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Another indication of President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to enhance higher education in the nation is the most recent allocation of N320.3 billion as an intervention fund for public tertiary institutions. The 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) payment to tertiary institutions is the greatest in thirty years, according to a statement from the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) signed by its chairman Niyi Akinsiju and secretary Cassidy Madueke. “If there is any administration that many Nigerians are not fair to, it is the President Muhammadu Buhari administration which has been accused of ignoring the education sector. “But the latest information from…

Communities in Benue State continue to suffer the most from herders’ violence, with villagers attacked at a camp for internally displaced people. Given the increase in armed herdsmen assaults on numerous towns in the state and the fact that more than 200 people have been killed since the attacks resumed immediately after the February 25 presidential election, this may not be the best of times for Benue inhabitants. According to prior experience, conflicts between Fulani pastoralists and farmers typically worsen during the dry season as a result of the pastoralists’ tendency to relocate southward to graze their cattle, which usually…

According to the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), ticket sales in the nation produced N441 million in March 2023. Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, National Chairman of CEAN, revealed this to press in Lagos on Monday. According to Ajayi, the total number of people admitted to theatres throughout the federation during the review period was 174,071. “In March, we had total sales of N441,752,914 across all cinemas, with 174,071 viewers admitted.” “Sales in March were encouraging compared to February, when we recorded total sales of N278 million due to Presidential and National Assembly election activities, as well as the national problem…

Between January and March, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State announced it had convicted 37 drug peddlers and users. Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, the Agency’s State Commander, told media reporters in Kano on Monday that the command detained 352 individuals during the time. He said that, in addition to the 37 convicted by the Federal High Court, the command has filed 39 new cases, with 127 others still pending. He said that 955.304kg of cannabis sativa, 1,225.05kg of codeine and tramadol, 25 grammes of cocaine, 17 grammes of heroine, and 52 grammes of methamphetamine were seized between…

The prompt arrival of police officers in Akure’s Ijoka Area, the capital of Ondo State, was unable to stop the lynching of a young guy suspected of participating in “yahoo plus” after he killed four people. The unidentified young man was travelling down the road in his Toyota when he abruptly veered off the road and struck his victims, who were riding on okadas, or business motorcycles. Witnesses claimed that sympathisers who raced to the driver’s help discovered various fetish objects inside the car and became more convinced that the driver was involved in ritual activity, also known as “yahoo…

Rev. William Okoye, General Overseer of All Christian Fellowship Mission, has stressed the need of reviewing the country’s leadership recruiting process. Okoye made the remark while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Easter Sunday. He said that the calibre of leaders that may emerge was decided by the recruiting process. “How leadership is recruited has a lot to do with the type of leadership you eventually have.” “If the process is flawed, you will have flawed leaders; if the process is correct, you will have the best possible leaders who will move the nation forward.” “Unfortunately, our situation has not…

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…