Nigeria’s telecom sector risks shutdown as about 800 workers from the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association have embarked on strike, threatening to cripple services nationwide. The union, largely contract staff, warned of massive disruptions to telecom operations if its...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the Federal Government to increase the current N20,000 stipend paid to beneficiaries of the student loan by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to N40,000. NANS Senate President Akinteye Babatunde said this would enable students to ad...
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a plan to ban children from using social media. The prime minister on Tuesday said that the government would introduce legislation in 2024 to enforce a minimum age for access to social media and other relevant digital platforms. “We know social m...
Peter Nygard, the founder of one of Canada’s largest clothing brands, was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison for four counts of sexual assault of women and a girl in Toronto. He faces release in about six and a half years with credit for time spent in pre-trial custody, or sooner if he is ...
Monday, 9th September 2024, will continue to be a day to reckon with in the attainments of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, as appreciation and praises continue to be showered on him courtesy of his foresight to offer scholarship to 70 Kano State indigenes. The postgraduate f...
The federal government has directed that third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutes be excluded from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). This was contained in a letter by the National Universities Commission (NUC) signed by the Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiya...
