Author: Esther Aye

8,785 employees of the FCT Administration have been recommended for promotion by Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to Udo Samuel Atang, the Ag. Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, who made this announcement on Thursday, stated that 8,785 of the 9,710 Officers who took part in the process were successful and advanced to the next grade level in accordance with the Public Service Rules. 925 Officers from the various Secretariats, Departments, and Agencies (SDAs) that took part in the 2023 Examination Exercise were not successful, according to the promotion breakdown. Additional investigation…

Kwara State has finally paid up the entire sum of around N3 billion in wage arrears owed to teachers, the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and local government employees by the former governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s administration. The local government committed N1,297,389,165.83 to pay the remaining arrears owed to the SUBEB teachers, according to figures from the most recent allocation meeting, in a statement released by the press secretary, Babatunde Toyin Abdulrasheed. An additional N1,622,673,992.12 was allotted to settle the remaining arrears for the local government employees under the previous administration. It was further stated that paying its multibillion naira…

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has pleaded with the federal government to reconsider the Oronsaye Report’s recommendation to combine the Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno State, with the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. On Thursday, February 29, Zulum said to reporters in Maiduguri, We are all aware that Boko Haram’s primary mission is to truncate western education. “Collapsing the Army University as a Faculty within the NDA is like helping the insurgents to achieve their objectives.” We still want to appeal to the President to allow the Federal Ministry of Education to take it over to become…

A leading Nigerian energy business, Seplat Energy, has announced the nomination of Udoma Udo Udoma as the company’s next Independent Non-Executive Chairman. Udoma Udo Udoma will take over from Basil Omiyi, who is set to retire on March 31, 2024. According to the Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Act (“CAMA”) 2020, Udoma’s nomination was approved by the Seplat Energy directors in a unanimous vote, and it will take effect on April 1, 2024. These nominations follow the terms of the Board Succession Forward Plan, which was declared in a corporate announcement on April 25, 2023, and again on November 1,…

Dr Olufemi Olagundoye, a specialist in gum diseases, has stated that timely treatment of gum disease and movable teeth is crucial for overall health, including improving the management of conditions like diabetes. The senior lecturer at the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Olagundoye elaborate on oral hygiene being crucial since it is associated with 57 distinct illnesses linked to poor dental health. These ailments include poor pregnancy outcomes like preterm birth and low birth weight kids, as well as heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory bowel disease. Poor dental hygiene causes women to give birth to babies who…

According to a statement released by TETfund on Wednesday, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, said as much in Abuja during a visit to Innov8 Hub with important players, including Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of TETfund. The Federal Government announced that it would open more than 24 innovation and skills centers around the nation through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Prototype development and fabrication, technology transfer, knowledge and skill impartation, and innovation start-up incubator are all centered around Innov8. In an effort to increase research and create employable graduates, TETFund is presently collaborating with Innov8 Hub to provide…

During his yearly budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Paul Chan announced that Hong Kong has eliminated three significant property transaction fees in an effort to boost the city’s struggling real estate market. The financial center has one of the most expensive residential markets in the world, but due to rising interest rates and China’s slowing economy, property values fell last year. According to Chan, Hong Kong promptly eliminated three different kinds of stamp duties, going back on policies put in place more than ten years ago to control speculation stoked in part by mainland Chinese buyers. He told the…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency and Varysian Limited, a weather and climate services company with headquarters in the United Kingdom, have inked a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in important areas that will enhance the agency’s service delivery. Prof. Charles Anosike, the director general of NiMet, stated during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday that the relationship will further solidify the organization’s dedication to offering top-notch weather and climate information services to Nigerians and the different business sectors it serves. We are pleased to have Varysian Limited as a partner. Through top-notch events, data, and research, they specialize…

The winner of the best overall performance award in the School of Health & Psychological Sciences at City, University of London is Douye Nomayo, a Nigerian physician. There are students from more than 40 different post-graduate programs at the City, University of London’s School of Health & Psychological Sciences. According to a graduation ceremony brochure, Nomayo, a native of Bayelsa State, won the award after earning a master’s degree in health policy with honors from the City University of London in January 2024. Nomayo claimed to have spent nine years working at the Federal Medical Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,…

The “single largest heroin consignment” has reportedly been confiscated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. The agency reports that during an operation that resulted in the seizure of the consignment, which weighed 51.90 kg on February 12, 2024, it also apprehended members of an organized criminal organization that specializes in trafficking heroin throughout Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe, and America. Buba Marwa, the NDLEA Chairman, revealed to reporter that the cargo was hidden in 15 crates of 2300-watt metal cutting equipment, claiming that the operation was the…