JUST IN: NELFUND BEGINS TOKENISED PAYMENT SYSTEM TO PREVENT DOUBLE SCHOOL FEE PAYMENTS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has commenced a pilot of a tokenised payment system aimed at preventing students from paying their...
NIGERIA MUST COMPLETE 42-DAY MONITORING TO BE DECLARED EBOLA-FREE – WHO
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Nigeria must complete a 42-day monitoring period before it can be officially declared free of...
US MOVES TO REVISE GREEN CARD SPONSORSHIP RULES FOR FOREIGN WORKERS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The United States government is preparing to revise employment-based green card sponsorship requirements following the completion of a federal review of proposed...
STATE POLICE: EBONYI ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES STATE POLICE BILL
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has approved the State Police Bill transmitted by the National Assembly for concurrence, advancing the proposed...
ICPC, UN AGENCY MOVE TO CURB FRAUD IN NORTH-EAST RELIEF OPERATIONS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has partnered with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
EBOLA: SOKOTO PLACES EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ON ALERT, PREPARES ISOLATION CENTRE
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Sokoto State Government has strengthened disease surveillance and emergency response measures to prevent the possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD),...
OGUN UNVEILS OGIJO LEAD POISONING REPORT, WARNS POLLUTING FACTORIES
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Ogun State Government has released a lead poisoning assessment report on Ogijo and neighbouring communities, warning that industrial facilities identified as...
INEC CHAIRMAN WARNS OFFICIALS AGAINST PARTISANSHIP AHEAD OF 2027 ELECTIONS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has urged electoral officials in the North-East to maintain...
KWARA GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR 17 KWARA INSTITUTIONS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appointed new governing councils for 17 state-owned institutions and agencies, naming former presidential candidate Gani Galadima...
MTN REJECTS DATA THEFT CLAIMS, BLAMES SMARTPHONE SETTINGS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim MTN Nigeria has attributed the rapid depletion of subscribers’ internet data bundles to high-definition video streaming, automatic downloads, background applications, cloud backups...