FCT residents set agenda for new minister - By Austine ELEMUE & Cecilia KADIRI

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have set an agenda for the next minister of the territory expected to assume office when President Muhammadu Buhari assigns portfolios to already confirmed ministerial designates by the Senate later in the week.

Top on the bill of their wish-list is environment, security and housing.

Mr. MIke Omeri in a handshake with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

L-R: Director General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mr. MIke Omeri in a handshake with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed during a meeting with the DG and State Directors of the agency in Abuja last Friday. Photo: NOA.

States divert N220bn SMEs fund, group alleges - By Ijeoma UKONU

States divert N220bn SMEs fund, group alleges

By Ijeoma UKONU

Disturbed by what it described as lack of due process on the part of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the disbursement of the N220 billion fund meant for micro, small and medium enterprises development fund, a non-profit advocacy gro [...]

Leadership crisis rocks Gwagwalada PCRC - By Ateed YUSUF

Leadership crisis rocks Gwagwalada PCRC 

By Ateed YUSUF 

The chairman of Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Gwagwalada division, Bishop Chikwendu Williams, has given indication that he is seeking legal redress to stop the factional executive of [...]

Zero budgeting requires time, statistics - Onyekpere

Zero budgeting requires time, statistics - Onyekpere

By Ijeoma UKONU

As the need to block all financial leakages in government gathers momentum, the Lead Director, Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, Barr. Eze Onyekpere, has said that the government needs time, statistics and preparedness to run a zero [...]

Anwuka proposes total overhaul of teaching - By Godfrey AKON

Anwuka proposes total overhaul of teaching By Godfrey AKON

The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, has proposed an overhaul of the teaching profession as a panacea to some of the ills plaguing the educational sector in Nigeria.

Anwuka stated this during his maiden meet [...]

Downgraded universities: ’What went wrong?’

The upgrade of some colleges of education to universities was a good thing, but the way it was done suggests the lack of proper planning in the entire process. First, we need to ask ourselves if infrastructures and enough human resources were put in place or mobilised before the questionable upgrade

Diamond Bank Revenue Up by 3.2% - By Sarah NEGEDU

Despite the regulatory headwinds that impacted business operations in in the 3rd Quarter, Diamond Bank stayed focused on strategy implementation showing strong resilience against the tide. The Bank cleaned its books of additional toxic assets and recorded strong growth in revenue, while setting forth a clear and realisable business roadmap that [...]