Author: Esther Aye

Earlier today, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Technical Vocation and Entrepreneurship Education, Abiola Arogundade disclosed that the Federal Government is starting a vocational training for inmates in all the 241 correctional facilities centers in Nigeria to motivate and prepare them for life after prison. He revealed this at a press conference in Abuja where he stated that President Bola Tinubu is focused on the integration of inmates to the society and each beneficiary will be given N500,000 on completion of the skills acquisition programme. We are launching of the pilot program at Kuje Center which can take…

Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology was a visitor at the popular Computer Village Ikeja, Lagos where he revealed that billions of dollars expended yearly by Nigeria to bring in skilled technicians to the country. With the presence of all traders and technicians including the President of Computer Village Traders Union, Anthony Nwakaeze, the Minister lamented on the lack of qualified craftsmen and technicians to meet up or match the standard of the international skilled technicians. He stated that the country is always at loss when competing for jobs in multinational companies in and outside the country. He…

Mohammed Umar Bago, Niger State Governor has approved a monthly wage pay of ₦20,000 for every civil servants in the state effective from March 2024. President Tinubu who was in Minna on March 11 to launch the domestic terminal and the massive mechanized agriculture project of the governor pleaded with all state government to activate the payment of wage award to all workers pending the time the new salary wage would be revealed to the public to reduce economic hardship in the country. The governor took this path after a meeting with Executive Council held on Wednesday to pay the…

Eight table water factories and ten unregistered bakeries in the Bonny Local Government Area has been closed down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control during their parade to eradicate fake and unhygienic product. The operation took three days and was assisted by the policemen of Bonny Division headquarters and NAFDAC security officials. Investigations and complaints from consumers from the island in regards to this substandard product prompt them to move round the town in search of defaulters. It was discover that some of these products were produce in a shabby, unhygienic environment with rusted facilities…

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has commissioned a Digital Economy Center and E-learning facilities she donated to Ogbomosho Girls High School. Mrs Tinubu was represented by Tamunominini Makinde wife of Oyo State governor who spoke on the role of technology in advancing gender equality to education by making sure women participate actively in the digital revolution to enable them release their potentials, skills to contribute in growing the economy and social progress of the nation. The event was a collaborative effort of NITDA and Renewed Hope Initiative of President Tinubu to make technology accessible for women and girls to strive…

Microsoft will be training 100,000 Philippine women on artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity to drive economic advancement. They will be partnering with government agencies and local institution to provide the training to government employees which will help to address the issues facing the Philippine. These will boost their abilities and capacity to recognize cybersecurity threats by utilizing Microsoft’s AI technologies to facilitate the learning process and will also enable viewers to discern between content that has been altered and that which has not, a significant emphasis will be placed on educational programs. After working with the Department of Education, students…

The 2023 UNILORIN Annual National Essay competition has come and gone. It was held In honor of Hon Justice Innocent Umezulike with 40 law faculties participating with over 200 submission. Precious Chiamake Onuabuchi of the University of Ilorin emerged as the overall winner with a cash price of ₦100,000. Omobolanle Alashe from Babcock University emerge as the First runner up with a cash prize of ₦50,000 while the second runner up was Timothy Wisdom from River State University with a cash price of ₦20,000. The foundation attributed the formation of the competition to the successes of Hon Justice Innocent Umezulike…

The UK has prohibited international health and care professionals from Nigeria and other nations from bringing their dependents into the nation in order to fix the current economic crisis.James Cleverly, the Home Department’s Secretary of State, made this announcement in a statement on the Home Office X account on Monday, March 11. “This is a component of our strategy to implement the largest migration reduction ever, approximately 120,000 dependents were brought to the UK by foreign caregivers last year would no longer be eligible to bring in dependant under the new law. At the beginning of the year, the United…

Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, stated that Nigerian medical professionals who are employed overseas, including doctors, nurses, health officials and some that have been successful are prepared to return home as long as the necessary infrastructure is in place. A large number of medical professionals have made the decision to serve their country by staying in Nigeria, even if there are opportunities to relocate abroad where they may be certain of higher wages and benefits. Pate said the ‘Japa’ migration phenomenon, has resulted in the departure of thousands of young health workers from Nigeria…

Dr. Ademola Makinde’s nomination as the New Owa of Igbajo has been accepted by Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke. Recounted that Oba Famodun was chosen by the town’s kingmakers and appointed by the previous administration. Adeleke, however, disapproved of his choice. In a statement released on Monday morning through his Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, Adeleke stated that the new Owa’s appointment was decided upon during the Executive Meeting held in the Exco Chambers in accordance with custom, chieftaincy law, and due procedure.“At the Executive Meeting, Governor Ademola Adeleke congratulated the newly appointed Owa of Igbajo and…