OCI) Foundation, a non-governmental organisation. President...
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been in the news for a fortnight over the removal of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The Federal Government’s intervention seems to have doused the tension. However, the government’s involvement has been applauded...
From Justina Asishana, Minna The Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO), Prof Godswill Obioma, has expressed satisfaction with the compliance of schools to the COVID-19 protocols. Obioma spoke after monitoring some schools in Minna, Niger State taking the...
From Adamu Suleiman, Sokoto Sokoto traditional ruler and District Head of Dundaye in Wamakko Local Government Area, Muhammadu Bello Yakubu Dundaye, has advocated a comprehensive Almajiri system of education to change the negative narrative in northern Nigeria. He...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71....
A coronavirus patient being moved to a hospital UK Government to close schools in case of coronavirus outbreak; Italy and Iraq shut down schools As part of the UK government’s contingency plans, UK emergency planners would contemplate shutting schools temporarily in...
A laboratory worker working in a medical research centre in France amidst coronavirus (COVID-19) infection epidemic. Photo credit AFP 60-year-old high school teacher becomes France’s first coronavirus victim 2 coronavirus victims in France – 1 French national, 1...
Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria. Image credit: fmic.gov.ng Osinbajo calls for Review of Nigeria’s Higher Education Curriculum … says Education Should be Employment-driving; capable of solving global problems through innovation, critical thinking,...