The management of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, has withdrawn 193 students of the institution over poor academic performance in the 2019/2020 academic session. This was said in a statement by Mrs Uredo Omale, Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, on Thursday in Lokoja. Omale stated the affected students were from four departments: Business Administration, Mathematics and Statistics, Science Laboratory Technology, Library and Information Science. She said the Academic Board of the Polytechnic, considered and approved the withdrawal of the students and supplementary results at an emergency meeting. She said the Deputy Rector, Dr. Kehinde Felix Lamidi, who presided over the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, promoters of Kerrygold Avantage Milk, has emphasised the importance of taking milk, saying it is packed with essential nutrients for healthy living. According to it, milk can also be taken in diverse consumption patterns outside the regular creamer pattern which is currently the predominate way. Ese Okpomo, Board Bia’s West Africa Manager, in a statement on Wednesday said that people should adopt the habit of taking milk and in different forms to make it more appealing. “Milk is packed with nutrients. It is a good source of quality protein and is associated with healthy…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has observed that concerted efforts by the federal government and numerous stakeholders in the country to checkmate the preponderance of crimes and criminalities, have been thwarted in some ways by the politics of arms sales rolled out by arms manufacturers and their governments in the world. The governor stated this on Wednesday while condoling people of Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Isa local government areas in the Eastern flank of the state over the recent bandits attacks in the areas. According to him, although the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing its best possible to…
The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Hadin Kai on Wednesday foiled an attempted attack on Babangida town in Yobe by terrorists belonging to Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the terrorists, who were prowling for logistics replenishment, made futile efforts to infiltrate the town but were met with a fierce counterattack from the vigilant troops, forcing them to retreat in disarray. According to him, the gallant troops captured one gun truck, one Dushka anti-aircraft gun, two…
Aubameyang grabs hat-trick as Arsenal whip West Brom 6-0 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started his season with a hat-trick as Arsenal forgot their 2021/2022 English Premier League (EPL) troubles to hit second-tier West Bromwich Albion 6-0 on Wednesday. The emphatic victory helped them to reach the third round of the 2021/2022 League Cup. Southampton went two better, dealing fourth-tier Newport County an 8-0 drubbing at Rodney Parade in the South Coast side’s biggest away win of their 136-year history. Premier League rivals Newcastle United and Burnley failed to provide much excitement for the 30,000 crowd at St James’ Park, with that game…
By Bashir Mani All nations of the world have one form of post-graduation national service or the other just as Nigeria has the indispensable National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), which has been part of the country’s development agenda since 1973. To say that the scheme is important or critical to the sustainable development and prosperity of Nigeria is certainly an understatement. In fact, there is hardly any Nigerian who is not aware of the existence of the scheme, as well as its relevance, and enormous contributions to the country. The tangible and invaluable roles played by the NYSC are as…
It’s just more than 500 days to the 2023 Presidential election, and the permutations and possible combinations have started as to who Nigerians should vote. More loudly, discussions about the region to produce the next President has been more apparent and considered more necessary. The Muhammadu Buhari administration has left Nigerians with mixed reactions. If feelers from the populace are anything to go by, it has left the people with more bitter pills to swallow. The excitement that followed the President’s candidacy in 2015 has since been extinguished with excruciating policies, a struggling economy and a shaky security architecture, all…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor has disclosed that the Nigerian Army will engage retired military personnel to enhance security challenges in the country. He said this on at a one-day conversational session with senior colleagues from the Northeast at the 23 Armoured Brigade in Yola, capital of Adamawa state on Tuesday. Irabor said that the core goal of the discussion was to engage the retired senior military officers in order proffer solutions to the challenges of insecurity in the country. “It is part of the reason I am here with my team: to interact with our retired…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom accusing him of inciting and promoting Rwandan-style ethnic and religious hatred. Ortom, on ChannelsTV’s Sunrise Daily programme alleged the Buhari had plan to fulanise the country also describing him as the worst president Nigeria has ever had. “Because it is very clear that he wants to fulanise, but he is not the first Fulani president. “Shagari was a Fulani President, Yar’ Adua was a Fulani President, and they were the best in history. But President Buhari is the worst President when it comes to issues of security and keeping…
…As Kyari clarifies projection for 2022-2024 Revenue Framework The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari on Wednesday, received accolades from the House of Representatives Committee on Finance for providing detailed explanations on some burning Oil Industry issues at an interactive session on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure and Revenue Framework (MTERF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Abiodun Faleke commended Kyari for providing in-depth explanation and insider perspective on some issues surrounding the operations of the NNPC and the oil industry. “You have made our day. The committee…