The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has bemoaned the hike in electricity tariff in the country.
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The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has suspended its planned strike which was to begin on Thursday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that at least 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, are not fully covered by essential health services. The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this on Wednesday during an online media conference on global health issues. Ghebreyesus said that two billion people face financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending. “Outbreaks, disasters, conflict and climate change are all causing death and disability, hunger and psychological distress. “Realising the right to health means passing and implementing laws to ensure that people can access the health services they need, where and when…
In Nigeria, politics is more important than the law. Cases are delayed and you could be on trial for years even when you are innocent. Once you are marked out by the state as an adversary, the evidence does not matter. In December 2016, Mohammed Bello Adoke and eight others were formally charged at the Federal High Court, Abuja in respect of the OPL 245 transaction. His name was mentioned in two out of the nine charges, bordering on conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and money laundering.
The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-funded intervention, will renovate 441 public primary and secondary schools in Zamfara. The Coordinator of the Project, Sa’adatu Abdu-Gusau, disclosed this in Gusau on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting on AGILE project in the state. The AGILE is a World Bank-assisted project through the Federal Ministry of Education to facilitate secondary education opportunities for adolescent boys and girls aged between 10 and 20 years. Abdu-Gusau said a total of 441 Junior and Senior Secondary Schools and 38 Mass Education centers have been identified for a total renovation across the…
Some power experts have expressed their dissatisfaction with the 300 percent increase in electricity tariffs approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In separate interviews on Wednesday in Lagos, the experts lamented that such an increase would further burden electricity consumers across the nation. The announcement of the tariff hike was made by Mr Musiliu Oseni, the Vice Chairman of NERC, in Abuja on Monday. Oseni clarified that the 300 per cent increase would specifically impact Band A consumers, constituting only 15 percent of the total electricity customers nationwide. As a result, power distribution companies (DisCos) will be permitted…
Governor Agbu Kefas has approved eight infrastructural projects in the Taraba State College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Jalingo. The Rector of the college, Dr Yakubu Garjila, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jalingo while hosting a team from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on accreditation of courses in the college. Garjila described the governor’s gesture as unprecedented. He listed the projects to include, male and female hostels, street lights, an administrative block, college clinic, twin lecture theatres, construction of modern college gate and road network. The rector, while welcoming the team, stressed the crucial role of the accreditation…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) on Wednesday received wildlife monitoring and enforcement equipment from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Director-General of NESREA, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, said while receiving the equipment in Abuja that the equipment were to be used to combat wildlife crime in the country. Jauro expressed appreciation to the development partner for the donation of the gadgets. “Traffickers have adopted sophisticated methods of trafficking wildlife. ALSO READ: Veterinary doctor advises farmers on routine poultry, livestock vaccination “However, the provision of real-time equipment will greatly enhance wildlife monitoring, investigation, intelligence gathering,…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loan Bill into law on Wednesday in Abuja. The student’s loan is part of the implementation of the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023. The acry, popularly known as the Students Loan Bill seeks to provide loans for indigent Nigerian students to pay fees in Nigerian tertiary institutions. At the signing, Tinubu commended the efforts of the members of the National Assembly for the expeditious handling of the bill. He said that this action showed the administration’s priority towards encouraging education among Nigerian youths as a tool for fighting poverty. “We are determined…
ThriveAgric, an agricultural technology company, has partnered with Acorn- Rabobank, Netherlands, to empower about 30,000 smallholder farmers towards sustainable agroforestry practices and combating climate change. The partnership was unveiled on Wednesday in Abuja, at a roundtable organised by ThriveAgric in collaboration with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The Chief Executive Officer, ThriveAgric, Mr Uka Eje, said the roundtable was focused on discussing sustainable agriculture that impacted the lives of everyone and carbon market development globally. Eje also said that the project was designed to enable more than 30,000 smallholder farmers with access to carbon credit and general…