Author: Opalim Lifted

The most recent disbursement of N320.3 billion as an intervention fund for public tertiary institutions demonstrates President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to improving higher education in the nation. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said that the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) payout to tertiary institutions is the greatest in 30 years. “If there is one administration that many Nigerians hold in contempt, it is President Muhammadu Buhari’s, which has been accused of ignoring the education sector.” “However, the latest information from TETFund has once again demonstrated how…

From May 31, 2023, loan apps on the Play Store won’t be able to access the contacts or photographs of their users. The Federal Government (FG) announced that it would enforce Google’s most recent policy at the same time as Nigerian authorities were attempting to stop lending app companies from violating their users’ privacy. The Federal Government recently made significant moves to address how lending applications are violating users’ privacy. Notably, out of the 200 lending applications currently active in the nation, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission recently registered 170 of them. The new policy update, according to…

A young woman named Adeshina Olayinka, also known as Khadi, was discovered dead in a motel in Ibadan’s Akobo neighborhood according to reports. Various unsubstantiated accounts of how the body was found at the hotel exist. Shizeez discovered evidence on Facebook indicating that Adeshina Olayinka had informed a friend that she planned to go meet someone at the Akobo Hotel on Wednesday night. Apparently, Olayinka spent the night with the person who was thought to be her lover before she was discovered dead the next morning. Another source said one of the receptionists who borrowed Olayinka’s power bank went to…

The UK has added Nigeria to its “red list” of countries from which companies in the health and social care industry should actively refrain from hiring. Nigeria was included among the 55 countries with the most urgent workforce challenges related to universal health care by the World Health Organization one month previously. The United Kingdom Government advises against actively recruiting people from Nigeria and other countries on the red list for positions in the health and social care sector unless there is a government-to-government agreement. According to the information obtained from the website of the UK government titled ‘Code of…

A N4 million ransom has been paid to release Prof Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State who was abducted by kidnappers last Thursday night. The law professor was abducted in his rural Rinza residence, which is close to Wamba, the seat of the Wamba local government district. His captors demanded a ransom of N70 million, but his family bartered for close to N4 million before agreeing to pay the demanded sum. “They collected the ransom near Mada Hills Secondary School in Akwanga with N200 recharge card. Then he was released near Angwan chiyawa close to those hills…

Prophet Tomi Arayomi, the founder of the RIG Nation and Pioneer Church in the United Kingdom, has declared the relocation of his family until there is a “better Nigeria.” The Department of State Services (DSS) detained Arayomi, his wife Tahmar, and their aide, Emmanuel Ezerika, on Friday at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja. Arayomi and Tahmar are both British nationals. Reliable sources told newsmen on Friday that Arayomi was detained for making “inciting prophecies,” despite the fact that the reason for their detention was unclear. The security personnel later released Arayomi and his wife, but they left their attendant…

Police in Canada detained and accused a man suspect on Sunday after a “hate-motivated incident” at a mosque in the province of Ontario on Thursday in which he reportedly drove towards a worshipper and screamed threats and religious insults. The attack occurred in Markham, but the culprit, Sharan Karunakaran, 28, was subsequently apprehended in Toronto, according to York Regional Police. Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng termed the event a hate crime and said it had no place in Canadian culture. The Islamic Society of Markham (ISM) said that on Thursday, a man entered the mosque in Markham, 30 kilometres (18.6…

A yacht carrying 400 people is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, according to the assistance service Alarm Phone on Sunday, after a surge in migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Alarm Phone said on Twitter that they had received a call from the boat, which had left Tobruk, Libya, overnight, and that they had notified authorities. However, officials had not yet initiated a rescue effort, they noted. The boat was now in the Maltese Search and Rescue region, according to the Alarm Phone. (SAR). The boat was discovered with two commercial ships nearby,…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria is still far from fulfilling the 2001 Abuja Declaration’s 15% target for strengthening the health system. Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this at a press conference in Abuja. According to media sources, African Union heads of state met in April 2001 and vowed to establish an aim of investing at least 15% of their yearly budget to improving the health sector. “In Nigeria, where a proposed target of 15% of total government budget should go to health, we are still far from achieving the target,” he stated. Mulombo,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set a new start date for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. (UTME). The board made the announcement in Abuja on Sunday in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said that the UTME, which was previously planned to begin on April 29, will now begin on April 25, 2023. He also said that the board’s rescheduled mock-UTME will take place on April 18, 2023. “It should be noted that JAMB previously held its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30 in 725 locations across…