The Senate has passed the Student Loans Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024.The passage followed the consideration of a report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), presented by the Chairman representing Katsina South, Sen. Mohammed Muntari.President Bola Tinubu had last week, written to the Senate…
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has suffered another serious knee injury, further denting his recovery processCourtois was on the edge of returning from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.The Belgium international, 31, has had surgery after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in training.He ruptured the ACL in his left knee in August and has…
A Spanish court has ruled that ex-Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves can be conditionally released from jail after serving about a quarter of his sentence for rape.Alves, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison last month, will be released on a €1m bail.He had been held in pre-trial detention since…
There is a new twist in the crisis between Nigeria labour congress and the labour party as members of the NLC, on Wednesday, stormed the headquarters of the party in Abuja. NLC led by the acting chairman of the political commission of the congress, theophilus ndubuaku, called for the immediate resignation of Julius abure as…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has mandated a countrywide picketing of Labour Party offices. This drastic measure is a direct response to the ongoing political turmoil within the Labour Party, primarily centered around the actions of its National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure. The crux of the controversy stems from Abure’s decision to proceed with a…
World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented that Tuberculosis (TB) kills at least one person in every five minutes in Nigeria as medical experts called on governments at all levels to increase investment in Tuberculosis (TB) to achieve Nigeria’s goal of eradicating the disease by 2030. Experts also highlighted the persistently low awareness levels, particularly in rural areas,…
The Abia State Government has announced that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, which normally holds every last Saturday of the month would be observed on Saturday, 23rd March , 2024 instead of the last Saturday of March because of the Easter celebration. To this end, the government required the Mayor of the Local Government Councils,…
Professor Charles Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State, has declared a total war with zero tolerance against the illegal activities of touts on the streets throughout the state. Mr. Solomon Chukwuebuka Onwuemene, the Director of Operations for the Special Anti-Tout Squad (SASA) in Anambra State, revealed this yesterday during a meeting at the State Government…
A group of lawmakers of Anambra State House of Assembly representing various state constituencies asked Governor Chukwuma Soludo to extend his flagship road, the Amansea-Awba- Ofemili road to Umerum, considered a food basket in Ayamelum local council area. In a motion jointly sponsored by eight legislators among others, they called on Soludo to direct the…
The ECOWAS Commission has trained 150 youths on table fish production as part of efforts to boost job creation and support the employability of young people in the fisheries sector. The 150 youths who underwent an intense 4-month training, took part in a graduation ceremony today March 19, 2024, at the Anambra State Polytechnic Mgbakwu…
